Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - CX Announcement - Change in Economy Fare Classes

From cxagents.com:

"Economy class hierarchy revamp (04Mar04)

Please be advised that there is a re-positioning of existing classes along the CX ladder and subsequent change will be applied to bookings for travel on/after 05apr04. the upcoming changes include the flipping of S and V as well as the O and Q classes.


Details of the implementation schedule

Economy class hierarchy for departures* from

Now upto 04Apr04 - Y/B/H/K/M/L/S/G/V/N/O/Q/T

05Apr04 to system end - Y/B/H/K/M/L/V/G/S/N/Q/O/T


Schedule change to reflect the above new class hierarchy together with rebooking will start from 01Mar04 to 14Mar04 progressively for all flights, both cx operating and all marketing services. Please be reminded to remove all -un- segments subsequent to the changes.

S-class as a mileage accrual eligible sub-class will also be replaced by V-class for departures* on or after 05Apr04. System change will be completed by 14Mar04, to avoid missing mileage, please ensure your pax is booked on an appropriate subclass by then.

Booking class unsynchronization between ticket and reservations involving the affected subclasses will be waived for ticket issuance on or before 14Mar04.

Note: Departures* - on per sector basis

Thank you for your attention."

So does that mean V class fares can now earn mileage after April 5th?

Yes. But after that date S class fares will not earn mileage.

Most peculiar. I always expected the oneworld members to start unifying their fare classes. But this change goes in the opposite direction. V is below S in all other oneworld programs AFAIKT.



[This message has been edited by mhtaipei (edited Mar 06, 2004).]

Thank you for the info, christep.

This change will not entail any changes in mileage earning subclasses?

The following subclasses will only be eligible for mileage accrual in Economy Class for CX flights on and after 5th April, 2004:

Y, B, H, K, M, L, and V subclasses.

Therefore, S sub-class become ineligble for mileage accural and replaced by V class.

For your information, the subclasses affected are the reversing of S and V as well as O and Q classes.

This thread would have been a lot shorter if people took the time to read my original posting. None of the subsequent posts add anything at all!

I wonder why the changes?

I was a bit confused by this move.

Some markets, notably, BKK, has quite a few S fares -- the lowest fare and mileage accrual possible.

Without any subclass changes for sale, these changes in booking classes, I thought, would simply mean no more lowest fare if I want miles.

BKK agents have already announced that CX is going to effect that V-S replacement. So the lowest fare, previously booked under S, will now be booked under V.

As TerryK says .... why the changes?