Originally Posted by
igel
Hi everyone,
I have some upcoming flights on CX, so I downloaded the Cathay app on my phone (Android) and also on my IPad.
I am not an Asiamiles member and don’t intend to be. Flights will be credited to Qantas where I am OWE.
The apps both on the phone and IPads allow me to add my trips without signing up for Asiamiles.
However, after 1 or 2 days, the trios disappear and I reloaded them, and they disappear again after 1 or 2 days.
Is there anyway to keep them in the apps until the flights are over?
I don’t want to sign up for Asiamiles and load these trips in the app in case my QF FF number gets replaced by a status less Asiamiles number.
Other airlines such as BA allow me to track my bookings with them without signing up with them and logging into their apps until the flights are over.
E.g. on BA, I can get mobile boarding pass and use it to board and for lounge access.
If my bookings keep disappearing from the CX app, then possibly they might disappear at an inconvenient moment, eg at boarding, when I need to scan the mobile boarding pass.
IMHO it is best not to use the CX app unless you are crediting the avios to CX. The app tends to be very sticky and, in my case, even if I re-install it, remembers that I used to have a CX number and creates me a lot of additional problems.
Yes, it is annoying not to have the reservations in an app, but if you use the link from the confirmation email, it opens in the browser with all the facilities of the app. I sometimes keep an eye in reservations, in case the change the plane and seats or add the function to reserve a meal, and for that I just use the link from the email and close the browser when done. This is for the best way that I found to ensure that my QR OWE rights (first lounge, group 1 boarding etc.) are protected and the avios and tier points duly credited to QR.