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Old Sep 24, 2012 | 2:08 am
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Originally Posted by QRC3288
*Result: No op-ups, both flights go out nearly full. CX will convince early-arriving CX883 Y pax to switch to CX881 (maybe saying "we'll give you an aisle seat" to pax who previously had the middle. And many pax will take this, because both flights still arrive HKG in the wee early hours). Meanwhile, they'll convince early-arriving CX881 J pax to swap into the spare J seats on CX883. I've had them offer this to me a few times.
No VDB offer?

Originally Posted by CX HK
Demand for JFK this year really seems much higher than the past few years in which I've been traveling.
It will go even higher when DL has finally discontinued its DTW-HKG route.
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