CX provides status extension and Club Points Relief
Feb 26, 2020, 2:26 am
#61
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX Diamond (OW Emerald), former SQ Krisflyer Gold
Posts: 2,527
Feb 26, 2020, 2:38 am
#62
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,437
Feb 26, 2020, 3:28 am
#64
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,953
MPC's generosity will work out well for me. Having re-qualified for Diamond, I reset the clock last month in Jan and current membership year expires end of Jan 2021. Right now, I am sitting on 705 CP, and have 400 CP of flights in coming 3 months. Add 140 x 3 MPC relief points, and I will already be at 1,525 CP by end of May. Will easily reach 1,600 CP for the bookable upgrades. Will then look to accumulate status on a second program. 
Feb 26, 2020, 4:17 am
#66
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Bangkok, Thailand. No longer Palm Coast, FL though still exiled, again, from the Bay Area.
Programs: Only the good ones
Posts: 5,153
Feb 26, 2020, 5:12 am
#67
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 19,803
Feb 26, 2020, 6:31 am
#69
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC/SIN
Programs: CX DM, SQ KF
Posts: 2,171
So I got a call back about an hour later- ostensibly to clarify that I’d be losing all my club points upon reset (had confirmed when I had called in- anyway) -1750 is close to the next mid tier benefit after all- she was checking on my flights’ tomorrow, in case I’d be better off not resetting.
Sharp agent, with the smarts that I tend to stereotype HK’ers with, tried explaining that once reset, points can’t be changed over to the ‘new year’, but took all of 10 seconds to realize that ‘oh, if you had reset yesterday, you would be at 140 already’...they’ll call me back.
Feb 26, 2020, 6:49 am
#70
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX, UA, Shangri-La, Hyatt, Starwood
Posts: 7,708
Nothing much to add...smart move by CX. I don’t benefit much, I’ll probably just reset a few months earlier than normal but it’s nice for Mrs. QRC who does <1,500 CP per year. This means she can definitely do one of her Europe trips this year on EK instead and still get DM.
(Actually I really feel this is a nice move by CX and a smart one. Despite the cheeky comment.)Great thread here with informative content from a lot of regulars! The jagmeets situation is especially interesting.
(Special props to earnestnywang what a prediction)
(Actually I really feel this is a nice move by CX and a smart one. Despite the cheeky comment.)Great thread here with informative content from a lot of regulars! The jagmeets situation is especially interesting.(Special props to earnestnywang what a prediction)
Feb 26, 2020, 6:50 am
#71
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: HKG SZX
Programs: CX MPC GO, IHG, OZ, NH (no longer UA MP*G thanks to SMJ)(no longer A3 *G due to COVID))
Posts: 620
(ok, maybe besides their lounges and flight schedule before the virus)...
Feb 26, 2020, 8:20 am
#73
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC/SIN
Programs: CX DM, SQ KF
Posts: 2,171
Nothing much to add...smart move by CX. I don’t benefit much, I’ll probably just reset a few months earlier than normal but it’s nice for Mrs. QRC who does <1,500 CP per year. This means she can definitely do one of her Europe trips this year on EK instead and still get DM. (Actually I really feel this is a nice move by CX and a smart one. Despite the cheeky comment.)Great thread here with informative content from a lot of regulars! The jagmeets situation is especially interesting.
(Special props to earnestnywang what a prediction)
(Actually I really feel this is a nice move by CX and a smart one. Despite the cheeky comment.)Great thread here with informative content from a lot of regulars! The jagmeets situation is especially interesting.(Special props to earnestnywang what a prediction)
(yes, smart move- might turn out to be a decent driver for a V shaped recovery, or, pointless, ...time will tell- but at this point, with the data on hand, smart indeed I think).
update here: call back with promises of an easy renewal if I’m short next year, but no commitment about mid tier benefits. They’ll escalate & see.
again, time will tell- I might end up being close to 1800, with wife not having any travel (making the companion gold card somewhat valuable), or, you might see me being grateful for CX’s generosity for an easy renewal for my 11th year as DM in ‘21 (grr- the math!)
Time, will tell!
Feb 26, 2020, 12:32 pm
#74
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: WLG
Programs: CX Diamond; OZ Diamond;QF
Posts: 186
Mileage Points Expiring
Any word on allowing an extension of time on points expiring? If you have MPO points expiring over the next few months, there might not be that many ways to use them.