No more same day standby
Nov 16, 2019, 3:45 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 481
No more same day standby
In the past for the short haul flights, it is an unwritten rule you can generally change to a different flight
Even as a DM+ they will now observe the ticket. If changes allowed with a few they will charge u, even just 1 hour
exception is redemption in Asia miles they said they will allow.
dont know whether this will apply to PVG or PeK. But I tried 5 regional outports incl hkg and confirmed this policy
Even as a DM+ they will now observe the ticket. If changes allowed with a few they will charge u, even just 1 hour
exception is redemption in Asia miles they said they will allow.
dont know whether this will apply to PVG or PeK. But I tried 5 regional outports incl hkg and confirmed this policy
Nov 16, 2019, 9:14 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 481
New rule just introduced. I guess some outports still don’t follow the rules fully yet but they are cracking down on this!
Nov 16, 2019, 9:37 am
#4
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Singapore
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Posts: 902
Nov 16, 2019, 8:42 pm
#6
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
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Posts: 19,797
Nov 16, 2019, 9:03 pm
#8
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Tokyo, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Dublin
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Posts: 880
Nov 16, 2019, 10:11 pm
#9
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Last year I tried to get on an earlier flight at TPE with an avios redemption I was told I couldn’t. They had gone away with the intention of changing my flight but then came up to me later and said they couldn’t change because it was Avios. So even before they wouldn’t allow it.
Nov 16, 2019, 10:21 pm
#10
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: ROC/NYC/MSP/LAX/HKG/SIN
Posts: 3,212
In the past for the short haul flights, it is an unwritten rule you can generally change to a different flight
Even as a DM+ they will now observe the ticket. If changes allowed with a few they will charge u, even just 1 hour
exception is redemption in Asia miles they said they will allow.
dont know whether this will apply to PVG or PeK. But I tried 5 regional outports incl hkg and confirmed this policy
Even as a DM+ they will now observe the ticket. If changes allowed with a few they will charge u, even just 1 hour
exception is redemption in Asia miles they said they will allow.
dont know whether this will apply to PVG or PeK. But I tried 5 regional outports incl hkg and confirmed this policy
However, I tried to change a revenue TPE ticket to an earlier flight and was told to pay for $1k HKD just for the standby to the flight that took off 40min earlier. Nah, no.
Last edited by PaulInTheSky; Nov 17, 2019 at 6:18 am
Nov 17, 2019, 3:01 am
#12
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 32
This is frankly so stupid of CX to do. Standby at ex PEK was great for business travellers especially with the unpredictable delays there. Literally doesn't cost CX any money to do this, they're just being greedy with lost revenue from change fees.
Nov 17, 2019, 3:24 am
#13
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 19,797
Hang on. PEK and PVG actively allow boarding on earlier flights, just in case Air Flow Control cause them to combine later flights. They even have the whiteboard showing which flights you can early board. Has the boards been removed?!
Nov 17, 2019, 7:08 am
#14
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: UK
Programs: BA EC
Posts: 524
Last year I tried to get on an earlier flight at TPE with an avios redemption I was told I couldn’t. They had gone away with the intention of changing my flight but then came up to me later and said they couldn’t change because it was Avios. So even before they wouldn’t allow it.
Nov 17, 2019, 7:11 am
#15
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: UK
Programs: BA EC
Posts: 524
In the past for the short haul flights, it is an unwritten rule you can generally change to a different flight
Even as a DM+ they will now observe the ticket. If changes allowed with a few they will charge u, even just 1 hour
exception is redemption in Asia miles they said they will allow.
dont know whether this will apply to PVG or PeK. But I tried 5 regional outports incl hkg and confirmed this policy
Even as a DM+ they will now observe the ticket. If changes allowed with a few they will charge u, even just 1 hour
exception is redemption in Asia miles they said they will allow.
dont know whether this will apply to PVG or PeK. But I tried 5 regional outports incl hkg and confirmed this policy
TPE / KHH need a bit talk with ground agents.
HKG no problem at all. And if flight is empty, change one day before for free is also doable.