HKG-JNB J availability
Aug 22, 2016, 8:48 pm
#16
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This is so odd - our flight on Sept 6 seems to be wide open in Y and EY award inventory per BA, and there are 5 J seats available.
Sept 7 also have wide open Y and EY but only 1 J seat.
In a week's period, only the 6th and 7th have plenty of award seats.
Odd pattern.
Sept 7 also have wide open Y and EY but only 1 J seat.
In a week's period, only the 6th and 7th have plenty of award seats.
Odd pattern.
Aug 22, 2016, 10:37 pm
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I have taken this flight twice, once at Christmas and once at CNY. Booked were booked in PE. The Christmas flight was completely full both ways; got upgraded to J HKG-JNB
CNY flight was empty in the front. On the return there were two passengers in PE: me and a friend and another two in J (another two friends)
Managed to get two J award tickets for CNY 2017 no problem, lots of availability when booking (March 2016)
CNY flight was empty in the front. On the return there were two passengers in PE: me and a friend and another two in J (another two friends)
Managed to get two J award tickets for CNY 2017 no problem, lots of availability when booking (March 2016)
Nov 9, 2016, 7:06 pm
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I am certainly late to this post, but in the middle of Oct, we booked 2 U (Business class) tickets LAX-HKG-JNB with Alaska points, RT in May 2017. Plenty of space at that time.
We have not booked seats yet. Guess we should.
We are in SAN area, so we will rent a car, drive to LAX, turn it in, shuttle to a hotel, spend the night and shuttle back. On the return we will rent a car and drive home, double drive to the rental car and come home from there in our car. This will be cheaper that 2 people van from home to LAX, which cannot be done conveniently for a 9:30 am flight. So a night stay still will be likely. Return is easy either way. Van +-$300 each way. Rental last time about $100.
We have not booked seats yet. Guess we should.
We are in SAN area, so we will rent a car, drive to LAX, turn it in, shuttle to a hotel, spend the night and shuttle back. On the return we will rent a car and drive home, double drive to the rental car and come home from there in our car. This will be cheaper that 2 people van from home to LAX, which cannot be done conveniently for a 9:30 am flight. So a night stay still will be likely. Return is easy either way. Van +-$300 each way. Rental last time about $100.
Jan 3, 2017, 8:45 am
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I'm trying to book some flights to JNB on CX with AK in J for this Summer (US summer). Finding availability is very odd with almost only Tues's having more than one seat.
Anyone noticed trends on release of these J seats lately? Wife and I flew this in Aug 2016 and didn't have any problems finding dates for our return.
Anyone noticed trends on release of these J seats lately? Wife and I flew this in Aug 2016 and didn't have any problems finding dates for our return.
Jan 3, 2017, 8:57 am
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That's what I'm noticing for Summer still. 6th and 7th were Tues/Wed back in Sept.
Sep 14, 2018, 10:01 am
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Is it common for CX not to release space for JNB route even if the J cabin is pretty empty? The availability seems to be very different from other routes of CX such as USA. Even 7 days before departure when J cabin is empty, CX seems not willing to release J seat for award tickets.
Sep 14, 2018, 10:27 am
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Is it common for CX not to release space for JNB route even if the J cabin is pretty empty? The availability seems to be very different from other routes of CX such as USA. Even 7 days before departure when J cabin is empty, CX seems not willing to release J seat for award tickets.
Flew HKG > JNB on August 7. Flights on the days before were pretty much full in J - my flight was empty. When I checked approximately 1 week before departure, award seats had opened up for my flight, and a few other empty flights in the following days. However, it seems many tickets are purchased a few days before travel, which may be why CX is reluctant to open up space even when there is 9+ seats available.
Also just looking at flights this upcoming week, most are near fully booked or sold out - especially in J. It's a popular route.
Sep 19, 2018, 9:55 am
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Just one data point for this:
Flew HKG > JNB on August 7. Flights on the days before were pretty much full in J - my flight was empty. When I checked approximately 1 week before departure, award seats had opened up for my flight, and a few other empty flights in the following days. However, it seems many tickets are purchased a few days before travel, which may be why CX is reluctant to open up space even when there is 9+ seats available.
Also just looking at flights this upcoming week, most are near fully booked or sold out - especially in J. It's a popular route.
Flew HKG > JNB on August 7. Flights on the days before were pretty much full in J - my flight was empty. When I checked approximately 1 week before departure, award seats had opened up for my flight, and a few other empty flights in the following days. However, it seems many tickets are purchased a few days before travel, which may be why CX is reluctant to open up space even when there is 9+ seats available.
Also just looking at flights this upcoming week, most are near fully booked or sold out - especially in J. It's a popular route.