randapex

Thanks everyone for the info. Really hoping to catch some F seats at least Lax-HKG. I'm not as concerned on the Bali flights. We're actually flying on to Manado from there.

hqly2001

I'd like to book a couple f seats on cx for next year with a stopover so itll be hkg to sfo then a month later i will fly to jfk. When i call in with this one way booking, it'll only cost me 67500 miles right?

Any idea what the fees and taxes are? Hi dont think i can book online so i will be charged a phone booking fee right? Can i ask them to waive it due to the inability to book online? Whats the call in. Booking fee anyway?

Austinrunner

(1) Enter your itinerary on the ITA website and get a quote of the taxes, etc.
(2) You will be charged the fee.
(3) It will not be waived unless you are EXP.
(4) $25.

hqly2001

Thx austin!

Lomapaseo

Ran into a couple of unexpected problems today

I flew the ORD-PVG flight in F on AA metal. Absolute disaster!!

No IFE for the whole 14 hr flight and on top of that I couldn't use my laptop because they don't have a 110 v powerport at their fancy First class seat.

What about my return flight on Cathay, can I expect them to have 110v powerport available for laptops?

Austinrunner

You could've figured out which powerports would be offered well ahead of the flight and adjusted accordingly.

SFO777

Agree with Austinrunner, check into the power situation in advance. But the best policy is to never assume that all airlines and A/C have 110V, and simply travel with both AC and DC adapters. To answer your final questions, yes Cathay will have a 110V (and 220V) outlet, conveniently located in your suite.

ChurchofTee

Update to my situation: I did call AA back, and they were able to put me in those choice seats. It shows in my reservation and the seats now shown taken on EF and the ones I had put us in show open. Thanks for the suggestion.

Bacopa

If I booked a J class flight on CX using my miles, can I upgrade at a later date to an F?

Thanks

FewMiles

If you have the miles and there is F award availability, then yes. Just call and ask.

mikelat

if this becomes available, jump on it. CX F is amazing!

bruadair

I am trying to use my AA miles to book an award from DEL to LAX via HKG. I know that this is two awards because of the Asia 1 and Asia 2 rules. Currently I have an award on hold for December 12 which is DEL-HGK in J and HKG-LAX in F for a total of 97,500 miles.

I was hoping to get an earlier date and using KVS tool it shows a pairing of CX708 (J) and CX800(F). There is a 10 hour layover which I have no issues with. This pairing has been coming up for three days, but each day that I call AA they keep saying it's not available.

If I put into the KVS tool DEL and LAX I get the two flights paired together and with availability. If I enter DEL-HKG and HKG-LAX individually then the later does not come up with availability. Is this why the AA agent is not seeing it? Is there a specific way to verbalize (politely) to look a different way? Now if I do DEL-BKK and BKK-LAX I see individual availability.

My current reservation is under one record locator number though technically it's two awards, but this keeps the redeposit fee at $150 for the whole reservation should I need to cancel. If I book under two individual reservations then I'm looking at $300.

Is there something I am missing or should specifically should be asking the AA agent? Thanks for any advice.

bruadair

So here's a follow up after my initial post above.

I know that with AA if one isn't satisfied with the answer then call back again. Normally I never have to call back but when I do usually it's just a second time and things are done.

Not this time. After posting above I called back three times (that's six for today) and spoke with Amy who had no problem finding the flights that I saw on KVS. My award from DEL-BKK-HKG-LAX is now booked, 97,500 miles and $52. Sometimes is seems like the issues sometimes work out quickly after posting here asking for help.

From DEL-BKK-HKG I'm in J and have a four hour layover in Bangkok, then a seven hour layover in HKK before flying F to LAX. I guess I'll have enough time to explore some lounges, especially in Hong Kong

Steve M

I think such a situation is referred to as having "married segments."

I've had several situations where the CX website shows award availability, but AA says "no" on the phone. In each case, after they finish reading me the alternatives (different dates, routings, etc.) I politely ask them to specifically look for the flight I want, and it magically is then available. This has happened at least 3 times, and I don't think I've ever ended a call where AA initially says "no" but the CX website shows availability without me being able to book.

But, I'm not sure exactly what is going on. Sometimes I get the sense that the agent is mistyping or misreading the departure date, considering near-midnight departures and dateline issues that are prevalent with CX bookings. Other times, it seems that if they just put in a route and date, nothing comes up, but if they request a specific flight number, it shows.

So, I really don't know, other than my personal experience of "can you check on flight CX### again?" always seems to work. Then again, it may have something to do with the bankruptcy.

idainc

I recently had good luck using the QF web site.