Originally Posted by
CX860
I also have. Or I guess had since I moved my out of pocket Japan flying elsewhere. I also moved my Singapore flying elsewhere again and while my employer does pay for it, we are free to choose anything which isn't LLC. The front is also increasingly leisure as business travel shrinks so co-opting employers doesn't get you as far as it used to.
That's the normal case. If you've voted with your wallet elsewhere, you won't post here.
Originally Posted by
CX860
It also doesn't matter if its connection. The product is looked at holistically. I am not going to choose an airline no matter how great their long haul product is if they are going to shove me in as you say a chicken coop on the short haul, particularly if its the last 4 hours.
Lots of us redeemers put up with BA - Club Europe even - just because it's a tag-on of a long haul CX or BA (even yin-yang) redemption. The relatively cost:value of the lie-flat long-haul is the determinant.
Originally Posted by
TomYoung
Meanwhile, with MNL and BKK as my two main routes, I restrict the number of my trips partially because of the discomfort of the seats I am forced to take. Others paying cash from their own wallets may well be doing the same.
OK fair. I forgot there is the option where someone just elects to fly less due to product.