We've seen Cathay Pacific tweak their route network and capacity quite a bit in recent months, due to the ongoing impacts of the protests that we've seen in Hong Kong. Well, the airline has just loaded a pretty noteworthy schedule change, which will have some implications for many passengers. It appears that Cathay Pacific will…
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I currently have 3 seats in J booked this September SEA-HKG and returning HKG-SFO. Not long after I booked it I got an email that there was a schedule change and I was moved to the previous day. Fully expecting more issues...
Ugh....I just paid a change fee to upgrade one of two seats into First using Alaska miles on this route in Nov on the way home from our honeymoon in S. Africa. Hope they go back to a 777.
As someone who regularly flies that route in premium economy, this is a godsend. Of the OW airlines I've flown in PE (CX, BA, AA, QF), CX's 777 product is easily the worst - with awful food, nearly nonexistent service, terrible seats, and no wifi. While this won't fix everything, better seats and wifi will make the trip a lot more tolerable.
I got hit by this downgauge. Hoping space opening up on other routes before my trip in the fall.
This sucks. I’ve flown this route five times in first cl. I absolutely loved it! First cl availability using AA miles has been a trickle in the last 10 months, though. Business cl availability has been reasonably good.
Bummed. Booked in F for November using AA miles. We'll see what happens as it gets closer.
Received a targeted offer for triple AA points on hyatt stays Jan 15 to March 15
Was booked in Sept. got a double whammy. There are a handful of days in the fall where the route isn’t being flown. I was booked on one of those days. They sent a schedule change putting me on the next day, but still in first. Looked up the booking and now in J on A350. No notices sent on class downgrade yet.
Post Oct 1 JFK is cut to 1.5 flights a day (11 a week), daytime flt on 77W, red eye (ex JFK) flight 4 times a week on 359, i.e. no FC on that flight either
on which Routes are they putting these freed up 777 with F Cabin? More regionals where we can the pick those seats flying business?
Lucky,
Willie Walsh is stepping down from IAG
I see this as a mixed blessing. If you fly the route regularly and tend to upgrade to first, you obviously will be disappointed. Newer airplane, newer seats, wifi...even without first, I'd say this is a cautious win for customers, particularly if you fly PE.
What's more interesting is the trimming of premium cabins across the board. F 6 to 0, J 53 to 46, PE 34 to 32. This comes even after UA pulled out of ORD-HKG.
This is great for me. Flying MEL-HKG-ORD on CX in J in July, so I'm really excited to fly on the 351.
Cathay first is one of my absolute favourites but I would change F on a 77W for business on an A350 every time.