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Feb 25, 2025 | 2:55 am
#181
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Feb 25, 2025 | 6:02 am
#182
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 322
I regret not staying with AA and jumped to CX. I would of easily had 6 mm miles and LT EXE. 10+ years as CX DM and nothing to show for it. But, not being tied down to one and able to choose airlines and their different F/J products is a great experience as well.
Feb 25, 2025 | 11:57 am
#183
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 7,226
We should ask the (still existing) Invitation members for the definitive answer - I think a couple post here occasionally. I don't have any record, but from memory I think it was something like 1M flight miles on CX, where J counted as 1.5 times and F as 2 times. Back in those days that was quite a lot. With the increase in CX's network and the amount people fly I can see that lifetime would have to be much more than that these days.
My memory is hazy. Perhaps Old China Hand or another can remember more clearly but I would say it was 2 million credit miles, with Y as x1, J as x1.25 and F as x1.5. In addition one had to have 10 consecutive years of active membership. There were no partners. One could not go away for a couple of years and then continue the route to 10 years. One had to start again.
I qualified in November 1998 which was the date that Cathay announced as the last one for qualification. I was not aware of the date being extended to later but perhaps that was done to assuage those who came so close.
We seem to be pretty rare birds these days. Many Chief Pursers (ISMs) tell me that they have not seen one of us for several months. Recently I was told that by one that she had had to explain what we are to new staff who had not been told or paid any attention during their training. Two of the crew asked to be able to come forward to take a look at me - something like being a rare specimen in a zoo.
Aside from that, one could qualify for Diamond membership by flying 80 sectors in J or F during a year to reward folk based in HK whose travel was almost all regional.
I qualified in November 1998 which was the date that Cathay announced as the last one for qualification. I was not aware of the date being extended to later but perhaps that was done to assuage those who came so close.
We seem to be pretty rare birds these days. Many Chief Pursers (ISMs) tell me that they have not seen one of us for several months. Recently I was told that by one that she had had to explain what we are to new staff who had not been told or paid any attention during their training. Two of the crew asked to be able to come forward to take a look at me - something like being a rare specimen in a zoo.
Aside from that, one could qualify for Diamond membership by flying 80 sectors in J or F during a year to reward folk based in HK whose travel was almost all regional.
CX also used to use kilometres instead of miles when the mileage award programme was Passages, not Asia Miles. Combining what you both said, I guess the requirement was 2 million km? I'm at 900+k mi now (purely CX, not including other oneworld). Ah, would have been close.
The 20, 40, and 80 Club sectors requirements for SL, GO, and DM, respectively survived all the way until 2016, and J counts as 1.25, F 1.5.
Feb 25, 2025 | 4:16 pm
#184
Join Date: Aug 2016
Programs: CX Life Time,TG,
Posts: 344
Feb 25, 2025 | 7:05 pm
#185
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 22,127
80/90s are yesterday.. The real stories are in the 40/50s, plus a few in the 60s. I still remember landing on the old Kai Tak runway. The OLD one, not the one that stuck into the harbour but the one that was more an extension of Argyle Street that ran towards Choi Hung.
Feb 25, 2025 | 8:03 pm
#186
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Earth. Residency:HKG formerly:YYZ
Programs: CX, DL, Nexus/GE, APEC
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We had a balcony view across the harbour from my old homestead to the "new" runway before CWB got built up.
When growing up, we would run to the balcony to watch takeoffs and landings, which were less frequent
When growing up, we would run to the balcony to watch takeoffs and landings, which were less frequent
Feb 25, 2025 | 9:57 pm
#187
Join Date: Dec 2024
Posts: 178
The CX timetables I bought (yes, I bought!) from the late 1990s indicate it is 25% bonus for J and 50% for F, the same as how things were all the way until the previous MPO overhaul in 2016. Unfortunately, the timetables mentioned nothing about lifetime membership.
CX also used to use kilometres instead of miles when the mileage award programme was Passages, not Asia Miles. Combining what you both said, I guess the requirement was 2 million km? I'm at 900+k mi now (purely CX, not including other oneworld). Ah, would have been close.
The 20, 40, and 80 Club sectors requirements for SL, GO, and DM, respectively survived all the way until 2016, and J counts as 1.25, F 1.5.
CX also used to use kilometres instead of miles when the mileage award programme was Passages, not Asia Miles. Combining what you both said, I guess the requirement was 2 million km? I'm at 900+k mi now (purely CX, not including other oneworld). Ah, would have been close.
The 20, 40, and 80 Club sectors requirements for SL, GO, and DM, respectively survived all the way until 2016, and J counts as 1.25, F 1.5.
Feb 25, 2025 | 10:05 pm
#188
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 722
80 or 120 sectors are horrible for those who wanna get to DM by flying EY only.
Feb 25, 2025 | 10:10 pm
#189
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 7,226
Feb 25, 2025 | 10:31 pm
#190
Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: HKG
Programs: CX DM
Posts: 34
It was 20/40/80 at least dated back to 2005... It was the time when I used to fly TPE HKG weekly and accumulated 100+ sectors a year with >90% on cheap(est) economy tickets (plus 1 or 2 long haul Europe trips on J). At that time issuing a V class return ticket from Taiwan was only around NTD 5000-5500.
And before CX changed the rules, even my V class ticket was entitled to 24-hour guarantee seat without change penalty fee - it helped me a lot to make last minute changes.
And before CX changed the rules, even my V class ticket was entitled to 24-hour guarantee seat without change penalty fee - it helped me a lot to make last minute changes.
Feb 25, 2025 | 10:58 pm
#191
Join Date: Dec 2024
Posts: 178
No, it was 30000, 60000, 120000 Club miles or 20, 40, 80 Club sectors, respectively, for SL, GO, and DM. See https://web.archive.org/web/20150716...lub-tiers.html
Mar 5, 2025 | 5:18 am
#193
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,950
They have removed diamond plus from the March magazine
Mar 5, 2025 | 5:19 am
#194
Moderator: Cathay Pacific
Join Date: Jan 2024
Programs: CX DM-
Posts: 1,302