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Too much travel
Yes, I think there is something wrong: economy long-haul should get him 70 tier points each way, thus he requires "only" 12 return trips via BAEC to hit Emerald.
If he's already Emerald via BAEC, depending on his recent CX travel patterns he may well be comped to Gold/Sapphire on CX immediately, if not even Diamond/Emerald.
Def no comp if hkg based also given it is discounted Y class travel I highly doubt CX will even entertain anything - prob not even comp green