@cathaypacificAU goes non stop but reduces ADL services

[markis10]

As reported by Airlineroute.net

@airlineroute: Cathay Pacific from 30MAR14 will operate nonstop Hong Kong - Adelaide service in both directions. Freq. reduce from 7 to 4 weekly

 

[Pushka]

Tell me about it. My flight was cancelled and the bumped me to the next day. Cathay won't pick up the extra nights accommodation I have had to pay for but travel insurance will. My flight is the first flight that was cancelled.

 

[JohnM]

I have a DONE5 booked for Sept-Oct which included HKG-ADL and then ADL-PER as the last two sectors of the full 16 (of course ) and got caught by this. Apart from deviating via ADL to ensure using all sectors, I couldn't book HKG-SYD-PER or HKG-MEL-PER because sector 1 was PER-SYD (two full trans-con flights not allowed) and I sure as hell wasn't going HKG-PER and leaving the 16th sector unused :shock:.

Phone QF, re-book HKG-MEL and MEL-PER. No mention of breaching DONEx rules. No additional SCs (but not needed anyway to retain WP), but it reaps a few more points and puts me in an A332 instead of a a B738 for the final sector .