CX provides status extension and Club Points Relief
Jan 28, 2021, 10:47 pm
#466
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: New York, NY - USA
Programs: CX Diamond (DM)
Posts: 343
Just called and also got the same advice, BUT maybe my situation is different? Am currently on membership holiday till Feb 28, 2021. Sitting on 945 C.P. (Gold). Wanted to extend holiday till Aug 31, 2021. Next paid trip September (fingers crossed) will net me 280 C.P. and thus upgrade to Diamond. Was dissuaded from doing so. But if I wait for automatic extension, won't my points revert to Zero? Renewal guidelines not so clear on this case; just that upon auto renewal, C.P.s revert to Zero!!
Jan 28, 2021, 11:16 pm
#467
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: MNL
Programs: CX MPO DM, Le Club Accor Platinum, World of Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 2,284
Just called and also got the same advice, BUT maybe my situation is different? Am currently on membership holiday till Feb 28, 2021. Sitting on 945 C.P. (Gold). Wanted to extend holiday till Aug 31, 2021. Next paid trip September (fingers crossed) will net me 280 C.P. and thus upgrade to Diamond. Was dissuaded from doing so. But if I wait for automatic extension, won't my points revert to Zero? Renewal guidelines not so clear on this case; just that upon auto renewal, C.P.s revert to Zero!!
At the end of your year you will be automatically renewed to your current tier level (regardless of how many points you have) and your points will revert to zero.
Jan 28, 2021, 11:34 pm
#468
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sydney
Programs: UA/EK(Gold) CX(Diamond) Marriott Gold Accor Platinum Hilton Diamond Shangri-la Jade
Posts: 585
True but for those who took a membership holiday during the Covid period due to the uncertainty, write/call CX when you have exhausted all your holidays. They told me that they will grant another.
Jan 29, 2021, 12:14 am
#469
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: MNL
Programs: CX MPO DM, Le Club Accor Platinum, World of Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 2,284
my holiday just ended last December, i have 2 months left from my 2019-2020 year, I decided to just let things lapse into my new year this March 1. Although to be really honest I don't see I will be traveling this year.
Jan 29, 2021, 12:39 am
#471
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: MNL
Programs: CX DM, SQ KFG, Marriott Plat, AccorG
Posts: 148
Original membership year end was Sep 30, 2020. Used Holiday #1 to extend expiry to Feb 28, 2021. Wanted to use Holiday #2 to extend to Aug. 31, 2021. After which I wanted to travel Sep 2021, and get the add'l 280 points to get to Diamond. But am Gold qualified already anyway; just a shame about being so close to going up a level as I was intending to do before the pandemic. (First world problems I know...)
Jan 29, 2021, 5:18 pm
#473
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Bangkok
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Titanium, BAEC Silver, TK Miles & Smiles Elite
Posts: 2,234
Well, I expected this and they have delivered. My Gold membership year ends in May. So whether I will be able to re-qualify 2021-2022 is anyone's guess. I've done no travel whatsoever in my current membership year. What happens next will depend on how quickly HKers can travel again which, I imagine, will require immunisation certificates and a Covid travel passport like the one proposed by IATA though this isn't the place to discuss such things. The point is, if we get halfway through 2021 and we're still not able to travel to the degree that will acccrue enough points then they'll almost-certainly do something else like another status extension.
Jan 29, 2021, 10:19 pm
#474
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sydney
Programs: UA/EK(Gold) CX(Diamond) Marriott Gold Accor Platinum Hilton Diamond Shangri-la Jade
Posts: 585
Well, I expected this and they have delivered. My Gold membership year ends in May. So whether I will be able to re-qualify 2021-2022 is anyone's guess. I've done no travel whatsoever in my current membership year. What happens next will depend on how quickly HKers can travel again which, I imagine, will require immunisation certificates and a Covid travel passport like the one proposed by IATA though this isn't the place to discuss such things. The point is, if we get halfway through 2021 and we're still not able to travel to the degree that will acccrue enough points then they'll almost-certainly do something else like another status extension.
Jan 29, 2021, 10:51 pm
#475
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Bangkok
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Titanium, BAEC Silver, TK Miles & Smiles Elite
Posts: 2,234
I'm now interested in what happens to the 56k Asia Miles that will expire at the end of October with (currently) no possiblity of using them for their original intended purpose or indeed any purpose whatsoever.
Jan 29, 2021, 11:21 pm
#476
Join Date: May 2013
Location: west coast best coast
Programs: TINDER GOLD, STARBUCKS GOLD, COSTCO EXECUTIVE!!
Posts: 3,989
This has to be the worst treatment I've had as top tier in an airline, to be honest. Expensive fares, mediocre customer service, and nonsensical mileage program. Cathay can go bankrupt for all I care at this point, this DM is out.
Jan 30, 2021, 11:30 am
#477
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 565
Why not? Can't you book travel before they expire for a date up to almost a year later?
Jan 30, 2021, 4:40 pm
#478
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Bangkok
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Titanium, BAEC Silver, TK Miles & Smiles Elite
Posts: 2,234
Nearer the expiry date I''ll have to see what, if anything, is viable and bookable. But I cannot see many people actively redeeming AMs for flights at the moment for flights that may or may not take place to countries that may or may not let you in. Or maybe I'm wrong and people are booking and using with confidence. Just me.
Jan 31, 2021, 9:14 pm
#479
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: MNL
Programs: CX MPO DM, Le Club Accor Platinum, World of Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 2,284
Original membership year end was Sep 30, 2020. Used Holiday #1 to extend expiry to Feb 28, 2021. Wanted to use Holiday #2 to extend to Aug. 31, 2021. After which I wanted to travel Sep 2021, and get the add'l 280 points to get to Diamond. But am Gold qualified already anyway; just a shame about being so close to going up a level as I was intending to do before the pandemic. (First world problems I know...)
Jan 31, 2021, 9:16 pm
#480
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: MNL
Programs: CX MPO DM, Le Club Accor Platinum, World of Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 2,284
I'm hoping they will announce a renewal for those expiring between Jan-April2022. Like last year, Jan-April 2021 automatic renewal was announced around June 2020
Last edited by FlyPointyEnd; Jan 31, 2021 at 11:51 pm