Well hope I haven't opened up a can of worms. Spoke to AA in Aus today to change the waitlist flight to an earlier flight that had availability and asked the question as to how i could select the flight off the website if no availability. Long wait on hold and was then told the price in AUD to reticket (more than double) and the fact i couldn't book my ticket with Aus cc for the fare i selected (from UK). They also suggested i contact Cathay about the waitlist. I thought this was a good time to finish the conversation and leave my fare as is.
I spoke to Cathay today who couldn't really give me more information as the flight has not been officially ticketed and thus could only give me the information that there is no V class available on the flight. They can see it is waitlisted but as it is not booked by them can do little.
Rang AA again hoping to get a better result. This time more helpful and she couldn't understand why it had not ticketed (although showing ticketed against my record locator with one flight missing) as AA were showing V class availability for this flight. This is against what CX had just told me and what seatcoutner was displaying. All i want to do is get a flight on the day that has availability in my fare class. My understanding is the ticket won't be confirmed until the waitlist clears (and no deduction from cc until this time). She took my number to call me back after she had spoke to Paris? ticketing. I changed the subject about country of origin of cc. Still no call back.
- Should there be a change fee if i get on an earlier flight?
- If i just cancel the whole fare will there be a fee? (my understanding is no cc deductions yet as nothing finalised. Cathay also advised me ticketing had to be done before 5 Sept)
- If i call UK AA office will this help my plight? (as Aus office keep wanting to charge me in AUD)
I know if i start from scratch and book from website (where i can see there is definately availability) my ticket should be booked as in my wifes case.
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