Originally Posted by
westcoastman
Anyway just got my F boarding pass HKG - YVR. Problem solved for that at least. I got really lucky. Bumps in MEL were because every flight from MEL to HKG is overbooked because of summer break for college kids. Who would of thought in December?!
You will be surprised how often CX overbooks their MEL-HKG flight. This is particularly the case during school holidays and/or university breaks. Based on my (limited) experience, I was always asked to volunteer my seat and fly on a later flight on the same day or to another port and catch the CX flight from there.
Originally Posted by westcoastman
They tried to bump 11 people and offered a number of compensation including $240 USD and upgrade voucher to fly the next day but since one of us is in Business we declined since the told us we both would be in Y if we flew the next day.
I think you mean $240 AUD right? Either way, it is slightly less than we I have received or offered before ($250 to $270).
FWIW, I only took their offer once though.