Thanks for all your kind comments.
About the Jackie Chan's ruler, Jackie Chan is Hong Kong Airlines' ambassador, so it is possibly part of the deal to promote his movies and company. I left them in my hotel room in HK because I am no fan of him.
Hong Kong Airlines is part of Hainan Airlines Group. They used to have their own FPP, but now they they are just part of the Fortune Wings Club family. While Hainan Airlines and other PRC airline members have switched from a distance based system to a points/$$$ spend based system, HX actually maintains the distance based system. I guess they want to be more competitive. As I said in the report, they might want to give AS a call and join the mileage plan, but AS also has CX as a partner. Anyway, they need a US FPP partner if they truly want to succeed in the long term.
Carfield