Originally Posted by
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I got 2x J seats waitlisted on MLE-HKG in February. In the meantime I have booked 2x PE seats on the same route using Avios as a back-up, so if the waitlist clears I'll just cancel the Avios booking.
Now, how likely are the waitlisted seats to clear and how far in advance will I know, roughly? Any way of expediting this process? I'm a lowly MP Green...
J? 6 hours before departure (7 Aug SYD-HKG CX162). I landed on CX138 that day - I checked for my mate before my doors close in SYD (no seat) and there was seat when I landed. I reissued his tix at the HKG luggage belt.
My own tix cleared 30 hours before departure
Of course to do that we had to have issued tickets - he was issued in PE and me in Y, then reissued to J 30 hours/6 hours before departure.