CX Waitlist - New to Marco Polo

[fiBer]

Hi All,
New to Marco Polo and Asia Miles and wondering how waitlisting works.
My partner and I are flying to HKG in September (in Y) and can find availability for the first flight, however the return flight is "waitlisted".
If we select the waitlist, what does this mean for the flight? If there is no availability does it mean we cannot fly, not even with paying for the fare?

Status in MP is silver.

Thanks for any help!

 

[yohy?!]

Waitlist means you will be queued for any future availability that opens up, this is in order of status.

For a september flight there will likely be some more seats opening up in the month beforehand meaning you cannot confirm and ticket your entire booking until then.

You might prefer to ticket the outbound leg as a one-way now and waitlist the return as another one-way or look at other dates or booking classes. (Be aware 2 one-way redemptions will cost more miles).