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Old Nov 14, 2017, 12:27 am
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mxr
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: HKG, TXL
Programs: CX DM
Posts: 566
Originally Posted by LoveHateRelationship
I'd say CX is about 50% of my flying. The other half with BA. All of it is long haul Y. I chose MPC originally because they status matched me into CX SL where BA wouldn't even give me the time of day and I would have needed to start at the bottom. Having said that I did the math and because of the poor earn rates on CX flights under BAEC I'd still be a bit short of BA Silver so a mileage run would still be necessary. I've found the Asia Miles companion ticket to be great which is why I still continue to stick with the program.
So effectively you can really only make use of your SL status when flying CX. If you had said 75% or more with CX then it would have been a different story and the mileage run wouldnt have been worth it.

Did you try looking at AA?

As garykung suggests, their PLT challenge seems to be cheaper than your GO mileage run. With AA it would depend on booking classes you usually go with. PEY on CX apparently works out really well for AA status...
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