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Old May 4, 2011 | 7:32 am
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Cathay Boy
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Originally Posted by fakecd

so the bottomline to me is (1) qualification to higher tier is a lot more strict than retaining existing status (2) rate of accumulation is a different formula. (3) higher cabin fares definitely help increase your flexibility for qualification to higher tier in terms of extra-time to make it up.
You might be on to something. One of the Economy fare ticket I bought was B-fare, the other two are K-fare, and after that I got promoted to GO.
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