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Originally Posted by Katanga  PDLM, I beg to differ on CX really looking after their super frequent flyers. Either I am really unlucky or you have the real knack for getting upgrades. I had a good run last year but this year I have had zilch upgrades.
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Let me know your trick for getting upgraded more often....and getting a seat on my airmiles which I have never managed. |
On check-in I rarely have checked bags these days, so I don't use ITCI very often - obviously at the airport there is never a wait at the First class counters (and they can give you the orange tags and buggy coupons there as well).
Upgrades are far more common on some routes than others - as I'm sure you know, in general (birthdays etc. excepted), you only get upgraded if there's overbooking in the class you're travelling in. I'm doing Manila for weekends very regularly at the moment and getting upgraded about two out of three flights. But I very rarely get upgraded going to Singapore since flights there almost never seem to be full in economy (and often are in business). (An exception here:
http://www.cathaytalk.com/showthread.php?t=2742 )
I'm probably at about 80% for using miles when I want to. In the last few months I've used them to get business class upgrades to London twice (and subsequently got op-upped to First in one direction on each occasion), and to get a reward ticket to fly my girlfriend from Manila around Easter - we only planned this at a couple of days notice so economy rewards were not available, but no difficulty booking a business class reward on the website. In the case of the London trips I had to call MPC and waitlist, but they cleared in the end.
I'm not doing anything particular that I am aware of, and I am not a super-high flyer: I only just manage my Diamond requalification most years although I've been Diamond now for over 6 years straight.
