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Nov 30, 2005 | 11:42 pm

h2hMedia

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Join Date: Oct 2005

Location: Los Angeles, Cebu, Hong Kong

Programs: MarcoPolo/AAdvantage

Posts: 5

Suprise!

Im checking in at Cebu International heading to Hong Kong. This is a flight i take quite often, and usually on an A330. And to my SUPRISE... a 747-400 is sitting at my gate... This is Cebu people... So fun to see a giant 747 jet in this mini airport...

Anyways... Just some fun news...

Dec 8, 2005 | 6:09 pm

DutchMember

Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: Houston, TX

Programs: AA EXP (> 2.5 MM; *Wood Gld; HHonors Gld

Posts: 166

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Originally Posted by h2hMedia

Did u get a free upgrade w/ all that extra space ?

Dec 9, 2005 | 4:36 pm

christep

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DutchMember

Did u get a free upgrade w/ all that extra space ?

Er, that's not how upgrades work on CX - you only get an upgrade if they are overbooked in the class you are upgrading from. (Unless you want to pay for it with money or miles)

Dec 9, 2005 | 9:01 pm

guuzen

Join Date: May 2005

Location: BKK, TPE, KIX

Programs: CX Diamond, TG ROP Gold, LH Senator, *wood G

Posts: 37

Actually may be that's only your experience. I was upgrade sometimes on empty flights, when "space" was available, but only on minor routes like HKG-TPE or BKK or DPS.

Dec 10, 2005 | 7:32 am

christep

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It happens occasionally to me as well, but I think it's largely only top tier MPCs who get them, and I have never worked out the logic behind those upgrades.

Jan 10, 2006 | 12:30 am

Globalman

Join Date: Jun 2004

Programs: CX Marco Polo

Posts: 45

777 in Cebu on 8/1/06

Flew back on 8/1/06 Cebu to HKG after a short holiday. Full flight on a 777. We were a full extended family together 7 adults + 1 infant (1Dmd, 4 gold, 1 green, 1 non member (our domestic helper) & 1 infant. flight was full, we got 7 upgrades to J & had to pay only US$11 to upgrade infant (CX does not upgrade infants).

Surprised to see a 777 as we flew out on an Airbus 330 to Cebu. Unfortunatly it was a 'regional J' not longhaul configuration.

Jan 10, 2006 | 5:48 pm

Gambler

Join Date: Aug 2004

Location: HKG

Programs: CX, BA

Posts: 239

Quote:

Originally Posted by Globalman

(CX does not upgrade infants).

I'm surprised you had to pay for the infant upgrade given they had already upgraded 7 of u. Not that it's the norm, but CX has op-upgraded myself, partner and infant to J twice (once to TPE and another time back to HKG from KUL).