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Old Jan 30, 2019, 12:05 pm
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G-CIVC
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORD [formerly] + HKG
Programs: CX Diamond, AA exExPlat, BAEC exGold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Starriott Titanium, GE
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1) HND F means you will be flying in on the SIN-HKG red eye? They more than often put awful equipment on that rotation (ie no flat bed) so not sure if worth the sacrifice for the HKG-HND F sector which serves almost exactly the same food as J (no toast no kaiseiki no freshly scrambled eggs). Conversely on the return HND-HKG F i think it doesn't connect to CX715 so the connecting flight is CX659 which is also painful to take IMHO

2) You didn't specify if it's GO vs DM or other emerald vs DM. If former then more likely to be worth it

3) The worthiness of DM depends on 2) - if GO vs DM then the F lounge access is worth it; if not, then some view the benefits as limited (ie courtesy channel and buggy at HKG) but there are some hidden benefits (ie pulling revenue seats for awards) that I place huge value wrt DM status
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