Originally Posted by
YariGuy
I did think of Clint Eastwood, but was not familiar enough with his movies to make the connection.
Perhaps a more appropriate Eastwood movie + China thread would be "escape from alcatraz."
Speaking of status, how does trip / ctrip rewards compare with other OTAs? Expedia / hotels.com used to be straight forward -- stay 10 nights get 1 free, but that was gutted by expedia. Now it's earning expedia bucks... at a terrible rate.
I've had diamond status for a while, since my travels generally revolve around this part of the world. Besides those aforementioned airport lounge passes (proferred upon booking a flight with them, although not so easily found), one also earns Trip coins through purchases and hotel reviews. Coins can be redeemed on hotels and flights (and maybe elsewhere).
I'm not going to comment on diamond-level discounts, because I don't know the veracity of them (i.e. maybe every Trip.com member gets the same, but because I'm diamond, how could I compare?)