Originally Posted by
martyman25
Hi guys,
I am deciding if I should ditch AA and go for CX -
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)
Reply: SFO
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
Reply: 125K+
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy ? ( First, Business, Economy etc.)
Reply: Restricted Economy
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or, class of service?. Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: I can choose airlines. Travel for work.
(5) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: US Domestic & Mexico 12 times a year - US to HKG 7+ times a year - US to SA 2 to 3 times per year
(6) Do you have FFP status of any kind of OW or other airline at present? What is it? (AA Executive Platinum, QF Gold, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro, etc)
Reply: AA Exec Plat and CX Silver
(7) What is most important to you in a FFP? (upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, extra baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, free - discounted lounge access, etc.)
Reply: Upgrades
(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: AA & CX
I already enjoy all CX diamond benefits, its more that I dont get upgrades on the SF to HK route. If I switch to CX, will they upgrade me if I am in discounted economy?
If you're flying restricted economy, are your fares H class and above on CX? If you do get upgraded, it would only be to y+ as the class of service is normally 4 class.
Also, with CX you have to do A LOT of flying in one year to reach DM. Once you reach SL, which is 30k in one year, they reset the status. To reach GO, you need 60k. Once you achieve GO, it gets reset again and you need to fly 120k to reach DM.