Originally Posted by
lixiaojuventus
Oh, thanks for your suggestion! This may explain why the agent couldn't do it for me. Then the question is, can I just show up in KHH to standby for an earlier KHH-HKG flight in the day without changing the ticket in advance (and without affecting my HKG-MEL that evening)?
I believe you can take an earlier KHH-HKG flight provided B class is available when married with your HKG-MEL flight. As the change is still processed in your PNR, the availability differs from that of a standalone KHH-HKG flight.
Originally Posted by
brunos
It is quite interesting that CX allows to use historical fares before the outbound flight when you change a ticket from TPE/KHH. That means that you do not have to pay the fare difference even if fares increased a lot. Of course, that is often accomplished by playing with fare bucket availability, but still surprising.
Regarding standby without repricing, I doubt that an a CX check-in agent at KHH would allow it without a good reason.
I have not checked each individual origin, but I think this is generally the case with CX. I see the following in CDG-origin fares, too. As OP holds a flex ticket, no repricing should be required for a same-day standby.
Code:
BEFORE DEPARTURE
----------------
RE-PRICE WITH BELOW OPTIONS AS APPLICABLE AND
PROVIDE THE BEST FARE TO PASSENGER -
1. USE ANY CX CURRENT -31/-41/-99 FARE FOR RE-
PRICE AND MEASURE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS FROM
TICKET REISSUE DATE. NEW TICKET VALUE MUST BE
EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS TICKET OR
2. IF SAME ROUTING BUT DIFFERENT BOOKING CLASS -
ANY CX HISTORICAL -31/-41/-99 FARE MAY
ALSO BE USED FOR RE-PRICE AND MEASURE ADVANCE
RESERVATIONS FROM TICKET REISSUE DATE. NEW
TICKET VALUE MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN
PREVIOUS TICKET OR
3. IF SAME ROUTING AND BOOKING CLASS -
ANY CX HISTORICAL -99 FARE MAY ALSO BE USED
FOR RE-PRICE AND MEASURE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS
FROM TICKET REISSUE DATE. NEW TICKET VALUE MAY
BE EQUAL/HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS
TICKET.
Originally Posted by
MeltingAlf
I'm not sure about KHH, but I've done standby at TPE quite a few times before and on an Essential ticket it's always just 1k TWD (flight change fare) without any additional cost. I think maybe with the amount of flights going on and from a revenue/profit perspective, it just makes sense for them to send someone on their merry way on an earlier unsold flight and increase availability on later flights.
With Economy Essential ex-Taiwan, change fee is 300TWD for HKG, 1000TWD for short-haul, and 1500TWD for long-haul.
Originally Posted by
wyskevin
Unfortunately no, because there is no ticket desk in KHH airport anymore. You would be asked to call CS to rebook the flight if you showed up in airport and requested taking earlier ones.
You definitely have more experience with KHH than I do, so I can't say for sure, but in this case, the ticket does not need to be re-issued, simply revalidated to the new flight, for OP holds a Flex ticket. I don't think the ticket desk needs to be involved.