I am travelling to BKK from LHR with my other half on CX over Xmas, I am in business class and my other half is in economy. There seems lots of business class availability on the day we are travelling, but extremely restricted economy availability (In the appropriate fare class). We are thus looking at a 7 hour layover in HKG (the alternative being to wait for 3 days in HKG). The HKG-BKK flight gets us into BKK quite late on Xmas Eve and we would like to connect earlier if possible.

Do CX tend to allow PAX to standby for earlier connecting flights upon arrival in HKG? I know that BA tend not to allow this, and I assume that CX would have a similar policy but I thought it was worth checking. If it makes any difference I am a BA Gold (OW Emerald) with a fair amount of J travel history with CX (which I think they track even though I am not a Marco Polo club member).

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.