JFK-YVR Flights - 18 Feb discontinued
Feb 4, 2020, 6:27 pm
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JFK-YVR Flights - 18 Feb discontinued
HI, Is it still possible to book JFK-YVR Flights in First Class using miles from any program? If so how? Thanks,
Feb 5, 2020, 2:14 am
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Feb 5, 2020, 6:24 am
#4
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How are you checking the flight itself is still there? I'm a bit confused and concerned, as I have a booking Feb-27 which when I login on Cathay shows as confirmed, but I have read around the web that the flights are ending early. But I wonder if just award bookings aren't possible vs. them cancelling the flight earlier.
Feb 5, 2020, 6:57 am
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How are you checking the flight itself is still there? I'm a bit confused and concerned, as I have a booking Feb-27 which when I login on Cathay shows as confirmed, but I have read around the web that the flights are ending early. But I wonder if just award bookings aren't possible vs. them cancelling the flight earlier.
Can you provide a link where they say the flights are ending early? I tried searching last night but found nothing, not even on routesonline.
Feb 5, 2020, 8:03 am
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How are you checking the flight itself is still there? I'm a bit confused and concerned, as I have a booking Feb-27 which when I login on Cathay shows as confirmed, but I have read around the web that the flights are ending early. But I wonder if just award bookings aren't possible vs. them cancelling the flight earlier.
Feb 5, 2020, 10:17 am
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I came here after reading this from OneMileAtATime:
"Cathay Pacific will now discontinue their New York to Vancouver route as of February 18, 2020"
https://onemileatatime.com/cathay-pa...couver-flight/
Following a few links on that blog takes you here:
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...45gmt-05feb20/
It's worth noting that routes online themselves say that this is just a closing of reservations, vs. cancellation at this point. I have no insight on what this might mean for existing reservations. At this point, I suppose technically nothing!
"Cathay Pacific will now discontinue their New York to Vancouver route as of February 18, 2020"
https://onemileatatime.com/cathay-pa...couver-flight/
Following a few links on that blog takes you here:
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...45gmt-05feb20/
It's worth noting that routes online themselves say that this is just a closing of reservations, vs. cancellation at this point. I have no insight on what this might mean for existing reservations. At this point, I suppose technically nothing!
Feb 5, 2020, 10:35 am
#8
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On GF/CX it looks like JFK-YVR-HKG and the YVR-HKG piece of it are still bookable but JFK-YVR is not. My guess would be they are still allowing bookings for the flights that have alternatives they can move people to, while they have no CX alternative for JFK-YVR.
Feb 5, 2020, 10:56 am
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I have a JFK-HKG ticket booked for after the cancellation on Avios. Wonder what (or if) BA will try to offer as an alternative. JFK-LHR-YVR isn't cabotage, right?
Feb 5, 2020, 11:31 am
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Last year, when I had a HKG-VYR-JFK booking that got canceled on the second leg due to operational issues they tried to put passengers on Air Canada's flight but there are fewer seats and in the end I ended up waiting 24 hours to get the next CX flight from YVR-JFK. Probably not a good data point, as I had already started my journey.
Feb 5, 2020, 10:13 pm
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So, I found out that yep, the JFK-YVR flight is vanishing in two weeks. I'm booked in early March. Boy, this is gonna be fun to deal with...I've never had an airline route evaporate on me before.