Covid-19 coronavirus - effect on Cathay Pacific
Feb 19, 2020, 9:10 am
#736
Join Date: Dec 2002
Programs: QR Plat
Posts: 2,434
I know it's exceptional times and all, but it will be another thing to bear in mind when booking in the future. I have no favourite airlines, it's all a matter of which one I loathe the least.
-A
Feb 19, 2020, 11:35 am
#737
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Southern Cali
Programs: AA ExPlat, Marriott Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 2,022
On the non-CX front, JL has dropped HKG-TYO to once a day. CX still has a few HND/NRT flights scheduled daily, but I cant imagine all of them will remain in the current climate.
Feb 19, 2020, 2:18 pm
#738
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: SoCal (ONT), PVD/BOS, JAX, RSW
Programs: AA/US PlatPro & 1.05MM, DL Plat (challenge), UA dirt
Posts: 3,189
The original itinerary was:
AA193 (LAX-HKG) > CX925 (HKG-CEB)
CX930 (MNL-HKG) > AA192 (HKG-LAX)
The current itinerary is:
AA8407/JL61 (LAX-NRT) > JL745 (NRT-MNL) > PR1841 (MNL-CEB)
QR929 (MNL-DOH) > QR739 (DOH-LAX)
Feb 19, 2020, 4:44 pm
#740
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: USA
Programs: DL PM - IC RA - HHonors Gold - Hertz Gold - AA - US - CO - Choice Privileges
Posts: 1,661
New data point: CX has cancelled CX712 (SIN-BKK only) for the next 4 weeks, and will refuse to do a reroute via HKG, I will told I will be processed for a refund no matter what I do, and they will provide no rerouting protection for this route. This was in biz and I'm an OWE if that makes any difference.
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-A
Feb 19, 2020, 7:15 pm
#741
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Here today gone tomorrow
Programs: *G, ow Saph
Posts: 2,865
I agree that the agent wouldn't necessarily be likely to offer it, but it's reasonable for the OP to expect to be accommodated. Perhaps SIN-KUL-BKK would be seen as reasonable?
Feb 19, 2020, 7:46 pm
#742
Join Date: Dec 2002
Programs: QR Plat
Posts: 2,434
It's a convenient flight for someone that primarily flies OW, and I've used it often enough that on most flights I meet crew I know from past flights. And no, on my list of airline loathing, you're not seeing me on Scoot anytime soon. The point wasn't that I could walk dry shod on alternate flights SIN-BKK, it was how CX decided to do this.
I'm sure the refund shows up, so it's not a huge deal beyond how they handled already checked in customers for a flight.
-A
Feb 19, 2020, 7:53 pm
#743
Join Date: Dec 2002
Programs: QR Plat
Posts: 2,434
As I've said in other posts, it's not a huge deal, and I know the circumstances isn't your random tech on a single aircraft, so I'm not pushing things more than I need to. I just wanted to put it in here as a curious way of dealing with a ticketed and checked in business class pax with status.
I'm on SQ up today, on my own dime, and I'm sure it'll be just as nice as CX would have been. I'll quietly sulk over a glass of wine over my OW points and by the end of the day I'll be in another pool. It's hardly the end of the world.
-A
Feb 20, 2020, 1:06 am
#744
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: OneWorld Emerald (BA GGL), *A Silver (Miles & Less), Skyteam Pleb (KLM FlyingBlue), Mucci Platinum
Posts: 904
Our flights SYD-HKG have been cancelled. I am far from surprised. A lot of people heading to HKG last Tuesday were put off by the FAs running around in face masks. I was told that some refused to fly. I didn’t actually witness anything but a lot of noise. Those that we had were perfectly pleasant but one does feel as though one has arrived at the Hygienist. Our flight on to AKL had possibly 45 people aboard. The Wing was deserted. Heartbreaking. The airport was like a Morgue.
Frankly, Cathay must be haemorrhaging money. I hope that they survive.
Frankly, Cathay must be haemorrhaging money. I hope that they survive.
The entire apron at HKG between the midfield terminal and the maintenance hangars are currently filled back-to-back with parked planes.
Feb 20, 2020, 1:17 am
#745
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Here today gone tomorrow
Programs: *G, ow Saph
Posts: 2,865
I was told that them putting me on another airline was just completely off the list of options, from the outset. Even if the cost of sticking me on MH via KUL would likely have netted them a tidy profit, I didn't ask for any specific other routing with other airlines
As I've said in other posts, it's not a huge deal, and I know the circumstances isn't your random tech on a single aircraft, so I'm not pushing things more than I need to. I just wanted to put it in here as a curious way of dealing with a ticketed and checked in business class pax with status.
I'm on SQ up today, on my own dime, and I'm sure it'll be just as nice as CX would have been. I'll quietly sulk over a glass of wine over my OW points and by the end of the day I'll be in another pool. It's hardly the end of the world.
-A
As I've said in other posts, it's not a huge deal, and I know the circumstances isn't your random tech on a single aircraft, so I'm not pushing things more than I need to. I just wanted to put it in here as a curious way of dealing with a ticketed and checked in business class pax with status.
I'm on SQ up today, on my own dime, and I'm sure it'll be just as nice as CX would have been. I'll quietly sulk over a glass of wine over my OW points and by the end of the day I'll be in another pool. It's hardly the end of the world.
-A
I too am on my way to Thailand. There are worse places to wind up at the end of the day. Unfortunately, unlike you, I'm stuck using Scoot to get there
Feb 20, 2020, 9:09 am
#748
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: JFK/EWR/SFO/LAX/YYZ <-> HKG, PEK, CKG
Programs: CX, Hyatt
Posts: 155