Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
CX can’t protect you on an AS ticket if they drop service to ORD, they don’t get to touch the ticket until day of flight (it’s AS’s ticket, not CX’s) and they also can’t just yank AS or AA space to do with as they please. AS isn’t going to put AA and CX on the same ticket.
Odds are VERY good that CX is just going to cut service to a bunch of US destinations and frequencies, and switch from 77Ws to A350s with no F cabins, well in advance of March. At which point you get to fix the itinerary (which may turn into some clunky ORD-SEA-LAX-HKG-BKK with an overnight in SEA or LAX, enjoy your hotel stay) or refund. If you don’t mind playing a lottery ticket that’s fine, but normal human beings who don’t live on FT probably don’t want their 20 hours of flying to turn into 30-40. If you’re doing a two week vacation in Thailand and your flights to get there and back are now going to be 3-4 days of that, it might discourage you. Not all of us are travel blogger digital nomads...
hmmm.
I vaguely remember that CX did protect folks when it cut routes before COVID-19 became so big. CX would attach revised routes in original ticket and AS just need reissue the ticket. I will try to find them later.
If the person still goes as planned and ends with some lousy routes, he/she will get those lousy routes anyway. right? Whether he/she booked CX AS award in advance does not matter. If the person wants to fly CX F with certainty, he/she should book cash tickets with CX.
The $12.5 downside is a great gift from AS. It all depends on how you utilize it.