Originally Posted by
tylorcl
OK. One other idea for you is to bank AA mile and trade your AA mile with someone who has CX mile. Maybe you can trade your 50K AA mile for 40K CX mile. MP silver and gold member also need mile to upgrade, right?
The reason I propose this is because you usually take AA, only a small portion of the AA fare base can get you CX mile. CX also looks at the CX flight you took for the MP status consideration.
A few things to be noted:
* If OP lives in US, AA may make more sense, but OP is porbably based in Asia and fly more on CX than AA.
* CX makes it difficult to use miles on other people. Asia Miles members can only nominate 5 people without paying a fee (except for MPC Diamond). Most Asia Miles members only nominate their immediate family members. Changing nominees back and forth will cost the member dearly.
* Asia Miles members can get miles on most AA fares, whereas only CX YBH booking classes can earn AA miles on economy tickets.