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Dec 4, 2007 | 8:10 pm

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cxfan1960

Join Date: Nov 2006

Programs: MPC,CA,MU,AF

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Originally Posted by cxfan1960

There are transactions involved with mileage awards. Availability also depends on the individual airlines willingness to "pay". Here is the situation:
* CX do not have tier bonus. So the earning rate is way below AA.
* A JFK-HKG F award is 135K miles on AA and 220K miles on CX.

In other words, a AA PLT/EXP needs to fly 67.5K miles for such redemption, and a CX member, regardless of status, need to fly 220K for the same redemption. Just are there are YBHK... fares, availability is of course different too.

Oops, I should also clarify that getting award is not that difficult for me because I am CX DM. For GO/SL/GR, that may not be the case. Also, for the example I gave on JFK-HKG, it is difficult even for me - the flights are typically pretty full in J and F.