Is this an option for company-purchased tickets too? The case where e.g. employer buys ticket but has a Y-only travel policy https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trav...ht-flight.html ?

And further to that - does this involve the employer/employer's TA?

As long as the ticket is changeable, it can be upgraded to a higher-class ticket. Obviously, this depends on the fare rule of the company's contracted fare with CX, but I think most CX fares allow changes with a fee. I believe CX does not waive the change fee penalty in the vast majority of cases, though.

Of course, if the TA is willing to make the change, that will be the easiest. If not, though, CX has a policy of charging 60USD extra to take over agency-issued tickets. The policy is here: https://www.cxagents.com/ta/en_HK/ne...-revised-.html

Expect some pushbacks and may need to HUACA.

These three are enough to persuade most Y-only travel policy victims. But it's not impossible, at least on CX (cf QR https://www.reddit.com/r/awardtravel/s/YGehI5I4dg )

I’m not sure about corporate fares, but I think CX agents on hotline are willing to waive the change fee penalty as long as you are upgrading. But it’s not default, so you have to request every time.

Hi ernestnywang, thanks for looking into the fares!

So I got lucky as the both MAD-HKG and HKG-PVG had I class, and CX had recently published this lower I class fare MAD-PVG? And not lucky in the I9 sense as even if I1 the price would be the same?

Checked in at counter earlier, flight aws still I9, overheard pax to me asked about $ to upgrade to J (dunno if PE or E, assume they were status pax using J counter), and was quoted 850eur (one segment)....a bit lower than the earlier offered 1013eur ugrade bid but not much discount even though at I9.

Yes. When you say you were booked in E, I assume you meant E class, but if you meant Economy, I guess it matters what your underlying fare basis was. It is also possible there was a lower I class fare at the time you booked, but I class seats were not available, or perhaps the E class fare you bought was a bit higher than the current one.

You had it perfectly right, I went from ER99ESHR to IR99ESAR :)

hi ernestnywang,

I (finally) had a proper look at the fare constructions between the new and old tickets

Old ticket
ER99ESHR was 870 (435/direction)
New ticket
same ER99ESHR is now 1043 (521/direction)
IR99ESAR is 1591 (795.direction)

The fare difference was
1/2 of the IR99ESAR (795) + 1/2 of the new-priced ER99ESHR (521) - old ER99ESHR (870) = 446
ie Upfaring the outbound to I class also forced-repriced the same E class inbound to current high price (521-435).

Is this the normal? Win some lose some etc?

Thank you!

Looking to book flights from ICN to HKG for 2 passengers:

1. Can I book using Asia Miles and pay cash upsell or bid to upgrade to Business?
2. Alternatively If I book a cash fare, is there a certain fare class to book that allows upgrades using miles and how many miles does it cost to upgrade per passenger?
3. Is bid to upgrade only available for all cash bookings.

Any advice is appreciated. thank you,

1. No
2. only do-able on premium econ with flex
3. yes.

Hopefully the correct forum/thread for this...
I am flying LHR-SFO next week on BA but crediting the points to CX. If there is a decent airport cash upgrade offer I might take it, but my question is: will the points/miles that are credited to CX reflect the underlying fare or the upgraded fare? Anyone have experience of doing this? Thanks!

Given no change in routing, only cabin class, you should be allowed to use historical fare, i. e., the one-way upgrade cost should have been 795-435=360. I think the agent over-charged you. You might want to speak with CX. There is also the 150EUR penalty in addition to fare difference, though.

Would anyone be so kind to look at CX831 6/21 on expert flyer?

Had to book list min PE for work. The seat map was totally full when selecting seat.

I am OWE with AA and have had 2 OP ups in my time on CX. Once to J from PE HKG - CHC (seasonal flight) and once Y - PE HKG - AKL (I was OWS at the time).

Hope that anecdotical data helps!

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Appologies to follow up but we're pretty much T24 and I'm seeing a full seat map at check in. Are we W0?