Originally Posted by
oldchinahand
'On average 4 round trips per year? Not a huge achievement
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Perhaps it would interesting to know how many paid CX round trips SXC has done on Cathays now vast network (not including alliance partners) in the past 40 years.
Until the mid 1980s the CX network was small, North American flights did not start until 1983 and then only to Canada.
London did not start until 1982-3 and not to LHR, there were no other European flight until the late 1980s
The point that I am making is that it was not possible to fly exclusively or even mostly with Cathay prior to twenty years ago and of course there were no credits from airline alliances until after about 2000 or any free redemption flights for most of those early years.
Not a very pleasant or factual remark SXC !
Thanks for the reminder on the historical context, and how things have changed... in defense of SXC, I suppose in an era where some frequent fliers rack up 200+ flights a year, 370 over 40 years may not at first glance seem special - it may even seem light. But I guess now knowing when you started / stopped flying helps.
Again, goes to show how far CX (and aviation) has really come. But I also am surprised to know this qualified for DM IN back in the day.