There are plenty of companies offering gifts around your birthday. Now arguably it’s a small and insignificant token but I have a cake, bottle of wine, wine discount, ice cream and a Bux drink or cake coming my way.
Then I wake up to this from Cathay
Happy Birthday! Collect a gift of 2,000 miles from us
ok air miles for nothing. But wait. Click ok the details and it’s actual a 2,000 redemption when you spend 15k miles through them.
It’s bad enough when your own government tries to drive you into the ground with draconian rules and Covid scapegoating.
Once more competition opens up on flight routes. Shall we say 2027! Those once loyal customers are going to be choosing their competitors. We will especially remember how they inflated flight prices when they were effectively a cartel (and not down to the fuel price effect)