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Old Sep 4, 2018, 7:08 pm
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DPS-HKG - 09/6/2018 - MCI777
HKG-SFO - 09/7/2018 - MCI777 ( just flew SFO-HKG-DPS a few days ago)

LAX-BKK - 10/07/2018 - EVA777
BKK-LAX - 10/22/2018 - EVA777

BKK-LAX - 10/10/2018 - jerrflyer

LAX-BKK - 10/15/2018 - cmdsea
BKK-LAX - 04/04/2019 - cmdsea

SFO-PVG - 10/24/2018 - 1k650
DPS-SFO - 11/14/2018 - 1k650

LAX-DPS - 10/27/2018 - FoxFlyer
DPS-LAX - 11/01/2018 - FoxFlyer

BKK-LAX - 11/01/2018 - EmailKid

LAX-BKK - 11/01/2018 - fijaircan
BKK-LAX - 11/11/2018 - fijaircan

LAX-BKK - 11/17/2018 - EVA777
BKK-LAX - 11/27/2018 - EVA777

LAX-PVG - 01/10/2019 - George84
PVG-LAX - 01/14/2019 - George84

LAX-PVG - 01/17/2019 - SGan317
PVG-LAX - 01/21/2019 - SGan317

SFO-BKK 01/07/19- frank10b
BKK-SFO 01/16/19 - frank10b

SFO-BKK 01/09/2019 - IluvSQ
BKK-SFO 01/25/2019 - IluvSQ

LAX-PVG 01/19/2019 - vincewy
PVG-LAX 01/26/2019 - vincewy

LAX-HKG 2/2/19 - genesq
HKG-LAX 2/17/19 - genesq

LAX-DPS 2/13/19 - maverikbc
DPS-LAX 3/4/19 - maverikbc

LAX-BKK 2/14/19 - chiefnwa
BKK-LAX 2/24/19 - chiefnwa

SFO-BKK 2/17/19 - bretmd
BKK-SFO 2/24/19 - bretmd

SFO-PVG - 2/22/2019 - gpen1827
PVG-SFO - 3/4/2019 - gpen1827

LAX-BKK 2/22/2019 MCI777
BKK-LAX 2/27/2019 MCI777

SFO-SGN - 02/25/2019 - Flyer89
SGN-LAX - 03/02/2019 - Flyer89

SFO-BKK - 2/27/2019 - 1k650
DPS-SFO - 3/20/2019 - 1k650

LAX-BKK - 03/01/2019 - sydneyguy1234
BKK-LAX - 03/04/2019 - sydneyguy1234

LAX-BKK - 03/02/2019 - firemandan9
BKK-LAX - 03/10/2019 - firemandan9

LAX-BKK - 03/02/2019 - EVA777
BKK-LAX - 03/17/2019 - EVA777

SFO-PVG - 03/17/2019 - omghaxcode
PVG-SFO - 03/24/2019 - omghaxcode

LAX-PVG - 03/23/2019 - legalalien, Ml007, Mileage Lover
PVG-LAX - 03/30/2019 - legalalien, Ml007

PVG-LAX 03/31/2019 Mileage Lover

LAX-HKG 09/22/2018 atiger29

LAX-HKG 11/14/2018 Tafflyer
HKG-PVG 11/18/2018 Tafflyer
PVG-LAX 04/02/2019 Tafflyer
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:20 am
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Originally Posted by yutuyu
Just booked LAX-BKK 18OCT18-24OCT18
Maybe the Mods should move this back to the Premium Fare forum.

So many sites have declared this fare dead LONG before it was.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:20 am
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Originally Posted by omghaxcode
I sat in the online chat waiting queue for hours (150th in line) trying to get my Expedia booked seat selected. As soon as I was put at the head of the queue, I was told I'd need to wait 48 from departure to select seat. I asked a follow up and they told me to get back in the queue lol.
This morning's queue was only 29 long, and the agent assigned my seats quickly. That's not reflected anywhere I can view my itinerary (Expedia booked), but the seats now show as taken on EF. So I hope she knew what she was doing.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:24 am
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Originally Posted by yutuyu
Just booked LAX-BKK 18OCT18-24OCT18
You booked this today? August 17? Still working?
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:26 am
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Originally Posted by legalalien
This morning's queue was only 29 long, and the agent assigned my seats quickly. That's not reflected anywhere I can view my itinerary (Expedia booked), but the seats now show as taken on EF. So I hope she knew what she was doing.
Me too. Prior to my chat the seats were vacant on EF, but now they show as occupied. Same seats I had selected via Expedia.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:29 am
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Current chat hold times exceed 4-6 hours assuming no additional staffing. Currently appears as chat is staffed by a single person. Improved from 79th to 73th in the queue in 45 minutes.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by mileshusband
Current chat hold times exceed 4-6 hours assuming no additional staffing. Currently appears as chat is staffed by a single person. Improved from 79th to 73th in the queue in 45 minutes.
Does anyone have thoughts on if the check-in folks at the airport could do seat assignments for flights months from now?
(We will be on a different trip in a few days and have some time to kill between flights. It would be easy to swing by.)
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:46 am
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Originally Posted by omghaxcode
I sat in the online chat waiting queue for hours (150th in line) trying to get my Expedia booked seat selected. As soon as I was put at the head of the queue, I was told I'd need to wait 48 from departure to select seat. I asked a follow up and they told me to get back in the queue lol.
I spent 3 hours last night in a queue for live chat (number 142!) and the agent came on and refused to assign seats, said call 48 hours before. Then i read the threads here and everyone said they were calling/writing and getting seats. I tried again on live chat a bit ago. Took about 20 minutes and she got me seats for 3 of my 4 legs and said the system timed out.
I am starting to believe this is real, supposed to leave sept 5 LAX > HK --BKK and back

fingers and eyeballs crossed.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 10:55 am
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Originally Posted by josephstern
You booked this today? August 17? Still working?
Unlikely to be ticketed.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 11:05 am
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Also managed to get seats assigned for all my flights using the chat. Wait was about an hour, started as 65 in the queue. Went down to 38 and then suddenly had a rep on the other end.
Seats show as taken on the checkmytrip seat map but not reflected in my booking. Hope they will stick.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 11:08 am
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I have to laugh at the unassigned seat fear. At this price I'd gladly take the worst seat in the J cabin and still feel great. I guarantee the worst J seat in the cabin is way better than the best Y seat.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 11:21 am
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Does the queue number update on its own? Mine hasn't changed in the half hour I've been on.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 11:21 am
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Originally Posted by EVA777
I have to laugh at the unassigned seat fear. At this price I'd gladly take the worst seat in the J cabin and still feel great. I guarantee the worst J seat in the cabin is way better than the best Y seat.
The pros here will book as many as possible with all APIS ready on travel sites logged in, with option to cancel unwanted within 24 hours.

The ones you should really worry is correct names matching your passports, which ironically still mis-entered by many. Even DOB can be changed, but your official names can't without major hassles if even possible.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by EVA777
I have to laugh at the unassigned seat fear. At this price I'd gladly take the worst seat in the J cabin and still feel great. I guarantee the worst J seat in the cabin is way better than the best Y seat.
Sure, but why not try for the best J?
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 11:25 am
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I think we all know that having a seat assignment does not guarantee the airline will honor it, it's all about that psychological peace of mind that thinking if I have a seat then I'm on.

But no worries guys, I also have a need for fake psychological peace of mind so after 2 hours on the chat I got seats assigned to what I wanted. Excited to see Thailand, have a sixe hour lay over in HKG on the way there and hoping to go see the city.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 11:27 am
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Originally Posted by Fes426
I think we all know that having a seat assignment does not guarantee the airline will honor it, it's all about that psychological peace of mind that thinking if I have a seat then I'm on.

But no worries guys, I also have a need for fake psychological peace of mind so after 2 hours on the chat I got seats assigned to what I wanted. Excited to see Thailand, have a sixe hour lay over in HKG on the way there and hoping to go see the city.
The train in is about 25 minutes and very convenient. You should be able to get maybe two-three hours in HK. Great city!
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