I actually do agree that deep discount Y can be easily replaced, but these pax don’t earn miles anyway; cutting some benefits on below V fare on the other hand make perfect sense. (Given JL don’t give seat selection on deep discount Y to any elites, I’m sure there are space to be manoeuvred)

For most of the Y / PY flying MPC elites, I am not surprise that they will need to do a bit of calculation to ensure that they get the status, and dedicate the majority of their flights to CX, if CX is available on that route. The MPC system make sure that if you fly CX V and above you still have a proper chance of getting elite status, CX in return gets the more profitable Y.

These MPC Y flying elites are the corner stone of the profitable Y, I would say CX management would be a fool to cut these people away. Here is an example, LHR – ASIA deep discount Y : £550 V and above: £ 850+, I’m sure that loyal paxs paying £300 plus extra deserve some extra service for their loyal.

Regarding the priority boarding lane is longer than ordinary lane for routes such as HKG-PVG, while J/F pax felt their eliteness been diluted, in my opinion it is CX’s duty to solve this problem. JL can solve this, I don’t see why CX can’t.