Advanced elite status based on bookings possible?
Sep 19, 2010, 12:48 pm
#16
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Dear Simmo. The trick to all this is to get your Corporate Travel Agent to do the talking for you. If your agency has any pull with CX, they can join your boss to MPC without the fee and maybe even comp him/her up to Silver based on the number of flights planned or already booked.
Sep 19, 2010, 8:58 pm
#17
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20k mpc miles (roughtly speaking) and auto-comp to silver is correct. I had it happen to me in Mar 2010 (i was downgraded from gold to green last year and made back to silver again with 9k short of gold now) and to my friend earlier this summer 2010. I'm not happy about it there's just way too many silver out there. Have you seen how busy the lounge these days has been? Much of them displaying a Y-class boarding pass 
That lowers the bar to 20+60+120k to a mere 200,000 club miles to diamond.
That lowers the bar to 20+60+120k to a mere 200,000 club miles to diamond.
Dear Simmo. The trick to all this is to get your Corporate Travel Agent to do the talking for you. If your agency has any pull with CX, they can join your boss to MPC without the fee and maybe even comp him/her up to Silver based on the number of flights planned or already booked.
Sep 20, 2010, 1:38 am
#18
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I just received a very pleasant phone call from MPC letting me know that they tried to help but without prior history of flying with Cathay or other airline elite status they cannot assist me. They did have offer some interesting leads and alternatives they i will follow up similar to what has already been suggested on this forum.
Oct 1, 2010, 3:03 am
#20
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Well it turns out the Japanese touch of going through the local sales office has produced the result we want with the boss being upgraded to Silver from start. Now the formality begins of company seals and statements of company earnings to prove we can afford to fly.
Anyone looking for the same sort of thing I would recommend going to you local sales office.
Anyone looking for the same sort of thing I would recommend going to you local sales office.