Originally posted by hsi.chang:
I think our American cousins are ticked off already that AA is being this generous with Canadian members (plus CX fare class offers, etc).
We do deserve easier qualification as we can only earn Q miles for international and transborder flights, and direct flights to Europe are difficult as we cannot fly BA. If one has to fly domestically, this means splitting up where the miles go to.
Non-Canadian AA members should be P.O.'d at CX as it decides whether to give miles or not. CX's move is purely defensive as it had heavily promoted being able to earn CPlus miles while flying on CX and was somewhat generous (M fares qualified).
When CP left
oneworld, there was no loyalty programme for CX to push in Canada (they don't push Asiamiles) so they
had to do something (otherwise those who accumulate miles would drift to AC and * carriers for intra-Asian flights) and this was it.
FWIW, I don't get this offer when I log in.
[This message has been edited by terenz (edited 06-20-2000).]