Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
Ouch! I would expect a significant amount of extra benefits for flying that many miles with CX - that said, it sounds suspiciously similar to LH's HON status which is the hardest status to get, but clearly provides the most benefits.
No - 300K miles is nothing if you fly Y. Diamond Plus is granted to DMs who are in the top 1% in terms of revenue generated to CX, which translates to about nine full-fare F HKG-JFK round trips every year.
Further discussion here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=602408