Originally Posted by Fly Me To The Moon

I have still been positioning myself to start CX tickets from TPE whenever my timing and effort spent makes it possible or worthwhile. These are especially for my long-hauls. I occasionally position ex-TPE to book cheaper J tickets to China (mainly to/from Shanghai). For the past 1-2 months, however, it seems that CX has rostered the old 773 onto the HKG-PVG route, so that most of the afternoon and evening departures are with the old 2-3-2 Business class seat. In that case, I have just booked economy class, and then snagged an exit row seat at Row 54. For a two-hour flight, this exit row seat does not make much difference to me vs. the old J seat. And, for my short trips of next-day-returns to Shanghai, I am still getting 40 Status points booking in Econ for fully-flexible ticket. All in price around ~HKD 2,500.- round-trip (depending on flights), so that's a good deal for me.