CX Aircraft swap

[Rayesfeg]

Flying between Hong Kong and Taipei later on in the year and decided to redeem a bunch of Qantas points to book business class between the two, flying on board the A330 with 1-2-1 reverse herringbone seats that Cathay Pacific fly (not the Aria suites for this short route unfortunately).

A few weeks later I received a notification from my Flighty app that the aircraft type has changed to a 777-300 and upon checking the seat map on the manage booking page, the newly assigned plane has the less than ideal 2-3-2 recliner seats.

Not the end of the world but I have a strong preference for the 1-2-1 layout onboard the A330. There are many flights between HKG and TPE on this day and many of them feature the desired 1-2-1 layout, just my luck that my flight was changed.

Question: What are the chances that Cathay will reaccommodate me on a different flight that day on board my preferred aircraft type, if I ask them to?

First world problem, I know, but having flown both before I have a strong preference for the reverse herringbone seats and it is actually why I chose that particular flight to start off with. And yes, I am sure it is probably within their T&Cs that they can swap out aircraft as and when they want.

 

[RealtimeY]

I would say zero because firstly you booked through QF and also CX typically doesn't re-accommodate anybody in this fairly common scenario.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

And there’s every chance the plane could revert to a 1-2-1 right up until departure time.

A lot of those planes do the hop to TPE in between long haul flights, so any delays they just pick another plane.

 

[RealtimeY]

For what it's worth, this equipment swap also happened to me on their TPE-NRT sector, but the flight is quite short and the F&B onboard as well as access to lounges etc remain the same, so it's still a superior and fairly enjoyable experience compared to Y.

 

[Saab34]

My last short hop HKG-MNL changed 4 times within the 6 month window I had the booking.