Questions
For members asking for information please help people to assist you, can you provide:
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)
Reply: HKG
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
Reply: 50-70k
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy ? ( First, Business, Economy etc.)
Reply: 50% of the time Y (Half Dis. Economy, Half full fare) Economy is only usually within Asia. Anything 6 hours plus or to another continent is J.
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or, class of service?. Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: 100% Pleasure
(5) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: Intra-Asia, usually 1-3 or 4 Asia-Australia, and 1 HKG-LHR return in J every Summer (usually)
(6) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline at present? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP? (AA Executive Platinum, QF Gold, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro, etc)
Reply: Currently hold BA Bronze (OWR) and am a member of Asia Miles. Please note I am unable to join the CX MPC.
(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: Lounge access is most important, followed by redemption rates, Baggage allowance is nice, but mainly lounge access!!!
(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: I'm flying CX 80-90% of the time. Every now and again I'll fly BA but I try and avoid them as service is usually hit and miss and I feel CX have superior Y & J Hard Product. I wish I could just join CX!! Although 18< rule doesn't permit this.