Cathay Pacific says no more "card cheats"

Asia Miles, Cathay Pacific's loyalty program, changed a rule of his loyalty program, we are not talking about a devaluation or even a change to the recent announcement that Changed the rules of status accumulation, we are talking about a practice often used by the most astute FFs: the game of "cards"

Let's say it puts a stop to a practice that allowed us FFs to kill two birds with one ... card.

How the rules of Asia Miles change

Status Benefits are applicable only to flights marketed and operated by Cathay Pacific, unless otherwise stated in these Terms and Conditions. To access or use Status Benefits, you must enter your membership number in your reservation before you travel.

If you do not enter your membership number into your reservation before you travel or remove it from your reservation, you will not be able to access or use the Status Benefits. You will not be able to remove your membership number from your reservation after you have completed check-in for the flight for which you entered it.

What does this change mean

Cathay has decided to put a stop to Those who enter an FF card from a loyalty program to take advantage of the status benefits, only to arrive at the gate and ask to enter a different one Where to accumulate miles and status.

This practice is often used by those who have status within an alliance and want to take advantage of it, but at the same time have decided to credit the flight to a different card perhaps in order to gain status with a different one.

For example, imagine you did the status match with Royal Jordanian, but to want to accumulate Avios for your flights. Here you could have fast track, free seat choice and lounge access because of the RJ card, but then not wanting to do points on that but on Qatar so here I would decide to ask for the change.

Why this ban

The reason is simple it is a matter of "money." If you, for example, decide to take advantage of your status for the lounge to pay is your card's loyalty program, but if you then put the credit on a different card to earn (i.e., receive the points) is a different program.

The companies balance these relationships, but it is likely that at this stage of major changes, such as the new British and Iberia rules, many have decided to play the little game just to take full advantage of the status, but to focus on accumulating on a different card just to have the status in the new company.

And Cathay Pacific evidently no longer liked it.

In conclusion

There are already other loyalty programs that have a block to this activity, others will probably be coming soon because it is an increasingly common activity. In any case if you fly Cathay remember to decide first what cards to include.

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