Originally Posted by
Kremmen
The introduction of the change fee is going to be an expense for those booking on Cathay who aren't in a city served directly by CX.
So, the FT arbitrageurs who load up on SPG points or Marriott travel packages or do some BofA churning in order to do Australia flying at large discounts, and who will never see the inside of a plane with an Eskimo on the tail, will be paying an extra $125, making their discount slightly less useful?
I see.
Originally Posted by
jinglish
It's not just booking an AS connection that'll suck if you're not a Gold or 75K. Any HKG connections from westbound TRANSPAC flights are going to be the next day, so that'll require a subsequent call if you're booking at AS's schedule window opening. Same goes for booking a stopover in either direction.
That's probably who gets hit the most there... and a large amount of MVPs are in SEA/PDX/ANC, with no CX service.
At least out of SEA an actual coach ticket to LAX would be less than $125 most of the time...