ARCHIVE: Awards: CX / Cathay Pacific / (inc. F and J) - 2014
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Jan 18, 14, 8:55 pm
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ARCHIVE: Awards: CX / Cathay Pacific / (inc. F and J) - 2014
Have a LAX-HKG award ticket reservation in J for 2 passengers (late April 2014). Now I see some F availability close to our travel dates. However, there is only one seat per flight being released by CX. What is the best thing to do? Should I upgrade one passenger to F and wait to see if something opens up later for the other passenger? Is it even possible to upgrade one person but not the other in the same PNR? Any advice?
Jan 19, 14, 1:36 am
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Originally Posted by Achilles
Have a LAX-HKG award ticket reservation in J for 2 passengers (late April 2014). Now I see some F availability close to our travel dates. However, there is only one seat per flight being released by CX. What is the best thing to do? Should I upgrade one passenger to F and wait to see if something opens up later for the other passenger? Is it even possible to upgrade one person but not the other in the same PNR? Any advice?
Jan 19, 14, 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Achilles
Have a LAX-HKG award ticket reservation in J for 2 passengers (late April 2014). Now I see some F availability close to our travel dates. However, there is only one seat per flight being released by CX. What is the best thing to do? Should I upgrade one passenger to F and wait to see if something opens up later for the other passenger? Is it even possible to upgrade one person but not the other in the same PNR? Any advice?
Jan 19, 14, 2:29 pm
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The seat map is a very poor predictor of future award availability.
Jan 19, 14, 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by yojimbo
I'm trying to book SFO-JFK (stopover)-HKG-SIN in J for 55K miles.
Two different AA agents have told me the routing is not permitted.
Can anyone shed some light on why this is an "illegal" routing for this award?
Two different AA agents have told me the routing is not permitted.
Can anyone shed some light on why this is an "illegal" routing for this award?
Jan 19, 14, 4:03 pm
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A stopover is permitted at the North American gateway. So, a stopover at JFK would be allowed.
Jan 19, 14, 4:13 pm
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Originally Posted by jamienbaker
Also, stopovers are only permitted at the first US point of entry. I may be mistaken, but you can't nest a stopover at the start of the trip when flying domestic segments. Plz correct me if mistaken.
Jan 19, 14, 5:05 pm
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Originally Posted by ckpeter
AA allows stopover on either the first point of entry or first point of departure from North America, so the stopover at JFK just before flying to HKG is allowed.
Jan 19, 14, 6:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Austinrunner
The seat map is a very poor predictor of future award availability.
Jan 19, 14, 7:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Achilles
Is flightstats any better?
I have never used or have any knowledge if flightstats will be better.
Jan 19, 14, 7:18 pm
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Originally Posted by ChurchofTee
AR is correct, that the seat map is a poor predictor. I use it to determine loads at time of booking. If there are already seats sold, I avoid those flights. It does not mean that they will NOT sell but it does no good to book into a partially sold flight initially.
I have never used or have any knowledge if flightstats will be better.
I have never used or have any knowledge if flightstats will be better.
Jan 19, 14, 10:31 pm
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Sad to report that, according to EF, the late morning SFO-HKG 744 (CX879) flies for the last time on August 31.
Even worse is that 879 will be operated with a two class 77W six days a weeks starting September 1st, with only Wednesday's flight showing three class.
Even worse is that 879 will be operated with a two class 77W six days a weeks starting September 1st, with only Wednesday's flight showing three class.
Jan 20, 14, 2:10 am
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Originally Posted by ckpeter
AA allows stopover on either the first point of entry or first point of departure from North America, so the stopover at JFK just before flying to HKG is allowed.
TIA
Jan 20, 14, 2:26 am
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Originally Posted by FlightNurse
Interesting, have a question, looking to book, LAX-JFK-YVR-LAX with AA miles is this a legal routing? The JFK-YVR would be on the wonderful CX 777. Could I make JFK the desination and YVR as the stopover? or JFK as the stopover and YVR as the desination?
TIA
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