Thank you, STBCypriot. The thing is that....I DID call the airline. Their representatives in Tel Aviv do not instill any confidence in me, however. It took the lady, who hardly spoke the language, several minutes to figure out what I was talking about. When she did, she conveyed my question to someone higher-up, who dismissed my worry out-of-hand, without giving it a bit of thought it seemed to me.

Regarding the website....well, HY (Uzbekistan Airways) just isn't one of those carriers with normal functional websites, where a booked itinerary can be seen.

If my analysis of the situation is correct, what happens is that right now the e-ticket and the itinerary are out of sync. On checkmytrip.com the e-ticket record simply misses the modified flight. I have grave doubts about HY's competence on the ground (although I know from experience of my relatives that they are much better in the air) and would simply like to know what kind of trouble I might be in if I don't force them to reissue/revalidate the ticket. I might be wrong and the issue could be resolved at the check-in in PEK in a matter of second, but I just don't know.

Did anyone have a similar experience?