Downgraded Again :-(
Aug 13, 2004 | 9:44 pm
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Downgraded Again :-(
I have just received a call from my TA telling me that there has been an aircraft change on my TPE-HKG flight in December and that I have been downgraded from F to J :-(
Does anyone know why CX suddenly decides to make all their TPE-HKG flights in December 2 class with the exception of CX 451? CX 451 isn't convienient for me as I want to arrive at the Peninsula HK earlier.
Since my ticket has "FR" printed in the fare basis box, will I still get "F" class priority tags in TPE (I might have to insist that I am on a F ticket but flying J), and access to the F section of the CX lounge there?
Right now, I just hope CX will at least reinstate F service on some of the morning flights TPE-HKG on the day I want to travel.
Does anyone know why CX suddenly decides to make all their TPE-HKG flights in December 2 class with the exception of CX 451? CX 451 isn't convienient for me as I want to arrive at the Peninsula HK earlier.
Since my ticket has "FR" printed in the fare basis box, will I still get "F" class priority tags in TPE (I might have to insist that I am on a F ticket but flying J), and access to the F section of the CX lounge there?
Right now, I just hope CX will at least reinstate F service on some of the morning flights TPE-HKG on the day I want to travel.
Aug 13, 2004 | 11:13 pm
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As for your question: aircraft assignments between TPE and HKG are extremely volatile. They send whatever is available on the route. It's far too early to tell which plane you are going to get in DECEMBER. I fly this route several times a month and hardly ever get the plane advertised. Only the via-TPE flights to NRT, KIX, NGO, FUK, tend to have the same planes all year long.
Incidentially, your best FC bets for the evening are 451 which you mentioned and 401. CX401 is usually a 747 or 346, it's the so-called "banker flight", where first + business tend to be full of HSBC suits and consorts going home after a day's work in Taipei. For some reason these people insist on a first class cabin.
There are almost no FC services TPE-HKG in the morning, because the big birds come back from the US and Europe to HKG in the morning, then take off for their Asian day services. Your best bet for a morning 747 is 407 on a Tuesday.
F section of the lounge in TPE: you'll get in I suppose but believe me, you don't WANT to be there. It's the back room of the otherwise excellent lounge, a bit smelly, excactly the same food as in the big room (which has more seats, a tele, more newspapers, computers and is generally a lot friendly than the first class part.) And it defeats the purpose of an 'exclusive' section: it's always empty during the day, because there is enough room in the big room, and it's completely chock-a-block in the evening, when all the aforementioned banker dudes crowd it with their finance babble.
Incidentially, your best FC bets for the evening are 451 which you mentioned and 401. CX401 is usually a 747 or 346, it's the so-called "banker flight", where first + business tend to be full of HSBC suits and consorts going home after a day's work in Taipei. For some reason these people insist on a first class cabin.
There are almost no FC services TPE-HKG in the morning, because the big birds come back from the US and Europe to HKG in the morning, then take off for their Asian day services. Your best bet for a morning 747 is 407 on a Tuesday.
F section of the lounge in TPE: you'll get in I suppose but believe me, you don't WANT to be there. It's the back room of the otherwise excellent lounge, a bit smelly, excactly the same food as in the big room (which has more seats, a tele, more newspapers, computers and is generally a lot friendly than the first class part.) And it defeats the purpose of an 'exclusive' section: it's always empty during the day, because there is enough room in the big room, and it's completely chock-a-block in the evening, when all the aforementioned banker dudes crowd it with their finance babble.
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Aug 14, 2004 | 4:45 am
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Originally Posted by mhtaipei
it's the so-called "banker flight", where first + business tend to be full of HSBC suits and consorts going home after a day's work in Taipei. For some reason these people insist on a first class cabin.
...and it's completely chock-a-block in the evening, when all the aforementioned banker dudes crowd it with their finance babble.
...and it's completely chock-a-block in the evening, when all the aforementioned banker dudes crowd it with their finance babble.
Are these comments intended to serve a purpose or are you just jealous??
Aug 16, 2004 | 2:54 am
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no on both counts. I guess you didn't see the emoticon. I was simply illustrating the reason for the lack of FC flights TPE-HKG. I know for a fact that CX is keeping FC on that particular flight because of intervention from a dear friend at HSBC -- the comments were more for him 