Sorry, no idea how to edit these posts. The following 2 paras were from tedhl, afterwards my response

just curious, Zorro, if you were planning to go to The Wing, why didn't you take CX instead of TG in the first place from HKG-BKK ? I think CX has very good frequency too on this route ? or, even just HKG-SYD direct on CX (maybe you need to be in BKK) ?

I think CX is usually pretty good in bending the rules a little bit at The Wing, e.g. letting extra guests in...however, if CX lets you in, QF would need to pay...I doubt in your case QF would agree to pay CX anything if according to their rules you really need to be on an oneworld flight departing from HKG...

I flew TG because it gave the best connection, about 1h 20 min in BKK between flights. CX would have been 2 hours earlier or one hour later, which would not have given me enough time either for my meetings in HKG, or missing my connection in BKK.

The reason for flying through BKK instaed of going direct is the price. BA/QF charge 99,000 Baht for First BKK/SYD return, and TG is about 12,000 Baht in J return BKK-HKG. BKK-HKG-SYD-BKK fully flexible in F comes to 150,000 Baht.

The argument about QF having to pay CX raises an interesting question: Is the carrier responsible, or the issuer of the Emerald Card ? I then should have been admitted as QF F Pax, even with no membership at all, or as Y Pax, with the emerald card ?



[This message has been edited by Zorro (edited 05-17-2001).]