Originally Posted by
col747uk
I am travelling HKG/ICN/HKG on 17 June on CX418/CX419 and on both the outbound & inbound sectors I am the only one with a seat showing in the F cabin according to Expertflyer seat map.
However on 18 June both CX410 (34C) & CX418 (74A) have F cabins and although there is nobody showing as having a seat allocation in F on the outbound on the inbound on CX419 seats 2A,3A & 4A are showing as occupied.
Should I switch my flights from the 17th to 18th for a better chance of securing an F seat & F service.
We should not have to deal with this lottery. If CX are taking our money for an F seat and ticketing it then they should provide the F service. If they want to keep doing these switches at the last minute to J then they should pull the F service completely if they do not want to guarantee it.
I really think this one is a lottery and you can't plan based on seat map occupancy.
I was keeping an eye on my flight to and from ICN in the weeks leading up to them and things didn't pan out as I expected.
On the HKG-ICN I was the only one with a seat assigned until a day out when I noticed 1 extra in F. I fully expected this flight to be chopped back as J was lightly loaded as well. This flight did go out with 3 in F. The return sector for this flight (the next morning) was only showing with 1 in F.
On the HKG-ICN of the flight I was to catch the return leg on there were 3 people in F for a long while out and J had a bigger occupancy as well.
I was the only one with a seat in F on the ICN-HKG of that would use that inbound aircraft though.
This flight was downgraded to a 777-300 and there were only 8 or 9 people in the J cabin.