I was waiting for a companion seat.... not D to Z...

I've got 2x confirmed redemptions in J going to LAX in early/mid Dec. I am hoping that they will release some F seats to SFO or LAX in the days before my flight, in which case I would change over to F redemptions (unlikely I know, but I can dream...). Previously I would have just checked the website each morning, but I recently discovered Waitlisting after not having used it for the last 8 years of redeeming Cathay seats. I've gone ahead and Waitlisted 2x F seats on flights to SFO and LAX for the day of my flight and also the next day flights which leave just after midnight. 4 waitlisted F redemptions of 2 seats each...

After I did the redeeming I wondered if this was bad form to clog up the Waitlist with these speculative bookings. Also, I haven't been asked to pay anything yet, so I assume they are "free" until the waitlist clears and they ask me to pay the taxes and fees. Am I wrong and will cancelling the waitlist redemptions cause me to get hit with cancellation fees?

Please let me know! Thanks.

I booked a paid PY trip on R class round trip with my company's travel supplier, then went on to the Asiamiles website to waitlist upgrade awards both ways. Also received email confirmation from AM regarding the waitlist request. However, I received a second email from the travel agency now indicating the outbound leg is on E class, with the return still on R.

Has anyone encountered this before? Will my waitlist request for outbound still hold and get processed if space frees up?

Hello again! Can anyone help me to check F availably for both 881 and 883 on Dec 15 please?
I will be greatly appreciated.

Cx 883lax/b
22:40hkg/1
06:15 +2***/0
15:35

cx 881lax/b
23:55hkg/1
07:30 +2***/0
15:35

Thank you so much.^^
F awards on both flights are still for waitlisting only, even going with Choice awards.

No have not encountered this before. Was the ticket issued already as R class both ways? How about the booking reference on Manage my Booking?

If inventory is released and you have priority on the waitlist, in theory you should get processed. In practice, since the June 22 revaluation, there's anecdotal stories here that award inventory has been reduced.

I've never had success clearing the waitlist as an MPC GO for an upgrade from PEY to J flying to/from NYC (JFK or EWR) - HKG. Either I get confirmed at time of booking by my travel agent calling MPC or if there is availability on the day of departure, I use instant upgrade at the airport. My strategy has been to pick flights with high availability (i.e I9) for HKG bound flight and try to get confirmed. If I can't get confirmation on the return, ex-HKG, I try for instant upgrade at HKG either with the check-in agent or at the lounge.

When I double checked this it looks like my tickets were issued twice (so 2 ticket numbers), but I clearly remember applying for the upgrade waitlist after the first one was issued. (Question: Is the AsiaMiles site smart enough anyway to disable waitlisting for a PY->J upgrade if it can tell that you are only on E fare?). On Manage My Booking the outbound sector already says E class.

I guess if this falls through, I'll also have Instant Upgrade to try at the airport.

Site is probably not smart enough to disable the waitlist for PEY->J upgrade on E fare. However, let's say if the seat was released, I believe the final miles deduction and ticketing to U class would still go through a human, and the upgrade would not be able to ticket successfully if your underlying PEY fare was indeed E fare.

Instant Upgrade at airport is also subjected to the E fare limitation I believe.

Any chance you can confirm with your company supplier why your fare was changed from R to E?

Yeah, I'll try that tomorrow to see what happened. At least I have reference to the older ticket that had R on both legs. I hope they are still able to up-fare me to R without change fees.

https://booking.qatarairways.com/nsp...eBooking.xhtml is also a very quick and dirty way to check fare class (now that Checkmytrip Amex https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...&SITE=XCMTXXNS and MyFlightsApp are permanently dead)