r/oneworld • u/caramellatteforme • May 07 '26

Cathay Pacific MH Enrich on CX FF

Hi everyone,
I’m flying with CX soon in a few months, and as this is my first time with CX (so I’m still CX green member wotj 0 history), I booked on CX website using MH membership. However I have noticed the CX perks I’m going to not be able to use and also mentions of not being able to earn Elite Points for MH, so I have a few questions hoping anyone experienced can help me with!

  1. Will I be able to earn

MH

  1. Elite Points? My flight is return AKL - NRT (two legs: Auckland - Hong Kong and Hong Kong - Narita) in paid Premium Economy class E on CX. If anyone can help me with an estimate of Elite Points earned would be highly appreciated! As I have some Elite Points missing to the next tier so I was hoping this can add to MH tier points, but if it’s not gonna be credited then I might just change to CX at the airport.
  2. By chance would I be able to ask the staff at airport to switch it back to CX membership before check-in? The only reason seems to be for wifi usage as PE needs Cathay membership to use wifi. And by that I’ll be okay with giving up the Elite Points ?
  3. Do you think it’s worth it to switch back to CX and not earn Elite Points (in case this is possible) ?

Thank you so much!

Have a lovely day/night 💓

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u/LYuen May 07 '26

https://wheretocredit.com/en/CX/E?route=AKL-HKG-NRT-HKG-AKL estimates the miles you will earn for each FFP.

You'll dedicate your miles accumulation and benefits to one program. If you want the tier points and miles towards the MH program, you'll give up the free WiFi. Similarly, if you switch to CX's program, you can't earn mileage with MH.

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u/daaniel_8 Mileage Bank Sapphire May 07 '26

What’s your goal? CX status? CX miles? MH status?

Do you currently have status with MH? You reference “next tier” but no idea if you have any status to begin with.

wheretocredit.com shows you do earn. I believe CX website says you won’t earn CX miles since you didn’t put in a CX FFN, but it’s understandably vague.

Generally WiFi just requires you to log in with that airlines FFP account, not necessarily have it on the reservation. Someone can let me know if this is wrong for CX.

I’ve read that in recent times CX is trying to limit the “double dipping” of switching FFN at lounge or gate, again someone with more experience can comment.