Hi tedhl -

Thanks for your postings here. I haven't received any information about the 8888 bonus miles for flights after the strike. I actually flew CX SIN-BKK on 17th June, so I don't know if that qualifies.

The only temptation in aiming towards Diamond is the confirmed Biz class seat when booking 48 hrs prior to departure. And maybe the cabin crew smiles at me a bit more.

If I squeeze in all my travels between now and October onto oneworld carriers, I could hit Diamond with CX and requalify with CP's Exec Plat as well. But that would mean giving up on AC's SuperElite - which frankly, I don't mind being downgraded to just plain Elite - which is Star Gold anyway.

tedhl - have you noticed that most English speaking representatives of The Club's desk are Japanese?

Revised: I just checked with The Club, and yes they said that they have posted 10K into my Gold account but not AsiaMiles. But I realised that they are wrong (as most of them are these days since the personalised service of the original MPO has gone the way of the dodo bird) as my award miles had 10K more miles than I remembered! But the 8888 bonus only applies to HK residents. BooHoo.

[This message has been edited by Celestar340 (edited 06-22-1999).]