Originally Posted by
Tafflyer
So Cathay members can book anything on OW partners reward inventory but this is not reciprocated? Doesn’t sound like a very fair alliance to me.
It is fair in the sense that if OW partner space is released any OW partner should be able to book it. Cathay is just not releasing as many partner awards and are holding some for their own members. They did not start this trend. I believe JAL was there before them with their tiered award pricing. SQ (*A) has done this for a long time so it is not new.
The world is changing and we need to change with it or be left behind. More airlines are protecting benefits for their own members and I cannot really blame them.