[Premium Fare Gone]: CX: Vietnam to North America from $674 (J) and $1100 (F)
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Jan 15, 21, 5:05 pm
#3106
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,065
Originally Posted by Always Flyin
Based on immunization projections in Asia, I don't think entry to Asia without some type of specialty visa that is not available to most will happen until the Fall.
I'd like to be wrong, but they are not going to open the gates until their citizens are immunized and they are not talking about starting that until May.
I'd like to be wrong, but they are not going to open the gates until their citizens are immunized and they are not talking about starting that until May.
Originally Posted by AndyKehn
Yes vietnam has set aside their discussion of resuming commercial services until the summer at least. Only repatriation flights and those would be subjected to 24 days quarantine. I doubt there will be any commercial flight arriving in vietnam until q4 this year.
These countries that depend on tourism need it asap. If they can open the doors to foreigners with a 'proof of vaccination' app (in the works), they will. Mexico and the Caribbean have mostly stayed open, and while they have their own spikes in COVID cases, they are also getting much-needed tourist revenue.
Jan 15, 21, 9:38 pm
#3107
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: ATL
Programs: AS G, WN CP, HH D, MB G, IHG S, Nat'l EE, Hertz PC
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Originally Posted by AndyKehn
Yes vietnam has set aside their discussion of resuming commercial services until the summer at least. Only repatriation flights and those would be subjected to 24 days quarantine. I doubt there will be any commercial flight arriving in vietnam until q4 this year.
Jan 15, 21, 10:54 pm
#3108
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 299
The US can't even handle the first 1a and 1b phase, I doubt normal people here will be vaccinated by the fall. Not to mention being vaccinated doesn't mean you're no longer a carrier. I have no dog in this fight since I completed my trips long ago but I want to level set people since I'm privy to some high level health decision in Vietnam. No commercial flight until q4 is the standing directive. You can enter under the experts/business exception but still have to quarantine for 2 weeks. Good luck.
Jan 26, 21, 7:26 pm
#3109
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: ATL
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It looks like CX has made some additional schedule changes, as my (waitlisted) flight in early March no longer offers F. CX cleared me into J, and sent an email asking me to contact them. I chatted with them on the website, and was told accepting the J flight or taking a refund were my only options.
I called in a bit later and was told they would email a different department to try to move me to later date where F is offered (and could be confirmed). Interestingly, they also asked whether I had approval to enter VN (I would be traveling as a tourist).
I called in a bit later and was told they would email a different department to try to move me to later date where F is offered (and could be confirmed). Interestingly, they also asked whether I had approval to enter VN (I would be traveling as a tourist).
Jan 27, 21, 4:11 pm
#3111
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Location: London
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Originally Posted by Global321
I actually think things will open up early this summer. By then, everyone in the USA and Europe should have access to the COVID vaccine with Asia slightly behind.
We could be waiting some time to find out. So it's the proportion of Vietnam's citizens who are vaccinated that's likely key to opening the country.
Jan 27, 21, 9:49 pm
#3112
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 17
Originally Posted by calvinoeh
And my confirmed SFO-HKG in first in early March just got downgraded.... time to play the push it out again...
Jan 29, 21, 8:05 am
#3113
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Penang, Malaysia
Programs: OZ *G, HHonors Gold, Aclub Plat
Posts: 1,009
Originally Posted by calvinoeh
And my confirmed SFO-HKG in first in early March just got downgraded.... time to play the push it out again...
Last edited by calvinoeh; Jan 29, 21 at 10:00 pm
Jan 29, 21, 10:02 pm
#3115
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Penang, Malaysia
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Posts: 1,009
Originally Posted by bangkokiscool
Congrats! Can I ask, did you speak to a HK agent, or did you deal with it some other way?
Best way I've found is just to email [email protected] and quote the conditions of ticket that on downgrade/flight cancellation, they have to rebook to first available flight in the class originally ticketed if you request it. Don't waste time calling and getting passed around..
Jan 29, 21, 10:07 pm
#3116
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 299
It's actually getting worse in Vietnam. The UK covid variant was brought to the country from a flight from Japan. Can't imagine any international commercial flight allowed to land anytime soon.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN29X012
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN29X012
Jan 29, 21, 11:33 pm
#3117
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Penang, Malaysia
Programs: OZ *G, HHonors Gold, Aclub Plat
Posts: 1,009
Originally Posted by AndyKehn
It's actually getting worse in Vietnam. The UK covid variant was brought to the country from a flight from Japan. Can't imagine any international commercial flight allowed to land anytime soon.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN29X012
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN29X012
Jan 30, 21, 9:54 am
#3118
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Global
Posts: 5,065
Originally Posted by calvinoeh
I'm banking on first class keep getting cancelled until everything opens up again
Jan 30, 21, 4:20 pm
#3119
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Penang, Malaysia
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Originally Posted by Global321
I have a seat in late March as well. I expect it will be canceled in the next 10 days or so. At that point, I will try to push until June or later. The logic being they are not going to open in April or May either and so why waste everyone's time with these "cancel and rebooks" each month.
Feb 7, 21, 2:27 am
#3120
Join Date: Jan 2000
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It took six phone calls and a lot of polite haggling, but my return from JFK to SGN in first ("A" class) was just pushed from this month to October, which is fine with me.
That was the first date on which "A" class was available.
That was the first date on which "A" class was available.
