From the posts in this thread it will seem that upgrades to First using AA miles will be in CX A class whereas upgrades/redemption ticketes using Asiamiles will be Z class. I had always thought that A class for CX were really discounted such as RoundTheWorld fares and Z were upgrade/redemption tickets. The important difference I thought was that there are more seats allotted to
A than to Z. Eg, you often see A4 on Gallileo (though God knows what the figure is for Z since it is not shown).

So, it would seem that getting upgrades on CX using AA miles would be easier in that there would be the A for use?

Now, what about redemption for CX tickets using AA miles? Does one also book in A class for First class seat redemption?

Cheers,

This is Z.

Does it mean that for CX tickets using AA miles for First Class, A class is for upgrades and Z for redemption? This seems strange especially when it is Z for both upgrades and redemption when one uses asiamiles.

for AA awards on CX- both upgrades and free tickets - first class inventory is booked in Z, for business it is booked in U

[This message has been edited by miki13331 (edited 02-11-2003).]

But this is different from what what was posted earlier in this thread - pls scroll up!

AA used to book CX upgrades on A and D class for upgrades based on full fares.

That has all changed now and AA now books upgrades under the same codes as award tickets. The only difference between AAdvantage and Asiamiles is that the latter can be upgraded on any mileage earning fare bought from anywhere. Whereas on AA, the ticket must be full Y or J and ticketed through AA themselves.

Thanks for the clarification.
And what is more - in a few months' time- CX upgrades using AA miles will be a thing of the past!

Yes. After that, one can only use ASIAMILES and SWISS TRAVEL CLUB miles to upgrade on most economy class fares to BUSINESS. You can only upgrade from Business to First using ASIAMILES.

This is slightly off subject : the point I
am trying to make here is : aren't most of
us here on this board , fly CX quite a few
times a year ? If YES , then , buy a one
way ( whatever class that gets you to BKK
or TPE , where fares are low ) and come back
in First class with a round trip ticket .
Your second half of this ticket will be your
outboud ticket in FC on your next trip .
So what , if your next destination is not
BKK or TPE , buy an intra asia ticket from
there to get to your final destination.
So what it takes a few more hours ? Saves
me all the hassles of upgrading . I paid
something less than US$4000 for a round trip
FC in A class on CX from there back to LA.

How can I book a FC A fare on CX? I tried to find it by checking fares on CX and AA's website, but they all seem to be F fares.

If you are interestedin ex-BKK fares, you can just call CX and book a seat under A and buy it in BKK.

The current published fare for BKK-LAX (A class) is 130,805THB for one way and 186,855 for return.

I think the bargain is D return for 111,425THB.

Gee, I didn't know AC has withdrawn those cheap J fares to the west coast!

[This message has been edited by Chiangi (edited 02-18-2003).]

Just checked ex-US fares to BKK. Some interesting fares under DX28 (for LAX, SFO, JFK) and DW28 (SFO). I fares from JFK with companion fares, too.

There are many 'theres'..and I'm going to do the same except that it'll cost me less than US$2600 for a F class return to the West Coast.

[This message has been edited by Guy Betsy (edited 02-18-2003).]

Wow! Isnt that great! Where is your *there*? Presumably it involves a stopover in HKG both ways? Does it allow you to stop in HKG for more than 24 hours on both occasions?

No stopover if more than 24 hours.