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Old Aug 30, 2018, 3:43 am
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Last edit by: Palal
Top tips for the "Dim Sum / Chicken adobo" fare:
  • At more than 5 weeks after most of us booked this fare it looks increasingly likely that the fare will stick. However prudence is still advisable and we should all avoid contacting the booking agent and if essential to contact try to deal with the airline direct.
  • Check that your original itenary is intact and ticketed as PAL revised their LHR flight schedule in early September and there appear to now only be 5 flights a week now rather than daily. Use TripCase to do this - see post #114 on how to do this (thanks to @MyFlights App). If you have incurred an involuntary change you can contact PAL and they will permit one change to amend your itenary. They appear to be flexible to shift flights to adjacent days, but if you try to push to be rerouted on another carrier to maintain the original itenary times you might find your flights are cancelled and you end up with a refund.
  • Online seat assignments are not possible on PAL when booked through a 3rd party, you have to call up, it is best to call PAL on 0808 164 9888 rather than the booking agent.
  • Whilst it looks like the fare is going to stick be aware that making other travel arrangements around this booking are at your own risk so consider making bookings that are refundable or covered by insurance if needed.
In hopes that this will go ahead, here's a wiki to see who's going and when.
Updated to post #253

November '18
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 09/11/18 : Carnaby
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 22/11/18 : Carnaby

December '18
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 29/12/18 : Wildwater
Inbound
None

January '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 10/01/19 : dsf
LHR-HKG : 12/01/19 : SFO1967
LHR-HKG : 12/01/19 : TravelQuinten
LHR-HKG : 17/01/19 : Kauppias
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 01/01/19 : Wildwater
HKG-LHR : 13/01/19 : dsf
HKG-LHR : 19/01/19 : SFO1967
HKG-LHR : 20/01/19 : Kauppias

February '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 05/02/19 : HKGEDI
LHR-HKG : 09/02/19 : MoonMan85
LHR-HKG : 14/02/19 : Fleric
LHR-HKG : 22/02/19 : skycruiserNL
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 02/02/19 : TravelQuinten
HKG-LHR : 12/02/19 : HKGEDI
HKG-LHR : 22/02/19 : MoonMan85
HKG-LHR : 26/02/19 : Fleric
HKG-LHR : 28/02/19 : skycruiserNL

March '19
Outbound
LHR-MNL : 01/03/19 : danfl44
LHR-HKG : 10/03/19 : flight345 +1
LHR-HKG : 14/03/19 : plunet +1
LHR-HKG : 14/03/19 : kevinflyaway
LHR-HKG : 18/03/19 : cowcow75
LHR-HKG : 21/03/19 : ams2174
LHR-HKG : 22/03/19 : jonase
LHR-MNL : 22/03/19 : Funky Spike
MNL-HKG :24/03/19 : Funky Spike
LHR-HKG : 24/03/19 : Poolek
LHR-HKG : 30/03/19 : Wilem
Inbound
MNL-LHR : 07/03/19 : danfl44
HKG-LHR : 18/03/19 : kevinflyaway
HKG-LHR : 24/03/19 : plunet +1
HKG-LHR : 24/03/19 : flight345 +1
HKG-LHR : 27/03/19 : ams2174
HKG-MNL : 27/03/19 : Funky Spike
MNL-LHR : 28/03/19 : Funky Spike
HKG-LHR : 28/03/19 : Poolek
HKG-LHR : 31/03/19 : jonase

April '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 10/04/19 : honzeek_cz
LHR-HKG : 10/04/19 : kjbrant +1
LHR-HKG : 11/04/19 : a_man_usia
LHR-HKG : 12/04/19 : usmark24
LHR-HKG : 12/04/19 : bittihuduga+1
LHR-HKG : 16/04/19 : stringymacca
LHR-HKG : 17/04/19 : estrangeiro8
LHR-HKG : 18/04/19 : Vgravity
LHR-HKG : 19/04/19 : strayersong
LHR-HKG : 20/04/19 : justatourist
LHR-HKG : 21/04/19 : gpetro1
LHR-HKG : 28/04/19 : coolblue21
Inbound
HKG-LHR : 02/04/19 : cowcow75
HKG-LHR : 14/04/19 : honzeek_cz
HKG-LHR : 14/04/19 : a_man_usia
HKG-LHR : 17/04/19 : kjbrant +1
HKG-LHR : 21/04/19 : usmark24
HKG-LHR : 22/04/19 : bittihuduga
HKG-LHR : 23/04/19 : stringymacca
HKG-LHR : 23/04/19 : Vgravity
HKG-LHR : 27/04/19 : justatourist
HKG-LHR : 27/04/19 : strayersong
HKG-LHR : 27/04/19 : estrangeiro8

May '19
Outbound
LHR-HKG : 02/05/19 : ackbrady +2
LHR-HKG : 04/05/19 : shamrock104
LHR-HKG : 14/05/19 : usmark24
LHR-HKG : 15/05/19 : afirm
LHR-HKG : 15/05/19 : p78
Return
HKG-LHR : 01/05/19 : gpetro1
HKG-LHR : 03/05/19 : coolblue21
HKG-LHR : 08/05/19 : shamrock104
HKG-LHR : 09/05/19 : ackbrady +2
HKG-LHR : 18/05/19 : afirm
HKG-LHR : 19/05/19 : p78
HKG-LHR : 23/05/19 : usmark24

June '18
Return
HKG-LHR : 29/06/19 : Wilem
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:33 am
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Oh, the CheckMyTrip also has a seat map feature.
And it shows the business cabin.
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:34 am
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Originally Posted by The_Bouncer
Uh-oh! Here we go!

Best of luck, guys. I really hope this sticks for you.

Just a thought...if they do downgrade it to Y, can you get 75% back?
TripCase is showing my booking as Business.
LHR-MNL-HKG seat map is showing J and Y seats on the a350 and A330
HKG-MNL-LHR is showing J and Y seatmap on the A321 and A350. :-) so far so good
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:36 am
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Both PNRs in the email I'm looking at are letters only. I'm wondering if there's a difference in your booking - e.g. did you have anything additional like hotels, or are there any code-shares?
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:39 am
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Ah, yes, I booked a hotel package, hoping that would increase the chances of the deal being honored.
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:41 am
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The MyFlights app (synced with TripIt) indeed shows two letter-only PNRs.

Edit: Sorry, my mistake. Somehow two separate
bookings for my friend and me were combined into one in TripIt/My Flights.
We both have a Sabre and Amadeus PNR each.
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:47 am
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Originally Posted by Croupier

TripCase is showing my booking as Business.
LHR-MNL-HKG seat map is showing J and Y seats on the a350 and A330
HKG-MNL-LHR is showing J and Y seatmap on the A321 and A350. :-) so far so good
Looking good then! I'm kind of wishing I had taken a punt on this now.
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:56 am
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Neither on trip case or on check my trips does it tell me if I'm in business and when seat map shows it only does economy someone please helpppp 😣
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 5:59 am
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Originally Posted by Palty
Neither on trip case or on check my trips does it tell me if I'm in business and when seat map shows it only does economy someone please helpppp 😣
I couldn't load it in checkmytrip, but it worked on tripcase. There i can go to documents and see the eticket which shows Business and also the fare basis (Z...). Fingers crossed...
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 6:01 am
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Does it still work guys?
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 6:09 am
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Originally Posted by Palty
Neither on trip case or on check my trips does it tell me if I'm in business and when seat map shows it only does economy someone please helpppp 😣
If you've added the booking by forwarding an email, then disregard anything either of those say.
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 6:10 am
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Originally Posted by ChocolateFactory
Ah, yes, I booked a hotel package, hoping that would increase the chances of the deal being honored.
Good shout. I suspect that's the differentiator between those that can access the bookings and those that can't.
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 6:28 am
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Without getting ahead of ourselves, where to credit these flights? ANA or Etihad?
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 6:31 am
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Originally Posted by MyFlights App
Good shout. I suspect that's the differentiator between those that can access the bookings and those that can't.
I didn’t book with hotel package and I can access the bookings fine on TripCase and Bravofly app.
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Old Aug 30, 2018, 6:35 am
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Originally Posted by Palty
Neither on trip case or on check my trips does it tell me if I'm in business and when seat map shows it only does economy someone please helpppp 😣
This is to do with how the frame is rendering in Trip Case. If you open it in a new window and zoom out you will see the whole seat map (albeit with some business class rows/premium economy missing for some reason).

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Old Aug 30, 2018, 6:46 am
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Originally Posted by a9504477
I couldn't load it in checkmytrip, but it worked on tripcase. There i can go to documents and see the eticket which shows Business and also the fare basis (Z...). Fingers crossed...
thanks so much
at first I couldn't load it on checkmytrip either bit I forwarded on to it and it worked
yes saw it in documents.
Thanks so much
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