Vietnam to US mistake fare discussion - 2019 Cathay New Year's gift
Jan 24, 2019, 9:44 pm
#376
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Location: London
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Any experience changing a Priceline reservation? They don't seem to allow you to change online. I'm considering a change but not sure if I will actually need to change so I don't want to spend time calling up just yet.
Jan 24, 2019, 10:02 pm
#377
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
the PL people are total idiots. I've had no luck whatsoever so am considering the next steps
Jan 24, 2019, 10:03 pm
#378
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Jan 24, 2019, 10:10 pm
#379
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,385
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BEFORE DEPARTURE
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RE-PRICE WITH BELOW OPTIONS AND PROVIDE THE BEST
FARE TO PASSENGER -
1. IF SAME ROUTING AND BOOKING CLASS -
USE ANY CX/KA HISTORICAL FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW TICKET MAY BE EQUAL/HIGHER OR LOWER THAN
THE PREVIOUS TICKET OR
2. IF SAME ROUTING BUT DIFFERENT BOOKING CLASS -
USE ANY CX/KA HISTORICAL FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW TICKET MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN
PREVIOUS TICKET OR
3. USE ANY CURRENT CX/KA FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW
TICKET MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN THE
PREVIOUS TICKET.
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AFTER DEPARTURE
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RE-PRICE WITH BELOW OPTIONS AND PROVIDE THE BEST
FARE TO PASSENGER -
1. IF SAME ROUTING AND BOOKING CLASS - USE ANY
CX/KA HISTORICAL FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND NEW
TICKET MAY BE EQUAL/HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE
PREVIOUS TICKET OR
2. USE ANY HISTORICAL CX/KA FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW TICKET MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN
THE PREVIOUS TICKET.
BEFORE DEPARTURE
----------------
RE-PRICE WITH BELOW OPTIONS AND PROVIDE THE BEST
FARE TO PASSENGER -
1. IF SAME ROUTING AND BOOKING CLASS -
USE ANY CX/KA HISTORICAL FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW TICKET MAY BE EQUAL/HIGHER OR LOWER THAN
THE PREVIOUS TICKET OR
2. IF SAME ROUTING BUT DIFFERENT BOOKING CLASS -
USE ANY CX/KA HISTORICAL FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW TICKET MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER THAN
PREVIOUS TICKET OR
3. USE ANY CURRENT CX/KA FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW
TICKET MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN THE
PREVIOUS TICKET.
---------------
AFTER DEPARTURE
---------------
RE-PRICE WITH BELOW OPTIONS AND PROVIDE THE BEST
FARE TO PASSENGER -
1. IF SAME ROUTING AND BOOKING CLASS - USE ANY
CX/KA HISTORICAL FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND NEW
TICKET MAY BE EQUAL/HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE
PREVIOUS TICKET OR
2. USE ANY HISTORICAL CX/KA FARE FOR RE-PRICE AND
NEW TICKET MUST BE EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN
THE PREVIOUS TICKET.
Jan 25, 2019, 1:29 pm
#380
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 6
No show fee for recent error fares?
I have YVR-HKG then HKG-HAN) booked as part of the recent RT error fares in class code A. Not planning on showing up for either of them.
For the first leg terms found on EF indicate a 200 CAD no-show fee plus 100 CAD change fee. Is that correct? Any way around this?
Here is the relevant section of fare bucket terms:
For the first leg terms found on EF indicate a 200 CAD no-show fee plus 100 CAD change fee. Is that correct? Any way around this?
Here is the relevant section of fare bucket terms:
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Jan 25, 2019, 7:38 pm
#382
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I have YVR-HKG then HKG-HAN) booked as part of the recent RT error fares in class code A. Not planning on showing up for either of them.
For the first leg terms found on EF indicate a 200 CAD no-show fee plus 100 CAD change fee. Is that correct? Any way around this?
Here is the relevant section of fare bucket terms:
For the first leg terms found on EF indicate a 200 CAD no-show fee plus 100 CAD change fee. Is that correct? Any way around this?
Here is the relevant section of fare bucket terms:
Spoiler
Jan 26, 2019, 3:53 pm
#384
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: London
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I have YVR-HKG then HKG-HAN) booked as part of the recent RT error fares in class code A. Not planning on showing up for either of them.
For the first leg terms found on EF indicate a 200 CAD no-show fee plus 100 CAD change fee. Is that correct? Any way around this?
Here is the relevant section of fare bucket terms:
For the first leg terms found on EF indicate a 200 CAD no-show fee plus 100 CAD change fee. Is that correct? Any way around this?
Here is the relevant section of fare bucket terms:
Spoiler
Jan 27, 2019, 2:35 am
#386
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: New York
Programs: Marriott Gold, AA, United, Delta, Alaska
Posts: 144
Right, I guess for that matter, does anyone know if there is any money back for canceling after flying half of the trip? My guess is $0, given that when I booked on the CX website, the return leg cost $0 (all of the cost was on the first leg).
Jan 27, 2019, 2:07 pm
#387
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: ZRH
Programs: Miles&More, Privilege Club
Posts: 62
Has anybody successfully changed their dates for free? I have a DAD-HKG-JFK EWR-HKG-DAD ticket with booking classes J,A,C,C and would like to change the last leg (HKG-DAD) to a later date.
Jan 27, 2019, 2:23 pm
#388
Join Date: May 2014
Location: OSL
Programs: SAS EBD, QR Platinumr, HH Gold, Intercont Platinum Ambassador,CC Gold
Posts: 158
I have managed to book my positioning flight to HAN, and will spend one night in Hanoi staying at the Hilton Hotel.
The following day, I am doing HAN-HKG-JFK // 3 hours turn around in JFK-HKG-HAN. I am planning to miss the flight in HKG, and continue on to DOH on QR. Will it be a problem "over" staying in either The Pier og The Wing lounge ?
My QR flight departs at 19:00 hours so I will eventually have 12-13 hours in the First Class lounges before proceeding to the QR-Doha Transit stop.
The following day, I am doing HAN-HKG-JFK // 3 hours turn around in JFK-HKG-HAN. I am planning to miss the flight in HKG, and continue on to DOH on QR. Will it be a problem "over" staying in either The Pier og The Wing lounge ?
My QR flight departs at 19:00 hours so I will eventually have 12-13 hours in the First Class lounges before proceeding to the QR-Doha Transit stop.
Jan 28, 2019, 12:30 am
#389
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 562
As a regular paid CX flyer I was already unhappy that CX sold what were clearly mistake fares and honoured them on what seemed to be a large scale.
Now I find myself needing to push back the U.S. leg of a multi-carrier award ticket by just a few days. However, Marco Polo informs me that there is zero F availability HKG-JFK between now and mid-August (when the ticket expires). Being unable to change the U.S. flight date means that it will be a no-show and the subsequent sectors, for which I redeemed hundreds of thousands of miles, will be forfeited. The only solution Cathay offers is to waitlist which in my experience is unlikely to throw up a seat. So Cathay's decision to fill a large part of its F inventory with non-Cathay loyalists flying on what they mostly know to be a mistake fare turns out to be very damaging for the feeling about Cathay of a Hong Kong based near weekly Cathay passenger like myself.
Now I find myself needing to push back the U.S. leg of a multi-carrier award ticket by just a few days. However, Marco Polo informs me that there is zero F availability HKG-JFK between now and mid-August (when the ticket expires). Being unable to change the U.S. flight date means that it will be a no-show and the subsequent sectors, for which I redeemed hundreds of thousands of miles, will be forfeited. The only solution Cathay offers is to waitlist which in my experience is unlikely to throw up a seat. So Cathay's decision to fill a large part of its F inventory with non-Cathay loyalists flying on what they mostly know to be a mistake fare turns out to be very damaging for the feeling about Cathay of a Hong Kong based near weekly Cathay passenger like myself.
Jan 28, 2019, 12:42 am
#390
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 173
As a regular paid CX flyer I was already unhappy that CX sold what were clearly mistake fares and honoured them on what seemed to be a large scale.
Now I find myself needing to push back the U.S. leg of a multi-carrier award ticket by just a few days. However, Marco Polo informs me that there is zero F availability HKG-JFK between now and mid-August (when the ticket expires). Being unable to change the U.S. flight date means that it will be a no-show and the subsequent sectors, for which I redeemed hundreds of thousands of miles, will be forfeited. The only solution Cathay offers is to waitlist which in my experience is unlikely to throw up a seat. So Cathay's decision to fill a large part of its F inventory with non-Cathay loyalists flying on what they mostly know to be a mistake fare turns out to be very damaging for the feeling about Cathay of a Hong Kong based near weekly Cathay passenger like myself.
Now I find myself needing to push back the U.S. leg of a multi-carrier award ticket by just a few days. However, Marco Polo informs me that there is zero F availability HKG-JFK between now and mid-August (when the ticket expires). Being unable to change the U.S. flight date means that it will be a no-show and the subsequent sectors, for which I redeemed hundreds of thousands of miles, will be forfeited. The only solution Cathay offers is to waitlist which in my experience is unlikely to throw up a seat. So Cathay's decision to fill a large part of its F inventory with non-Cathay loyalists flying on what they mostly know to be a mistake fare turns out to be very damaging for the feeling about Cathay of a Hong Kong based near weekly Cathay passenger like myself.
