CEO cocktail May 9 in HK - anyone else going?
May 2, 2019, 2:54 am
#1
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CEO cocktail May 9 in HK - anyone else going?
would be interested to see what this is about. "taking us higher"..."new direction"..."newer, bigger, more exciting experiences"...
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SOME JOURNEYS TAKE US FARTHER.
OUR NEXT ONE IS TAKING US HIGHER.
We're moving past where we are today to discover what lies ahead.
It's a journey that will take us in a new direction, one that leads to newer, bigger and more exciting experiences – for us at Cathay Pacific and for all our customers.
We'd love to have you with us as we take our next step forward.
It is our pleasure to invite you and a guest to a celebration marking our new journey.
Date 9 May 2019, Thursday
Time
6:30pm Cocktail Reception
7:00pm Welcome Remarks by Rupert Hogg, Chief Executive Officer
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SOME JOURNEYS TAKE US FARTHER.
OUR NEXT ONE IS TAKING US HIGHER.
We're moving past where we are today to discover what lies ahead.
It's a journey that will take us in a new direction, one that leads to newer, bigger and more exciting experiences – for us at Cathay Pacific and for all our customers.
We'd love to have you with us as we take our next step forward.
It is our pleasure to invite you and a guest to a celebration marking our new journey.
Date 9 May 2019, Thursday
Time
6:30pm Cocktail Reception
7:00pm Welcome Remarks by Rupert Hogg, Chief Executive Officer
May 2, 2019, 8:02 am
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3rd year of DM and still haven't got a single invite to any event 
Either my customer value is too low (among the 40,000 or so DMs in HKG)...or they must think I'm too young
Anyway, people around me that I know of with the invite are either DMIN or DM+. There's also a more intimate lunch with the execs later this month.
Either my customer value is too low (among the 40,000 or so DMs in HKG)...or they must think I'm too young
Anyway, people around me that I know of with the invite are either DMIN or DM+. There's also a more intimate lunch with the execs later this month.
May 2, 2019, 8:14 am
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 481
3rd year of DM and still haven't got a single invite to any event
Either my customer value is too low (among the 40,000 or so DMs in HKG)...or they must think I'm too young
Anyway, people around me that I know of with the invite are either DMIN or DM+. There's also a more intimate lunch with the execs later this month.
Either my customer value is too low (among the 40,000 or so DMs in HKG)...or they must think I'm too young
Anyway, people around me that I know of with the invite are either DMIN or DM+. There's also a more intimate lunch with the execs later this month.
May 3, 2019, 5:31 am
#8
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SYD | HGH
Programs: CX DM, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton DM, Marriott Plat
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3rd year of DM and still haven't got a single invite to any event
Either my customer value is too low (among the 40,000 or so DMs in HKG)...or they must think I'm too young
Anyway, people around me that I know of with the invite are either DMIN or DM+. There's also a more intimate lunch with the execs later this month.
Either my customer value is too low (among the 40,000 or so DMs in HKG)...or they must think I'm too young
Anyway, people around me that I know of with the invite are either DMIN or DM+. There's also a more intimate lunch with the execs later this month.
May 3, 2019, 6:35 am
#9
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Don't know....
Programs: BA LTG, SQ TPPS, CX DMP, AA EXP, Bonvoy LTT, ALL PLT, Hilton DM
Posts: 4,010
I think the total number DMs is around 20-30k.
I'm not going to May 9th cocktail but going to May 7th lunch. Anyone else going to the lunch?
I'm not going to May 9th cocktail but going to May 7th lunch. Anyone else going to the lunch?
May 3, 2019, 8:22 am
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May 3, 2019, 10:58 am
#11
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC/SIN
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I know that awards are just a part of the MPO experience, but those going, could you please ask the powers that be, as to why CX is preferring to release award seats to partners, rather than to DMs, and if they’ve indeed increased award availability by 20% as promised, last June.
May 3, 2019, 6:39 pm
#12
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Perhaps they will be talking about this?
How Cathay Pacific focuses on passenger feedback to soar above the competition
https://www.qualtrics.com/blog/passenger-feedback/
The interview is full of good intentions, but one really has to wonder if CX has the willingness to implement this, considering the cost cutting measures and decline in service.
May 3, 2019, 8:17 pm
#13
Join Date: Jan 2006
Programs: AAdvantage Asia Miles Air China
Posts: 870
I know that awards are just a part of the MPO experience, but those going, could you please ask the powers that be, as to why CX is preferring to release award seats to partners, rather than to DMs, and if they’ve indeed increased award availability by 20% as promised, last June.
I only ever got to be invited once to a MPC event, which strangely co-incided with me not being in town.
Anyway perhaps someone can ask some questions "How successful has the great DM membership cull been?" and were these members so grateful to CX they stayed in the programme or "did they jump ship?"
Nicc
May 3, 2019, 10:20 pm
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this is interesting, if this is true...because I think I'm certainly far from being DM+, at least based on the flights that I credited to MPO. unless they indeed are able to capture my total "value" based on my other accounts esp BA? I usually just try to meet 1800 club points with MPO (i.e. usually it means exactly 52 x 35 club-points short-haul J flights). that's like 1/4 of my # flights last year...the other 3/4 are mostly CX/KA too and/or many higher value long haul J/F flights that I usually credit to BA where I get another 8k or so tier points a year...always wonder how/whether they capture such multi-oneworld-account situations.
May 3, 2019, 11:29 pm
#15
Join Date: Nov 2017
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You spent real money on CX.
You deposit the CX miles to BA.
BA pays peanuts to CX for the miles (maybe something of half the real value).
BA pays full points value to CX to let you fly on BA points with CX.
Wow.