Originally Posted by christep
Yes I would have thought so - CX tends to be good about that sort of thing. I'd be surprised if they wouldn't let you on an earlier flight if they had a seat. You need to be sure what's going to happen to your bags though.
Does your other half's Xmas present from you include having your seat in J...?

Hmm I feel even more guilty now

although to be fair I did try and upgrade her for the whole return journey but I was told I would need to buy a full fare single.
I hadn't really thought through the baggage issue, I guess that is a real consideration and I will need to take this into account.