Originally Posted by
RevJim
There is no point to ringing them up, nothing along those lines will help. Just sit on the waiting list and relax.
I don't fly JFK-HKG but I've heard it has lots of paid-J traffic and upgrading is on the more difficult side. I fly HKG-LAX frequently, and that route is relatively easy to upgrade as a gold or even silver.
Never had a problem getting J seats in the summer, just have to be patient. You can understand CX wanting to wait it out as long as possible to actually get revenue, rather to just redeem miles.