Club Miles Milestone
Mar 21, 2019, 1:14 am
#151
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,345
'On average 4 round trips per year? Not a huge achievement 
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Perhaps it would interesting to know how many paid CX round trips SXC has done on Cathays now vast network (not including alliance partners) in the past 40 years.
Until the mid 1980s the CX network was small, North American flights did not start until 1983 and then only to Canada.
London did not start until 1982-3 and not to LHR, there were no other European flight until the late 1980s
The point that I am making is that it was not possible to fly exclusively or even mostly with Cathay prior to twenty years ago and of course there were no credits from airline alliances until after about 2000 or any free redemption flights for most of those early years.
Not a very pleasant or factual remark SXC !
'Perhaps it would interesting to know how many paid CX round trips SXC has done on Cathays now vast network (not including alliance partners) in the past 40 years.
Until the mid 1980s the CX network was small, North American flights did not start until 1983 and then only to Canada.
London did not start until 1982-3 and not to LHR, there were no other European flight until the late 1980s
The point that I am making is that it was not possible to fly exclusively or even mostly with Cathay prior to twenty years ago and of course there were no credits from airline alliances until after about 2000 or any free redemption flights for most of those early years.
Not a very pleasant or factual remark SXC !
Again, goes to show how far CX (and aviation) has really come. But I also am surprised to know this qualified for DM IN back in the day.
Mar 21, 2019, 2:47 am
#152
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: Cathay Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 690
"Back in the day" 1974 -2000 I would often fly 6-7 round trips a month on Cathay and about 3 to destinations not serviced by Cathay..
Since 2003 I have been group Chairman and others now do most of the frequent business trips.
In the past 12 months I have done 7 Cathay round trips with 2 more to Europe in the next 3 months....getting close to 3 million Cathay miles ! .
Not any great achievement these days but a significant milestone for me none the less.
Since 2003 I have been group Chairman and others now do most of the frequent business trips.
In the past 12 months I have done 7 Cathay round trips with 2 more to Europe in the next 3 months....getting close to 3 million Cathay miles ! .
Not any great achievement these days but a significant milestone for me none the less.
Mar 21, 2019, 3:37 am
#153
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,345
"Back in the day" 1974 -2000 I would often fly 6-7 round trips a month on Cathay and about 3 to destinations not serviced by Cathay..
Since 2003 I have been group Chairman and others now do most of the frequent business trips.
In the past 12 months I have done 7 Cathay round trips with 2 more to Europe in the next 3 months....getting close to 3 million Cathay miles ! .
Not any great achievement these days but a significant milestone for me none the less.
Since 2003 I have been group Chairman and others now do most of the frequent business trips.
In the past 12 months I have done 7 Cathay round trips with 2 more to Europe in the next 3 months....getting close to 3 million Cathay miles ! .
Not any great achievement these days but a significant milestone for me none the less.
Mar 21, 2019, 3:55 am
#154
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: HKG
Programs: CX Diamond / OWE
Posts: 277
"Back in the day" 1974 -2000 I would often fly 6-7 round trips a month on Cathay and about 3 to destinations not serviced by Cathay..
Since 2003 I have been group Chairman and others now do most of the frequent business trips.
In the past 12 months I have done 7 Cathay round trips with 2 more to Europe in the next 3 months....getting close to 3 million Cathay miles ! .
Not any great achievement these days but a significant milestone for me none the less.
Since 2003 I have been group Chairman and others now do most of the frequent business trips.
In the past 12 months I have done 7 Cathay round trips with 2 more to Europe in the next 3 months....getting close to 3 million Cathay miles ! .
Not any great achievement these days but a significant milestone for me none the less.
Dec 8, 2019, 1:52 am
#155
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: YYZ
Programs: CX GO, AC Aeroplan 25K, AMEX PLAT, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium, IHG Spire Amb
Posts: 464
Datapoint
Passed 500,000miles (as shown on MPC account page) last month. Was travelling HKG-NGO earlier this week, was upgraded Y to J (on a regional 777) along with my travel companion (AM member only) around 3.5hr prior to departure (both Y and J were not full). Flight was booked only the night prior.
At airport checked in agent briefly mentioned “MPC gave you an upgrade for today”. On-board SP sent an in-seat message to my PTV to congratulate me for passing 0.5million mile.
Passed 500,000miles (as shown on MPC account page) last month. Was travelling HKG-NGO earlier this week, was upgraded Y to J (on a regional 777) along with my travel companion (AM member only) around 3.5hr prior to departure (both Y and J were not full). Flight was booked only the night prior.
At airport checked in agent briefly mentioned “MPC gave you an upgrade for today”. On-board SP sent an in-seat message to my PTV to congratulate me for passing 0.5million mile.
Aug 11, 2020, 2:07 am
#156
Join Date: Oct 2012
Programs: CX - DM; Hilton - Diamond, Marriott - Titanium
Posts: 542
Data point
Crossed 2 MM last November and to my surprise I got an email from assistant MPO manager to congratulate and award me with 4 Bookable Upgrades (BUD) a couple of weeks ago. Not the best timing as my travel, like most frequent fliers, has drastically reduced nonetheless I appreciate their effort. Though I found it odd that they only reached out to me now after 8 months of crossing 2MM. I am currently at 2.1 MM now as I speak.
Crossed 2 MM last November and to my surprise I got an email from assistant MPO manager to congratulate and award me with 4 Bookable Upgrades (BUD) a couple of weeks ago. Not the best timing as my travel, like most frequent fliers, has drastically reduced nonetheless I appreciate their effort. Though I found it odd that they only reached out to me now after 8 months of crossing 2MM. I am currently at 2.1 MM now as I speak.
Jul 15, 2021, 6:08 am
#157
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,345
Restarting the discussion a little bit - I was chatting about this with a consultant friend of mine, and he decided to ask MPC about it directly. This is the response he got: The numbers shown under "Total Miles flown and Total Sectors Flown" are the club points and club sectors you earned since joining the Marco Polo Club. It does not counts the miles redeemed and bonus miles earned.
So it seems now that the counter in our MPC profiles show (or begin to show) real BIS miles, instead of the bonus sectors and miles that we used to get prior to the change to TP. Did anyone notice their lifetime miles / sectors being reflected downward (if they applied this change retroactively), or maybe it just occurs now going forward.
Regardless, now that the counter effectively counts BIS miles (regardless of class - discount Y used to have 0 miles) perhaps now the "milestones" we hit will be closer to the amount of miles we actually flew? And maybe they'll throw us a bone or something that these milestones... now that you can even earn TP via credit card spend...
So it seems now that the counter in our MPC profiles show (or begin to show) real BIS miles, instead of the bonus sectors and miles that we used to get prior to the change to TP. Did anyone notice their lifetime miles / sectors being reflected downward (if they applied this change retroactively), or maybe it just occurs now going forward.
Regardless, now that the counter effectively counts BIS miles (regardless of class - discount Y used to have 0 miles) perhaps now the "milestones" we hit will be closer to the amount of miles we actually flew? And maybe they'll throw us a bone or something that these milestones... now that you can even earn TP via credit card spend...
Jul 15, 2021, 8:57 am
#158
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,437
So it seems now that the counter in our MPC profiles show (or begin to show) real BIS miles, instead of the bonus sectors and miles that we used to get prior to the change to TP. Did anyone notice their lifetime miles / sectors being reflected downward (if they applied this change retroactively), or maybe it just occurs now going forward.
Jul 15, 2021, 9:09 am
#159
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,345
Here's hoping that something around lifetime miles / sectors will come into play next year when they relaunch the FFP...
Jul 15, 2021, 12:31 pm
#160
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,437
Don't know about that. I don't think I've ever taken a O class flight or even SNQ before Apr. 2016. What I do know is oneworld miles and sectors earned before I joined MPO (when I was just an AM member) were counted as well.
Jul 16, 2021, 8:15 am
#161
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,345
Next step will be what CX does with it!
Jul 22, 2021, 11:49 am
#163
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TPE / HSZ
Programs: CX GO (=SPH), IHG Diamond Amb, Hertz 5*, Accor, Hilton, National
Posts: 6,437
20 years for me this year (including AM membership), and nothing, either. However, 2 years ago, they gave me upgrades for 2 sectors (IAD-x/HKG-CAN, the longest and the shortest flight in the network) to celebrate my 18th membership anniversary.
Jul 22, 2021, 11:51 am
#164
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 2,345
I think they usually do flight upgrades on milestones, sometimes they may do it a month or 2 after you hit the milestone, but usually you have to fly around that date.
Jul 22, 2021, 9:39 pm
#165
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: MNL
Programs: CX MPO DM, Le Club Accor Platinum, World of Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 2,284
I heard before they do it in multiples of 5years for the anniversary upgrade, and 500K for the milestone. Not sure if it's still the case.