Originally Posted by
cutebunny930
Hi,
I am new to Cathay's Asia Miles program, therefore, I am unfamiliar with the whole upgrade system. I am traveling HKG-MXP late September and returning early Oct with my friend, who is a MP Gold member. However, when he called MP to request an upgrade for the both of us to J class using mileage, they said there are no seats available. The flight is 2 month away...do they release more reward J class seats as the date gets closer? What are my chances of getting the update (if less than 50% we are thinking of just taking a different airline)? How do I increase my chance of getting 2 seats on J class except for putting myself on the wait list (e.g. checking the CX website everyday to see if new reward upgrade seats are released)? Thank you very much for your suggestion/ tips!!
I've been doing something similar. They release seats 5 days before date of departure. And if I recall properly, they also release seats 360 days before departure.
From calling Asiamiles, they suggested that I call in every day to see if something pops up.
I wanted to book a seat in J class with full miles redemption, found it, but was waiting for points to transfer over, and by the time my points were in the AM account the seat was already taken. The seat wasn't there before though. So as you can see, seats do pop up.