Overbooking exists in First Class?
 

I checked the CX website and wanted to buy first class
however I couldn't choose the seat as all six seats have been chosen
Does overbooking even exist in first class!? Or i am not a member so i cannot choose my seat? (buy i was buying first class..)

i heard cx wont overbook first class

Without questioning the reliability of the source, I am questioning why not since the F tickets should be the most flexible. And given the client demographics, there should be a likely chance of a no-show over someone say in Y

Also, given that there are only 6 F seats, I am assuming even if there exist overbooking in F, the percentage to breach will be somewhere in the line of not more than 1 or 2 seats?

I'm pretty sure CX doesn't overbook F. Reliable posters have said as much here. Anecdotally, (I normally take anecdotes with a grain of salt but I'm literally talking 50+ CX F flights) I've never once encountered an overbooking scenario. Unlike J, PEY or Y. In Y it is all the time. J overselling happens regularly enough too that I know they do it there. Yet never once, ever, seen in F. I don't think so.

Hi OP, can you post which flights you are looking at and the dates?

I don't see why CX should allow F overbooking. The problem is CX loses if all 7 or 8 pax shows up and you have to downgrade someone. The downside (monetary, reputational especially if all the pax are VIPs) for CX is not worth the extra income.

No way does CX overbook F. OP is confusing the seat map with sold seats. Even with no F seats sold, typically CX will block 4 of the 6 F seats.

What is that?

I believe that's around-the-world OW tickets.

CX does not overbook F. Not many airlines do?

If you are not a status holder the window seats will all be blocked. If you can book the ticket some of the seats are still available. You will just need to call to book them.

I believe it was confirmed that BA overbooks F by 1.

It has been repeated in this forum often that CX doesn't overbook F - but I wonder if this is a hand-me-down comment from many years ago, and if it still applies.

I hear your point about recency, but I've just never seen it and fly it fairly regularly. Also have never once seen a report here. It would be a real shixtshow. There are only 6 seats! And how do you decide who to bump? J at a minimum has 35 seats or so on the smallest config. You assume you can bump or convince SOMEONE. I would be just totally furious if CX screwed that up. Everyone pays 5-10k for the seat and they bump one of us?

BA "F" is fine, but not really F compared to the other major carriers. And cash prices reflect that, cheaper than CX. And there are minimum 8 BA seats, up to what 14?

There is no way CX (or any other good airline with a small First Class) overbooks it.