Asia Miles Award Booking / Waiting List
Feb 11, 2020, 7:53 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 3
Asia Miles Award Booking / Waiting List
Dear Forum,
I just registred to learn a bit from your Experience.
Last week I checked flights from FRA to AKL for the 26th of December and they were available for booking. Now I have transferred my Miles and wanted to book. Now the flight on the 26th shows Waiting list and the flight on the 27th is available for booking. We would prefer the 26th for our flight.
What is the smarter way: Book for the 27th and have a secured ticket or is the chance very high that we will get the waiting list approved ?
Thank you for sharing your experience / give me some recommendations. For the flight back there are enough available options.
Kind Regards,
Iggy
I just registred to learn a bit from your Experience.
Last week I checked flights from FRA to AKL for the 26th of December and they were available for booking. Now I have transferred my Miles and wanted to book. Now the flight on the 26th shows Waiting list and the flight on the 27th is available for booking. We would prefer the 26th for our flight.
What is the smarter way: Book for the 27th and have a secured ticket or is the chance very high that we will get the waiting list approved ?
Thank you for sharing your experience / give me some recommendations. For the flight back there are enough available options.
Kind Regards,
Iggy
Feb 11, 2020, 3:40 pm
#2
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,437
Dear Forum,
I just registred to learn a bit from your Experience.
Last week I checked flights from FRA to AKL for the 26th of December and they were available for booking. Now I have transferred my Miles and wanted to book. Now the flight on the 26th shows Waiting list and the flight on the 27th is available for booking. We would prefer the 26th for our flight.
What is the smarter way: Book for the 27th and have a secured ticket or is the chance very high that we will get the waiting list approved ?
Thank you for sharing your experience / give me some recommendations. For the flight back there are enough available options.
Kind Regards,
Iggy
I just registred to learn a bit from your Experience.
Last week I checked flights from FRA to AKL for the 26th of December and they were available for booking. Now I have transferred my Miles and wanted to book. Now the flight on the 26th shows Waiting list and the flight on the 27th is available for booking. We would prefer the 26th for our flight.
What is the smarter way: Book for the 27th and have a secured ticket or is the chance very high that we will get the waiting list approved ?
Thank you for sharing your experience / give me some recommendations. For the flight back there are enough available options.
Kind Regards,
Iggy
Feb 11, 2020, 10:55 pm
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 3
Get the seat on the 27th if you can accept it, or the availability on the 27th may be gone, too. 26DEC is not a "wait-list-friendly" date and CX waitlist is hard to predict. You can keep 27th and wait-list for the 26th. If the 26th becomes available, you can pay service to change (25USD or 1000 miles per sector if online or 40USD or 4000 miles per sector if via phone).
Feb 11, 2020, 11:10 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC/SIN
Programs: CX DM, SQ KF
Posts: 2,176
If you create a separate new booking on waitlist, there’s no extra fee to pay when you issue the ticket, but you would have to pay a (higher) fee to cancel and redeposit the miles of the first booking.
Instead, go to the current booking, and try changing that. If it doesn’t work, call them and add the waitlist for the 26th (but the offline fee would apply if/when that clears).
Oh, and welcome to the FT CX forum!!
Instead, go to the current booking, and try changing that. If it doesn’t work, call them and add the waitlist for the 26th (but the offline fee would apply if/when that clears).
Oh, and welcome to the FT CX forum!!
Feb 12, 2020, 3:01 pm
#6
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 3
If you create a separate new booking on waitlist, there’s no extra fee to pay when you issue the ticket, but you would have to pay a (higher) fee to cancel and redeposit the miles of the first booking.
Instead, go to the current booking, and try changing that. If it doesn’t work, call them and add the waitlist for the 26th (but the offline fee would apply if/when that clears).
Oh, and welcome to the FT CX forum!!
Instead, go to the current booking, and try changing that. If it doesn’t work, call them and add the waitlist for the 26th (but the offline fee would apply if/when that clears).
Oh, and welcome to the FT CX forum!!
What is strange is that there is no change flights in my booing - so I can't check if it possible to change the flight to the 26th. Any idea?
Once again I appreciate the warm welcome and the help
Feb 12, 2020, 3:11 pm
#7
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,437
If for any reason you don't have the option online (not sure what you meant by "no change flights" but usually it's in upper left of the "manage booking" page), you need to call, and it is very difficult to call these days. Also, as I mentioned, change fee is higher over the phone.
Feb 12, 2020, 3:14 pm
#8
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC/SIN
Programs: CX DM, SQ KF
Posts: 2,176
Try Home Page > (Book A Trip) Flights > Redeem Flights > Flight Awards Rebooking (link on the bottom of this page)
Else,If this doesn’t work, you’ll need to call in (be ready for Long hold times though).
Good Luck!
Else,If this doesn’t work, you’ll need to call in (be ready for Long hold times though).
Good Luck!