Yes, however there can always be the risks of what we discussed before for throwing away the last segment consistently

Has anyone experienced a problem with waitlisting for "married segments"?

I have purchased a ticket for TPE / HKG / LHR / HKG / TPE in D Class. The ticket can be rebooked without any penalty. The outbound flights are CX565 on Day 0 and then CX253 on Day 1.

Now I want to change the outbound flights to CX565 on Day -5 and then CX253 on Day -4. The agent at first told me that D Class was available for both flights so no problem, but he later said he could not change the flights which I guessed (and he confirmed) was because of "married segments" issues. (Expert Flyer was showing high availability in D Class for CX565 on Day -5 but low availability in D Class for CX253 on Day -4.)

So I asked to be put on the waitlist for CX565 on Day -5 and then CX253 on Day -4. After being put on hold for more than 20 minutes, the agent said he could not do it and neither could his colleagues. He said that, in order to waitlist, I would have to cancel the flights for the old dates first or else change the flights only once the new dates were available. In other words I could not waitlist in the normal sense.

What I would have to do, the agent explained, was to call back regularly to check availability, which would be a pain to say the least.

Please can anyone shed some light on this problem?

Did you search you flights on EF per sector? it should show the same amount of D class if you search it correctly.

were you able to find D availability on EF for both CX565 AND CX253 on the day you want? if one sector is unavailable CX would not confirm the outbound journey.

unfortunately that's the problem of ex TPE married segment tickets. Even if underlying "D" fares is available for both flight for POS of HK, the married segment "D" for POS (point of sale) Taiwan may not be available. Reason is simple, the ex TPE "married segment" D-fares are lot cheaper, so they don't release it easily. I would assume you are close to your flight date - i find that ex TPE availability is extremely good for 1mth out but closer to dates you start having these problems.

One thing i did was (refer my post earlier) I waitlisted seperately and somehow they both cleared seperately and I was good to go by "re-marrying both segments". I'm not sure how agent did it but I didn't question - it sound like unknowledable agent just went ahead to confirm underying segments on its own and force merger it... I didn't have problem at check in either and I dumped my last HKG-TPE segment.

thanks CX for all the arbitrage opportunity ex TPE once again. I know you read it.

Hello!

I know how to break married segment

Care to share more information?

I can tell you that it's not so easy to crack married segments when all airlines run their own programming . I have managed to crack some of them, some of them I play with all their systems . It has cost me several hours of insomnia. I'm looking for a professional who knows his business in Amadeus . I would gladly trade some ideas . It may be many different ways how I manupulate the most airlines' systems . I'm still working on cracking their RTIM . Who is eager to share ?

Hello! I am really interested to know how to break the married segments, because the way I break still now, doesn't work more

lo sabes romper los segmentos?

Please post in English. You can break up segments before ticket is issued, but fare is usually higher - either select the flights yourself (but there is no guarantee they are not married) or discuss with your travel agency.