My most recent trip was Sydney to Mumbai via Hong Kong - and due to my firm's policy of booking the lowest cost airfares, I ended up on CX via HK (I wanted QF127/8 for the double SC, but missed out).
Anyway, sleep did not come easily on the overnight flights on the way home.
So inevitably, I was chatting to the FA, and interestingly(?) on one leg, I was invited to sign up to the Marco Polo Club and credit my flights to that program.
Now I've never previously been asked to sign up to MPC on a flight (I've been asked for an Asia Miles membership number when buying duty free, and then badgered to sign up, which I cbb doing)
Anyway, I was handed some paperwork that was an "Exclusive Invitation for First and Business Class Passengers". Apparently it costs USD$50 to join, but this special deal comes with a waiver
The FA was pretty pushy about it, even to the point of telling me that I would've got a complimentary upgrade to First on the Mumbai-HK leg if I was a member of MPC...
Anyway, I thought they would be aware of my OWE status, and I expected the "partner airline" premium pax to be "off limits" ??
Maybe they didn't know or care I was OWE...
It seems odd to me, but I'm curious to know if this is unusual, or just standard procedure?
Anyway, sleep did not come easily on the overnight flights on the way home.
So inevitably, I was chatting to the FA, and interestingly(?) on one leg, I was invited to sign up to the Marco Polo Club and credit my flights to that program.
Now I've never previously been asked to sign up to MPC on a flight (I've been asked for an Asia Miles membership number when buying duty free, and then badgered to sign up, which I cbb doing)
Anyway, I was handed some paperwork that was an "Exclusive Invitation for First and Business Class Passengers". Apparently it costs USD$50 to join, but this special deal comes with a waiver
The FA was pretty pushy about it, even to the point of telling me that I would've got a complimentary upgrade to First on the Mumbai-HK leg if I was a member of MPC...
Anyway, I thought they would be aware of my OWE status, and I expected the "partner airline" premium pax to be "off limits" ??
Maybe they didn't know or care I was OWE...
It seems odd to me, but I'm curious to know if this is unusual, or just standard procedure?