KUALA LUMPUR: Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has decided to waive ticket rebooking/rerouting charges for its flight due to upcoming 14th General Election (GE14).
In a travel advisory on its website , the airline said the waiver is applicable for all Cathay Pacific and its sister airline Cathay Dragon flight tickets issued in Malaysia.
Irrespective of fare type, the waiver is applicable if the travel date falls on election date.
The airline has also listed several conditions for the waiver:
- the waiver is only applicable for Malaysian citizens only.
- if the election date falls within the passenger's inbound or outbound travel date, one (1) change is permitted for all tickets, including those with restrictions on date change.
- this flight ticket change must be done within seven days from the announcement of the 14th GE.
- passengers are allowed to delay their travel dates up to two months from the original date of travel.
- this waiver is not applicable to fare or tax difference(s) should the new date fall into higher subclass or seasonality.
- all fare subclass and seasonality surcharges apply as per purchased flight ticket fare rules.