So, I'm waitlisted for an J class upgrade on a flight this weekend, HKG-EWR. Waitlist will empty tomorrow. I called MPC this afternoon to see if I could nudge them to confirm. EF is showing J7C6D0I0W7R6E6. They wouldn't confirm. However, agent told me to call every day until the flight to inquire about confirmation. I've never heard of this before. Is this a standard practice? I assumed I would have to wait until departure date and try instant upgrade at the airport.

This is probably route dependent (I have been doing R->U upgrades between YYZ and HKG consistently for the past 5+ years), but I would say I score most (like 85%) of my redemption upgrades within the last 4 days of departure after the waitlist has expired. U class seats do get released within the last few days up to departure. I usually monitor ExpertFlyer loads "crazily" during the last few days, and call every time I see a change (increase) in the selling loads. Many times as soon as the loads change I called and got the upgrade seat. This goes all the way to as close as T-3 hours that I got a seat when the load went from J1C1D1I1 to J2C2D2I2. Interestingly while I was trying to ticket the redemption upgrade, I saw that I got an op-up and managed to call MPC back to cancel the redemption upgrade.

CX changed the rules half yr ago. The ticketing deadline shortens dramatically and may vary depending on booking class. The only exception is if you are DM

Advice on CX award ticket
 

Hello everyone. I'm currently confirmed for a first class award ticket from MNL-HK-SFO on December 11. However my return ticket has been waitlisted since August. I checked KVS and as of today it says F2 A2 for the December 19 SFO-HK leg. (I'm more concerned with long haul anyway), what are my chances of getting confirmed? At what point should I give up? My deadline is December 9 but that seems to be cutting it too close. Any advice is appreciated! I am a Marco Polo Gold member. Thanks in advance!

None. Push the deadline to 15 Dec, but it is very likely you will be flying outbound with no assurance there will be redemption inbound. Happens a lot under post-22/6 now.

*sigh* thought so... thanks.

This really happens a lot nowadays... Previously I usually get at least some kind of round trip tickets confirmed (mine were mostly companion, not straight redemption) before my departure, and sometimes towards the day of inbound they will offer me the flight I want (and ask me for change fee... but usually I'll pay it... anyway)

Just now I've just given up my HKG-NRT companion waiting... Waitlist for over 3 months... Waitlist deadline extended 3 times already.... Seeing the loading dropped from wide open (9999 for JCDI), from seat map only less than 10 seats occupied to I5, I4 or even C2... At this very last moment (waitlist deadline again, one week to flight day) still only willing to release 450 xTPE to NRT for me, and not willing to release any return sector seat to me.... Finally cancelled the redemption waitlist, also cancelled the revenue ticket, and turned to JL paid tickets... and at the same time keep seeing them giving out op-up continuously...

Idiot revenue management...

Would anyone be so kind to check CX738 DXB-HKG on 31 Dec? We got 2x J seats waitlisted as an upgrade from Y.

Sorry for my ignorance - but what does that mean in terms of upgrade chances?

I went ahead and upgraded to a paid J ticket - I'm sick of being waitlisted for months, having the waitlist drop a few days before departure and then hoping to upgrade on check-in. Particularly on a NYE flight.

Maybe... They lost some cash revenue from my D fare ticket + accounting revenue from some miles v.s. maybe can take two more Y class revenue and offer op-up to them (they were selling L2 for the flight selling C2 at the same time, and selling Q5 for the flight selling I4)

I'm missing something. On a HKG-NRT flight, where can you upgrade to if your underlying fare is D?