- - Worst Top Elite level?
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SRQ Guy
Mar 29, 2002 6:29 am
I frequently get L/U upgrades when I standby for an earlier flight which is fairly full. Despite some people's insistence that it can't be done, I find a little bit of being nice goes a long way towards getting gate agents to help me out. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif I am about 25% on these types of upgrades. Still not stellar, but not too bad either.
Andrew14302
Mar 29, 2002 3:17 pm
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Commuter: Worst you say? I think US FF programs are pretty generous overall. I'm in Cathay Pacific's Marco Polo club, and top level gets you: no upgrade certificates, no miles bonus, not too much of anything except guaranteed seats and the best shot at operational upgrades (only if coach is completely full). So, let's put this in perspective.....</font>
Then why do you stay with them? At the chance of an operational upgrade? Seems to me, that AA and One World would be better for you because you can continue to fly CX and get all the bonus miles and perks across the One World alliance. Just a thought...
