On Wednesday I flew CX654 BKK-HKG. About two hours before the flight I got an email saying my seat had been renumbered. I assumed there was an equipment swap and I was going to be stuck on a 2-2-2 or the dreaded 2-3-2 seating configuration aircraft type instead of the preferred 1-2-1. As I had gone out of my way to book a 1-2-1 config flight, I was a little disappointed.

I called CX reservations to ask if they had any info, and all they could see was my old seat... strange, I thought.

It was a short flight, so I didn't really care that much...

When I got to the aircraft, however, I had a nice surprise in store! As has been recently announced, CX no longer operates First Class on some routes but they still use the aircraft with First class seating configuration. A lucky few passengers will be upgraded, probably only us Diamond members. Sure enough, I was in luck: