Thanks for kind words everybody - Sorry for the delay in responding, I was down route in... you guessed it - HKG. Just to add a drop of irony, our outbound flight included some pax transferred from CX for some reason.
I'll let you know what is happening when I know - which won't be for a while yet I'm afraid - They have process to work through. In the meantime, I'll try not to think about it and together, we'll try not to discuss it further (please)