Originally Posted by
iansh
Still quite early. But you can check the load on Experflyer.
Here are those for your booked flights:
CX 841
JFK 09/09/18 10:00 AM
HKG 09/10/18 2:00 PM
77W
F3 A2 J9 C9 D9 I9 W9 R9 E9 Y9 B9 H9
K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9
CX 830
HKG 09/19/18 9:15 AM
JFK 09/19/18 1:15 PM
77W
F2 A1 J9 C9 D9 I9 W9 R9 E9 Y9 B9 H9
K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q0
Looks light at the moment but JFK flights you can expect a lot of last minute J or even F bookings.
And to answer your questions. You never know when they will clear you. Having status with MPC helps. The ticketing deadline is just for the WL, it won't affect your original confirmed PEY bookings. And you can call MPC hotline (or AM if that's the case) to extend the ticketing deadline. Technically they can do it the up till the day before departure. A few factors decide how lenient they are but in general at least 4 days before departure at least I believe.
Thanks so much for your reply. I called and had them extend the waitlist deadline until four days prior to departure on both legs of my trip. I personally don't mind flying PEY, way better then flying economy on cathay. I have quite a bit of miles expiring towards the end of the year and wanted to use them for this upgrade if possible. Either way, still hoping the upgrade clears, also, please pardon my ignorance but the numbers you posted for my flights from expert flyer, how do I go about interpreting these numbers. Is there a chart or a FAQ that I can use. That would be great!