Cathay in to *A ?
Sep 15, 2013, 5:24 am
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Cathay in to *A ?
Was chatting with a senior exec at a OW airline who told me that there is strong chatter about CX leaving OW for *A.
Sep 15, 2013, 6:28 am
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Sep 15, 2013, 6:36 am
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First thing I said to him. The second thing I said was that I thought founding *A partners had veto on new entrants. He said he believed it has been change to majority vote now (maybe old news to people here?).
He made it sound like it was pretty serious.
He made it sound like it was pretty serious.
Sep 15, 2013, 6:41 am
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Not gonna happen but I welcome CX with open arms, one of the best OW airlines. I have traveled in their J cabin and they are very good, I think better then SQ even.
Sep 15, 2013, 7:16 am
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I find this hard to believe, but I would love it if CX joined. And give SQ the boot at the same time, since they are half-way out anyway.
Sep 15, 2013, 7:30 am
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Sep 15, 2013, 11:11 am
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I second that with making F seats available. It sure would be nice.
I can't see it happening though. Star is so well represented in Asia- what would Cathay add to Star???
I can't see it happening though. Star is so well represented in Asia- what would Cathay add to Star???
Sep 15, 2013, 12:23 pm
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Originally Posted by 1kBill
I find this hard to believe, but I would love it if CX joined. And give SQ the boot at the same time, since they are half-way out anyway.
It would be great to have an alliance member that actually makes premium cabin award seats available to other carriers.
Originally Posted by 1kBill
I find this hard to believe, but I would love it if CX joined. And give SQ the boot at the same time, since they are half-way out anyway.
It would be great to have an alliance member that actually makes premium cabin award seats available to other carriers.
I also hate how they try to block lounge use. Flew SIN/HKG-HKG/SFO in UA F and was handed an invitation to use the SATS lounge in SIN. Not my first rodeo, so cruised over to the SQ F lounge where the SQ dragons begrudgingly permitted our entry -- like they were doing us some kind of favor. What BS!
Sep 15, 2013, 1:27 pm
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Maybe SQ is thinking of leaving or getting booted due to their restrictions on TPAC/TATL J/F rewards?