Oops!
I have paid attention how your original choice would become to be.
However, your alternative choice(TG) is a better one to decrease your own risk for the connecting flight.


Mr./Mrs. midlevels
Thank you for your comment, I agree with your opinion.

HKG-BKK is one of the most important and frequent route among intra-asia for CX such as HKG-TPE, HKG-SIN, HKG-NRT, etc.
As you mentioned, perhaps there should get on board with many elite members (MPC DM, GO).
The opportunity for op-up of OW sapphire holders might be decreased.
So, I said "might be a chance for op-up".

To tell the truth, I have an another interest for this issue.

Moderator said that the priority for op-up is as follows,

　MPC DM > MPC GO > OW EMERALD > OW SAPPHIRE > MPC SL > OW RUBY > MPC GR > ASIA MILES member

As you know, JGC(JAL GLOBAL CLUB) members live in JAPAN are considered as OW SAPPHIRE status or more.
So, All JGC members have OW SAPPHIRE status permanently, despite they don't get on board a once within a year.

JGC is consisted of five types
(1)JGC Diamond (corresponding to MPC DM) : OW EMERALD
(2)JGC Premier : OW EMERALD
(3)JGC Sapphier (corresponding to MPC GO) : OW SAPPHIRE
(4)JGC Cristal (corresponding to MPC SL) : OW SAPPHIRE
(5)JGC (corresponding to MPC GR) : OW SAPPHIRE

This is very rough correspondence between MPC status and JGC status.
So this is not an accurate expression for their relations.

Once you join into JGC, you can get a permanent OW SAPPHIRE status, even if you are not a frequent flyer!!
Hence, (5)JGC member is prior to MPC SL for op-up, whether JGC member fly on CX or not.

However, I never complain, because that is a strategy of JAL.

In rumor, CX sometimes considers as MPC SL is prior to (5)JGC (and (4)JGC Cristal) for op-up.
Because the reason is that MPC SL member is a better customer for CX than JGC, I think.
But I have no evidence, so I don't know which is prior to JGC or MPC SL.
In my experiences, I believe MPC SL is prior to (5)JGC for op-up.

From 31 OCT, CX and JL will begin inclusive codeshare between HKG and JAPAN.
All flights between HKG and JPN operated by CX or JL become to have CX/JL codeshare flight number each other.
If JGC member book a codeshare flight as JL flight operated by CX, I think op-up might be rare.
On the other hand, when JGC member book a codeshare flight as CX flight operated by CX, which one is prior to JGC or MPC SL ?
I am very interested in those treatment.

Mr./Mrs. fumitani is a member of JGC, I don't know he has which status of JGC(1)-(5).
Hence, my interest is how JGC has priority concerning op-up and clearance for waitlist.

I agree with his/her alternative choice(TG), of course.