Originally Posted by ernestnywang

Very valuable information! This means that CX is now playing with MSC (Married Segment Control) with award fare classes, too. Previously award fare classes (Z, U, T, and X) were not subject to MSC. Since you are based in Taiwan (same here), you might have noticed that it is sometimes possible to get V class availability for, say, KHH-HKG-JFK, but not if you only look for HKG-JFK (perhaps only H class is available). Sometimes, it's the other way around. KHH-HKG-TLV is a more extreme case as KHH-HKG pushes the award from zone C to zone D (in fact, given the mileage requirement difference is 40k miles, I would recommend buying KHH-HKG with cash). However, if you look at KHH-HKG-CDG, the mileage requirement is the same whether KHH-HKG is included or not. This definitely gives CX an incentive to give more award seats to those redeeming HKG-CDG alone.