Hi all,

I travel on Cathay Pacific quite a number of times. I do chase flyer status so I try to accumulate as much status points and Asia miles as possible.

During a round trip flight from JFK to HKG, I booked economy flex but unfortunately did not earn 100% status points for the booking. I found out later that booking class was the main reason why Cathay did not award 100% status points! But my family and I all booked economy flex! It wasn’t economy light.

With all that in mind, I would like to ask you all:

1. Which flying classes are considered full economy? Which are considered discount economy?
   
2. What determines the flying class code?? Since economy flex is the most expensive of the three economy classes, why was my ticket still considered discount economy??
   
3. Are consumers able to view which flying class code is assigned to them before ticket purchase?? Is there any way to select the flying class code online?
   

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you!