Originally Posted by
BThumme
Well good news is I found out our tickets get issued on CX stock, which should be helpful (I think?)
But I'm still a little confused after going through this thread as it looks like there is conflicting reports, and because I'm not sure if Y is referencing general economy in some posts or full-fare economy in some posts.
I've never flown Cathay before, but if you buy a CX ticket, CX stock, in one of the lower economy buckets, does Cathay let you upfare to premium economy (looking to E)? Or rather, does CX have a 24 hr grace period, where if need be, as a poster mentioned above the ticket could essentially be cancelled and then applied towards a new ticket at the higher cost?
I actually found a CX premium fare cheaper then a one-stop flight from my airport that most people would take, but that would still raise flags since it's not in economy, and I can't be doing that (I'm told, even if it saves us money). As a result I have to jump through some hoops to make this work.
Never bought Economy and upfare to PEY, but bought E numerous times and updated to R. Generally ticket change conditions would apply when upfaring. So you must pay the change fee and the difference in fare. They cannot upfare if the ticket is not changeable. After upfaring the ticket would be reissued so the original ticket would show to be exchanged. Cancelling within 24 hours in a US benefit I think.