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Mar 12, 2023 | 4:04 pm

#18

ernestnywang

Join Date: Sep 2005

Location: TPE / HSZ

Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chatter

Ernest, thank you for your RQST suggestion, that seems to be the last thing I could do. I have tried to put the CX (Amadeus) record locator on CX's website, but whaI I could only do is to select my meal. Seat selection and adding CX FFP isn't allowed. I have EF and let me call VN to request the seats I want. I don't care what seats to get as long as they are in a pair or opposite to each other in the same aisle for flat bed J.

I don't have any experience on VN*/CX specifically, but you might also want to try putting in the CX (Amadeus) record locator on AT (Royal Air Maroc)'s website. I generally find AT's website capable of getting seats selected on other oneworld carriers that use Amadeus (so everyone except AA and AS). A code-share PNR might come with other limitations (perhaps AT won't have access), though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chatter

In terms of codeshare agreement, I find VN can only sell at-most two J and four Y seats on any CX flights, so I am not sure this is free sale or block seat. I did ask VN and they just mentioned the number of seats they could sell was capped. But in my case, they managed to get three J seats for me but needed to split booking.

I don't know where that limitation comes from, either, but suffice to say there's some kind of limitation. I've also seen cases where the CX flight still has J seats, but not the VN* flight, suggesting even if it is not block seat, it is at least NOT last seat availability. The J2 Y4 restriction is also seen my end, although as you said, one can book additional seats afterwards.

Code:

11JUNHKGSGN¤VN
 01JUN  THU   HKG/Z¥8     SGN/-1
VN RESPONSE ** DIRECT CONNECT PARTICIPANT **
13VN  595 J7 C6 D3 I1 O1 Y7 B7 HKGSGN 1520 1715 321 R 0 X357 /E
          M7 S7 H7 K7 L7 Q7 N7 R0 T0 A0 E0 P0 G0 X3 V0
14VN*3563 J2 C2 Y4 B4 M4 S4 H4 HKGSGN 0835 1015 333 M 0 /E
          L0 Q0 N0
15VN*3561 J2 C2 Y4 B4 M4 S4 H4 HKGSGN 1610 1755 333 M 0 /E
          L0 Q0 N0
NO MORE - 1* TO CONTINUE.
BOOKING STATUS: SEGMENTS ADDED TO PNR

  1   VN 3563            HKG - HONG KONG    -->    SGN - HO CHI MINH CITY   C   SS2     
      Vietnam Airlines   01JUN, 08:35              01JUN, 10:15
11JUNHKGSGN¤VN
 01JUN  THU   HKG/Z¥8     SGN/-1
VN RESPONSE ** DIRECT CONNECT PARTICIPANT **
13VN  595 J7 C6 D3 I1 O1 Y7 B7 HKGSGN 1520 1715 321 R 0 X357 /E
          M7 S7 H7 K7 L7 Q7 N7 R0 T0 A0 E0 P0 G0 X3 V0
14VN*3563 J2 C2 Y4 B4 M4 S4 H4 HKGSGN 0835 1015 333 M 0 /E
          L0 Q0 N0
15VN*3561 J2 C2 Y4 B4 M4 S4 H4 HKGSGN 1610 1755 333 M 0 /E
          L0 Q0 N0
NO MORE - 1* TO CONTINUE.

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