Originally Posted by
jawnbc
Booked my upcoming CX reward about 6 months ago: AKL x/HKG JFK x/HKG AKL. On the outbound HKG JFK I stoopidly chose the morning flight ex-HKG, rather than the afternoon or evening one. Currently I fly into HKG on the evening and catch the onward segment shortly after 9 the next morning. Not enough time to do anything useful in Hong Kong--like the awesome outlet mall one train stop away.
Been using the BA tool to see if J reward inventory is added for 25 June HKG JFK. So far a few Y+ seats have appeared. Anyone have any recent experience with more J reward opening up within, say, 3 weeks of travel date?
Cheers!
You'll be paying $125 for that change of itinerary, you know, unless you have AS MVPG or 75K status. Unless you're getting a simply
amazing discount at the mall, I don't see that what you're going to do is worth it.
You're coming in on CX 198 and leaving on CX 830? That's 8-9 hours or so, subtracting time for entry and exit formalities. Plenty of time to hit Lan Kwai Fong and do a trip on the Star Ferry if you wanted to, and a cab back. You'd likely be under $125 for all that.