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YOUR TELNOS 990 AND 1022 ́AND MY TELNO 50: SECRETARY OF STATE 'S VISIT: TRAVBEL
1. DESPITE ASSURANCES FROM CAAC'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAD 6 CONFIRMED FIRST CLASS SEATS ON CA102 ON 12 OCTOBER, WE HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CONFIRM WILSON'S SEAT, THAT IN FACT THE SITUATION REMAINS AS FOLLOWS: 3 CONFIRMED SEATS (STILL SHOWING ON THE CAAC COMPUTER IN THE NAME OF WILLIAMS) AND 3 WAIT-LISTED SEATS, TO WHICH WILSON WILL NOW BE ADDED. WE HAVE
PRESSED CAAC HARD TO CONFIRM ALL 7 SEATS IN FIRST CLASS: THEY INSIST
WE SHOULD TAKE THIS UP IN HONG KONG SINCE THE FLIGHT ORIGINATES
THERE. BUT THEY REPEAT THAT FIRST CLASS SEATS FOR THE FLIGHT IN
QUESTION ARE FULLY BOOKED. THEY COULD CONFIRM THE ADDITIONAL 4 SEATS
REQUIRED IN ECONOMY CLAS ON THE SAME FLIGHT (HE CA102). GRATEFUL TO
KNOW WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE US TO ACCEPT THIS.
2. CAAC ALSO TELL US THEY ARE UNABLE TO CONFORM WILSON'S FIRST
CLASS SEAT ON CA105 ON 16 OCTOBER. THEY AGAIN CAN OFFER AN ECONOMY
CLASS SEAT. GRATEFUL TO KNOW OF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE.
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