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SLGO Jan 18, 2017 6:43 pm

Hi I am waitlising on the following flights. Would anyone please check the chances for me?

28 Jan KA691
31 Jan KA634

Thank you so much!

percysmith Jan 18, 2017 8:21 pm

I9 y9 b7 h0

j7 d4 i0 y3 h2 k0

SLGO Jan 18, 2017 8:29 pm


Originally Posted by percysmith (Post 27784815)
I9 y9 b7 h0

j7 d4 i0 y3 h2 k0

Thank you percy! Would you say the chance is slim (for Y ticket redemption), especially on 634? Please forgive my ignorance in interpreting the figures.

percysmith Jan 18, 2017 9:40 pm

Maybe some chance on the KA691 but not the KA634, no matter Business or Economy.

SLGO Jan 18, 2017 11:58 pm


Originally Posted by percysmith (Post 27785080)
Maybe some chance on the KA691 but not the KA634, no matter Business or Economy.

I see. I'd better delay my trip for a day for better chances. Thanks a lot.

Paulchili Jan 21, 2017 1:18 pm

I am looking into getting an award from SFO to SYD via HKG.
The flight from SFO arrives around 7 PM.
There are 2 connections - one around 9 PM and another one around 11PM.
The latter seems available most of the time but not the earlier one.
If I get the award for the later connection, can I wait-list for the earlier one just in case it may open?
If so, how do I do that - online or with an agent?
TIA

percysmith Jan 21, 2017 9:01 pm

CX161's the hardest to get cos it's the most family friendly.

You can ticket CX101 and waitlist CX161, and reissue for 4,000AM/US$40 if it clears. Add the waitlist by phone, you will be allowed to waitlist right up to departure.

Paulchili Jan 21, 2017 9:52 pm


Originally Posted by percysmith (Post 27798713)
CX161's the hardest to get cos it's the most family friendly.

You can ticket CX101 and waitlist CX161, and reissue for 4,000AM/US$40 if it clears. Add the waitlist by phone, you will be allowed to waitlist right up to departure.

Thank you.
That is what I will do.

cxfan1960 Jan 22, 2017 6:16 pm


Originally Posted by percysmith (Post 27798713)
CX161's the hardest to get cos it's the most family friendly.

You can ticket CX101 and waitlist CX161, and reissue for 4,000AM/US$40 if it clears. Add the waitlist by phone, you will be allowed to waitlist right up to departure.

I waitlist by phone all the time, and my waitlist always expires four days (or longer if falls on a weekend) before departure. Occasionally it did show I was still waitlisting on my account after the deadline, but that never cleared.

percysmith Jan 22, 2017 7:06 pm


Originally Posted by cxfan1960 (Post 27802418)
I waitlist by phone all the time, and my waitlist always expires four days (or longer if falls on a weekend) before departure. Occasionally it did show I was still waitlisting on my account after the deadline, but that never cleared.

If Paulchilli has been ticketed and is merely trying to rebook a segment i.e. same origin and destination, same class of service, no deadline should be set. Just did it with my mother trying to get on CX162/CX100 when confirmed on CX110 earlier this month.

(Contrast: me trying to get from ticketed Premium Economy to Business for Easter: 4 day waitlist still set)

Zoooo Jan 24, 2017 6:57 pm


Originally Posted by percysmith (Post 27772992)
1/4 J9 Y9 H0 all (more or less)
9/4 J9 Y9 M6 both

Thanks :P
finally got CX594 PE and CX595 E :cool: on Sun this week. (Rebook via BA :p)

SLGO Jan 24, 2017 11:36 pm


Originally Posted by SLGO (Post 27785448)
I see. I'd better delay my trip for a day for better chances. Thanks a lot.

A bit of an update... got cleared with KA691 on 29 Jan, but still waitlisting for the return flight KA692 on 1 Feb...
Given the issue deadline for the outbound is tonight, seems I can go nowhere...

QRC3288 Jan 25, 2017 12:15 am


Originally Posted by SLGO (Post 27813956)
A bit of an update... got cleared with KA691 on 29 Jan, but still waitlisting for the return flight KA692 on 1 Feb...
Given the issue deadline for the outbound is tonight, seems I can go nowhere...

call them and ask for an extension of the deadline. the "deadline" is so darn annoying, and it makes much of the waitlist benefit moot....fight them on it

SLGO Jan 25, 2017 1:21 am


Originally Posted by QRC3288 (Post 27814059)
call them and ask for an extension of the deadline. the "deadline" is so darn annoying, and it makes much of the waitlist benefit moot....fight them on it

Thanks for your advice! Finally reached MPC after a few calls and had the deadline extended.

May I ask for experts here to check on the chances of clearing waitlist please? KA692 on 1 Feb. Thank you!

percysmith Jan 25, 2017 4:34 am


Originally Posted by SLGO (Post 27814212)
Thanks for your advice! Finally reached MPC after a few calls and had the deadline extended.

I thought 4 days before departure was the hard deadline for any unticketed booking...?


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