Aug 7, 2015, 8:58 am
Cathay Pacific Award Availability
when using Alaska Airlines Miles
North American CX Gateway Cities
New York City (JFK/EWR)
Boston (BOS)
Toronto (YYZ)
Chicago (ORD)
Vancouver (YVR)
Los Angeles (LAX)
San Francisco (SFO)
Notes and tips:
You cannot book CX award flights on alaskaair.com.
http://www.alaskaair.com/content/mil...rs/cathay.aspx
Both BA and JL websites can be used to search for CX partner inventory. JL is typically a more accurate engine. BA should only be used on a per-segment basis (in other words, do not search for LAX-BKK, search for LAX-HKG, then HKG-BKK). Note that AS award availability is only for 330 days, the BA engine will show availability to 365 days.
There are mixed reports on getting a CX stopover outside of HKG. By rule, HKG is the only allowed stopover. Stopovers are not allowed on intra-Asia award bookings (you will need a North American segment to be able to book a stopover).
All CX awards except for the intra-Asia award must either originate or end in HKG or North America. If you wish to fly Middle East/India/Europe/Asia/Australia to a CX destination beyond your initial flight to or from HKG that is not a North American destination, it will be two awards: XXX-HKG and HKG-YYY. CX intra-Asia awards do not include a stopover.
CX releases availability close in. If you do a change where you book another cabin and upgrade to F (which often may be the only way to get F on CX), you will be charged the $125 rebooking fee (waived for MVPG+).
*Have the AS CSR perform the search one leg at a time (Transoceanic first). That might yield more results than the whole itinerary at once.*
The CX forum has a FAQ on the CX experience.
Award eligible Destinations
By region.
(Dragon Air is not allowed on AS award)
Africa
Johannesburg (JNB)
Asia
Bangkok (BKK)
Beijing (PEK)
Cebu (CEB)
Denpasar (Bali) (DPS)
Fukuoka (FUK)
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Jakarta (CGK)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) [Ends 30 April]
Manila (MNL)
Osaka (KIX)
Sapporo (CTS)
Seoul (ICN)
Shanghai (PVG)
Singapore (SIN)
Surabaya (SUB)
Taipei (TPE)
Tokyo (HND)
Australia/NZ
Adelaide (ADL)
Auckland (AKL)
Brisbane (BNE)
Cairns (CNS)
Melbourne (MEL)
Perth (PER)
Sydney (SYD)
India/Middle East
Bahrain (BAH)
Chennai (MAA)
Colombo (CMB)
Delhi (DEL)
Doha (DOH) [Discontinued as of Feb 2016]
Dubai (DXB)
Hyderabad (HYD)
Malé (MLE)
Mumbai (BOM)
Riyadh (RUH)
Tel Aviv (TLV)
Europe (To/from HKG only. NA is separate award)
Amsterdam (AMS)
Barcelona (BCN)
Düsseldorf (DUS)
Frankfurt (FRA)
London (LHR, LGW)
Manchester (MAN)
Milan (MXP)
Paris (CDG)
Rome (FCO)
Zurich (ZRH)
when using Alaska Airlines Miles
North American CX Gateway Cities
New York City (JFK/EWR)
Boston (BOS)
Toronto (YYZ)
Chicago (ORD)
Vancouver (YVR)
Los Angeles (LAX)
San Francisco (SFO)
Notes and tips:
You cannot book CX award flights on alaskaair.com.
http://www.alaskaair.com/content/mil...rs/cathay.aspx
Award Travel on Cathay Pacific
Book Your Award Travel: To use Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan™ Miles on Cathay Pacific, call Alaska Airlines Reservations at 1-800-252-7522 (TTY: Dial 711 for Relay Services) 5:00 a.m. - Midnight (PT), daily
Book Your Award Travel: To use Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan™ Miles on Cathay Pacific, call Alaska Airlines Reservations at 1-800-252-7522 (TTY: Dial 711 for Relay Services) 5:00 a.m. - Midnight (PT), daily
There are mixed reports on getting a CX stopover outside of HKG. By rule, HKG is the only allowed stopover. Stopovers are not allowed on intra-Asia award bookings (you will need a North American segment to be able to book a stopover).
All CX awards except for the intra-Asia award must either originate or end in HKG or North America. If you wish to fly Middle East/India/Europe/Asia/Australia to a CX destination beyond your initial flight to or from HKG that is not a North American destination, it will be two awards: XXX-HKG and HKG-YYY. CX intra-Asia awards do not include a stopover.
CX releases availability close in. If you do a change where you book another cabin and upgrade to F (which often may be the only way to get F on CX), you will be charged the $125 rebooking fee (waived for MVPG+).
*Have the AS CSR perform the search one leg at a time (Transoceanic first). That might yield more results than the whole itinerary at once.*
The CX forum has a FAQ on the CX experience.
Award eligible Destinations
By region.
(Dragon Air is not allowed on AS award)
Africa
Johannesburg (JNB)
Asia
Bangkok (BKK)
Beijing (PEK)
Cebu (CEB)
Denpasar (Bali) (DPS)
Fukuoka (FUK)
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Jakarta (CGK)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) [Ends 30 April]
Manila (MNL)
Osaka (KIX)
Sapporo (CTS)
Seoul (ICN)
Shanghai (PVG)
Singapore (SIN)
Surabaya (SUB)
Taipei (TPE)
Tokyo (HND)
Australia/NZ
Adelaide (ADL)
Auckland (AKL)
Brisbane (BNE)
Cairns (CNS)
Melbourne (MEL)
Perth (PER)
Sydney (SYD)
India/Middle East
Bahrain (BAH)
Chennai (MAA)
Colombo (CMB)
Delhi (DEL)
Doha (DOH) [Discontinued as of Feb 2016]
Dubai (DXB)
Hyderabad (HYD)
Malé (MLE)
Mumbai (BOM)
Riyadh (RUH)
Tel Aviv (TLV)
Europe (To/from HKG only. NA is separate award)
Amsterdam (AMS)
Barcelona (BCN)
Düsseldorf (DUS)
Frankfurt (FRA)
London (LHR, LGW)
Manchester (MAN)
Milan (MXP)
Paris (CDG)
Rome (FCO)
Zurich (ZRH)
CX (Cathay) Award availability
Aug 7, 2013, 11:23 pm
#151
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Although I'm hoping for Seattle, my guess would be Boston as well. Not sure Miami would be worth it for them.
Aug 7, 2013, 11:26 pm
#152
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Aug 8, 2013, 4:43 am
#153
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CX (Cathay) Award availability - F & J
Is it possible to change one segment after an award has been started ? I intend to fly one segment then have a stopover. If space becomes available for hkg-lax later I want to switch to this flight instead of hkg-sfo.
Aug 8, 2013, 8:23 am
#154
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If booked as an Alaska award, any of the segments can be changed at any time, even after the journey has commenced. Changes are free for Gold/75K (or those traveling on Gold/75K miles), and $100 per person for everyone else. For tickets issued after Oct 30, 2013, the fee will increase to $125 per person.
Aug 8, 2013, 2:38 pm
#155
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Two questions I am wondering if anyone knows the answer to:
1. Can I change an award's partners after booking? For example, I want to go to Perth and only Cathay has seats open. Can I change to Qantas if space opens up (is this just a cancel and rebooking for $100 per person?)?
2. Can I change an award level after flying one leg? For example, If I fly from Perth to Hong Kong and stopover at the economy level, and a business seat opens up Hong Kong to LAX during the stopover, can I book the next leg as business class by paying the business class award rate between Australia and North America?
1. Can I change an award's partners after booking? For example, I want to go to Perth and only Cathay has seats open. Can I change to Qantas if space opens up (is this just a cancel and rebooking for $100 per person?)?
2. Can I change an award level after flying one leg? For example, If I fly from Perth to Hong Kong and stopover at the economy level, and a business seat opens up Hong Kong to LAX during the stopover, can I book the next leg as business class by paying the business class award rate between Australia and North America?
Aug 8, 2013, 3:53 pm
#156
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I would say yes to both, but I am not as sure about 2. Also you cannot mix partners (except AF/KL and AS with any partner) so it has be QF metal all the way through to PER.
Aug 8, 2013, 8:25 pm
#157
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BA is much better
I tried again today for another trip from JFK to HKG for Aug 16th or 17th, both dates were available in either F and/or J on both days on BA, but when I called AS they had no availability. This is really frustrating and certainly a recent change where AS's inventory for CX awards has been severely restricted. I never had this problem in the past.
Aug 9, 2013, 2:38 pm
#158
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Using the method to look at inventory using Asia miles as mentioned earlier in this thread I've had 100% success. Just booked a YVR-JFK in first, and HKG-LAX in CX first as well. Call up the partner desk, and have them book it and be off the phone within 5 minutes.
Aug 11, 2013, 9:28 am
#159
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Lounge access when using AS miles on Cathay
Hello everyone,
I am traveling business class on Cathay using AS miles. We are traveling LAX-HKG, stopover for a few days, then HKK to BKK, and then the same return. Will I have access to the Cathay lounges along the way?
I'm mainly concerned about HKG bc we arrive at 6am and want to use The Arrival lounge in HKG.
Thank you,
Ashley
(Ps-I did a search and nothing came up)
I am traveling business class on Cathay using AS miles. We are traveling LAX-HKG, stopover for a few days, then HKK to BKK, and then the same return. Will I have access to the Cathay lounges along the way?
I'm mainly concerned about HKG bc we arrive at 6am and want to use The Arrival lounge in HKG.
Thank you,
Ashley
(Ps-I did a search and nothing came up)
Aug 11, 2013, 9:47 am
#160
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Hello everyone,
I am traveling business class on Cathay using AS miles. We are traveling LAX-HKG, stopover for a few days, then HKK to BKK, and then the same return. Will I have access to the Cathay lounges along the way?
I'm mainly concerned about HKG bc we arrive at 6am and want to use The Arrival lounge in HKG.
Thank you,
Ashley
(Ps-I did a search and nothing came up)
I am traveling business class on Cathay using AS miles. We are traveling LAX-HKG, stopover for a few days, then HKK to BKK, and then the same return. Will I have access to the Cathay lounges along the way?
I'm mainly concerned about HKG bc we arrive at 6am and want to use The Arrival lounge in HKG.
Thank you,
Ashley
(Ps-I did a search and nothing came up)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...-about-cx.html
Aug 11, 2013, 11:11 am
#161
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Yes, you have lounge access. Details in the CX forum, item 9:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...-about-cx.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...-about-cx.html
Aug 12, 2013, 7:51 am
#162
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HKG-JNB equipment change from 28 October
749 HKG-JNB 77G (that's 3 class....No F!) x27 (Tues/Sun)
749 HKG-JNB 744
So my award ticket for a Thursday 744 in F is now a 77G is J
749 HKG-JNB 77G (that's 3 class....No F!) x27 (Tues/Sun)
749 HKG-JNB 744
So my award ticket for a Thursday 744 in F is now a 77G is J
Aug 12, 2013, 11:27 am
#163
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http://airlineroute.net/2013/08/12/cx-jnb-w13/
Aug 12, 2013, 1:56 pm
#164
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Phew, looks like our F trip in March/April is still safe.
Aug 13, 2013, 9:14 am
#165
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New north american CX gateway is EWR and no F cabin so not the good news i was hoping for.