We took off a little late on Thursday (initially got an email saying the flight has been delayed by ~4 hrs but then got another email saying we are back on schedule). Reached on time. The flight was packed.

By the way, I didn't realize this, my ticket cost (divide by 2 for onward segment) is exactly what I got as EQD and more surprisingly, the award miles are are essentially calculated based on the ticket cost. While, I got base miles are actual miles flown. Here is why I am a little surprised:

I had a double miles promotion, I paid about same what I pay cathay every time I fly this route (about 10 trips in last 11 months); With double miles and the bonus for platinum I got less miles that I get when I fly cathay and bank it on AA. Not to mention I lost almost half of EQD. (I get ~$1400 for LAX-HKG for premium segment and I got $700 on AA!)

Never thought doubles miles promotion would mean so much loss. Oh well, live and learn!