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Oct 6, 2015 | 5:17 pm

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cxfan1960

Join Date: Nov 2006

Programs: MPC,CA,MU,AF

Posts: 8,171

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Originally Posted by JohnGreat

This is my situation.......

With the new accumulating Club Points, I will no longer be able to achieve Gold status anymore, ever. One needs 800 points, which interpret as I have to fly 8X a years to SIN as an example. That's way off my trips per year, usually 3 -5 times a year and flit flop between Silver or Gold. As CX is not a prefer airline for my company, I am unable to fly on J class but I still fly CX because I can transit in HKG after my business trip for a weekend(just to eat eggtarts and watch over the Victoria Harbor) before heading home. I can't even fly on W as the fare is more expensive than flying Business class on UA, no kidding.

Current options I can think of...
1. SQ, I can still transit in HKG :-) And achieving Gold is 50K but bad timing and no Premium Eco yet
2. BR.....
3. UA? NO WAY!!!!

It only requires 600 Club Points to get to Gold. If you fly M/L/V, it will take 600/(35+10+10+35) or 7 round trips, but of course, that will still be much more than 4 RTs as in the past.

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