Originally Posted by
emma dog
I disagree. An award ticket, especially if paid for using another airline's miles, pays CX rather well. You aren't a second-rate passenger to them.
..although I'm curious how the intra-Asia add-ons work in terms of compensation from AA to CX. I suspect the additional miles needed to fly JFK-HKG versus say JFK-HKG-TPE aren't much, so I can't imagine AA is paying CX much for that extra sector. That's a situation where CX is probably making a MUCH higher multiple on a cash ticket than an AA awards ticket. ...