Another 'Which FFP?' Thread
Jan 14, 2008 | 1:10 am
#16
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If he is going to fly J a lot on CX, perhaps you can consider CX Gold:
* Unless he is doing a annual MR, he may not be able to keep his OW-EM status. If he cannot keep it up, he may lose first class lounge accesses anyway.
* While he cannot have seat guarantee on J, he can have a high waitlist priority on CX. With CX J often full these days, a high priority can be helpful.
* If he flew 30K already on CX/KA last year, you can try to see if CX can comp him Silver from his pre-18 flights. That moves him ahead pretty fast already.
* Lounges in US are not comparable to those in Asia. There are very few first class lounges (e.g. AA's Flagship lounges) in the US. And these lounges are not really good anyway. So having access to business lounges, such as the Admirals Club, should be good enough.
* Unless he is doing a annual MR, he may not be able to keep his OW-EM status. If he cannot keep it up, he may lose first class lounge accesses anyway.
* While he cannot have seat guarantee on J, he can have a high waitlist priority on CX. With CX J often full these days, a high priority can be helpful.
* If he flew 30K already on CX/KA last year, you can try to see if CX can comp him Silver from his pre-18 flights. That moves him ahead pretty fast already.
* Lounges in US are not comparable to those in Asia. There are very few first class lounges (e.g. AA's Flagship lounges) in the US. And these lounges are not really good anyway. So having access to business lounges, such as the Admirals Club, should be good enough.
Jan 14, 2008 | 5:22 am
#17
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold(OWE), QF LTG, MR Plat, IHG Spire, Hertz PC
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Jan 14, 2008 | 6:16 am
#18
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If he is going to fly J a lot on CX, perhaps you can consider CX Gold:
* Unless he is doing a annual MR, he may not be able to keep his OW-EM status. If he cannot keep it up, he may lose first class lounge accesses anyway.
* While he cannot have seat guarantee on J, he can have a high waitlist priority on CX. With CX J often full these days, a high priority can be helpful.
* If he flew 30K already on CX/KA last year, you can try to see if CX can comp him Silver from his pre-18 flights. That moves him ahead pretty fast already.
* Lounges in US are not comparable to those in Asia. There are very few first class lounges (e.g. AA's Flagship lounges) in the US. And these lounges are not really good anyway. So having access to business lounges, such as the Admirals Club, should be good enough.
* Unless he is doing a annual MR, he may not be able to keep his OW-EM status. If he cannot keep it up, he may lose first class lounge accesses anyway.
* While he cannot have seat guarantee on J, he can have a high waitlist priority on CX. With CX J often full these days, a high priority can be helpful.
* If he flew 30K already on CX/KA last year, you can try to see if CX can comp him Silver from his pre-18 flights. That moves him ahead pretty fast already.
* Lounges in US are not comparable to those in Asia. There are very few first class lounges (e.g. AA's Flagship lounges) in the US. And these lounges are not really good anyway. So having access to business lounges, such as the Admirals Club, should be good enough.
Jan 14, 2008 | 6:43 am
#19
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Ouch! I would expect a significant amount of extra benefits for flying that many miles with CX - that said, it sounds suspiciously similar to LH's HON status which is the hardest status to get, but clearly provides the most benefits.
Jan 15, 2008 | 1:34 am
#20
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Jan 15, 2008 | 3:45 am
#21
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: No longer Diamond and missing the good old days of CX
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Further discussion here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=602408
Jan 15, 2008 | 7:13 am
#24
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No - 300K miles is nothing if you fly Y. Diamond Plus is granted to DMs who are in the top 1% in terms of revenue generated to CX, which translates to about nine full-fare F HKG-JFK round trips every year.
Further discussion here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=602408
Further discussion here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=602408
Jan 15, 2008 | 12:47 pm
#25
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Jan 15, 2008 | 4:03 pm
#27
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Sorry, here it is:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=602408
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=602408
Is DMP status lifetime or do you lose it if you stop flying that much?
Jan 15, 2008 | 6:10 pm
#28
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Jan 15, 2008 | 7:33 pm
#29
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No - 300K miles is nothing if you fly Y. Diamond Plus is granted to DMs who are in the top 1% in terms of revenue generated to CX, which translates to about nine full-fare F HKG-JFK round trips every year.
Further discussion here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=602408
Further discussion here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=602408
Jan 16, 2008 | 1:36 am
#30
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