OK, no takers, so here I go:
1. NO first class (on leisure travel) for post April 1, 1993 joiners or any on the "new, improved" travel scheme.
2. Our cookie-chuckers (God bless their frilly pink knickers) are brilliant, no if and's or but's. No discrimination on board.
3. NO on-board upgrades sanctioned by our masters. It happens, but very, very rarely. You are more likely to join the mile-high club with Elle McPherson.
4. If you are single, you nominate, BI-ANNUALLY, your designated travel partner. Limited tickets for your parents and in-laws. Stuff-all for siblings or anyone else.
5. Traveling "almost for free"? Please. Our subload tickets would have to be the most expensive in the industry, and the ZED scheme isn't worth spit. Expensive, restrictive, cumbersome and in most cases, you'll do better in a bucket-shop (discount travel) on a restricted ticket. Many (including my family and I) buy retail tickets to travel on holiday. Most of the time I do better than CX sublo or ZED fares...and I travel in jeans and sneakers (not allowed on CX).
6. CX "stuff-you" travel is an acknowledged "revenue centre" for CX, producing in excess of USD3 000 000 PROFIT annually.
7. CX's obsession with micro-managing means all changes to tickets have to be approved by HKG, so if you're in SUX and been bumped for the umpteenth time by UAL...you're S.O.L. until you can fax HKG with the proposed changes and a Cathay ticket agent makes the change.
Do you want more or will that do it for you?
Last edited by Cpt. Underpants; 8th August 2003 at 22:34.