Originally Posted by
WFBtheV
United, Asiana, and Egyptair all show the flight as Confirmed. It's only when I call Air China that they tell me the one flight is Not Confirmed. According to them I'm currently waitlisted with a seat assignment.
Checking Saudia now, it shows the two CA flights as:
Status: Paid
Coupon: Open for Use
With the caveat that PVDtoDEL's experience sounds much more similar to yours than any of mine—and the further caveat that there are many award horror stories with CA, e.g., those documented in the thread linked by transportprof—I think you will be fine to fly, and that their agents do not understand what they're looking at.