May 2, 2015, 9:14 am
Last edit by: eponymous_coward
Cathay award guide using Alaska Airlines miles
Note: Cathay flights cannot be booked using alaskaair.com:
Routing Rules:
North American Gateway Cities:
Western
Vancouver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Eastern
Boston
Chicago
New York (JFK & EWR)
Toronto
Award Chart Links*:
Asia
Australia
Europe
India/Middle East
North America
Anyone with 90 posts and 90 days can edit the wiki. Everyone else if you want something added to the wiki please comment in the thread.
Note: Cathay flights cannot be booked using alaskaair.com:
Request your Partner Award reservation on Cathay Pacific by calling Alaska Airlines Reservations at 1-800-252-7522 (TTY: Dial 711 for Relay Services) 5:00 a.m. - Midnight (PT), daily.
- If its not on the award chart its not allowed.
- No stopover on intra-regional awards, example Asia to Asia.
- The only awards that do not break at HKG are intra-Asia or North American ones. For instance, Australia-Europe/Middle East/Asia outside of HKG will be two awards (breaking at HKG). The AS website can be misleading about this.
- Otherwise open jaw or stopover allowed on each round trip award.
- One stop-over allowed on one way award. Build open jaw and other advance routing by booking multiple one way awards. Please note change fee rule below
- Allegedly stop-over only in Hong Kong, but some have posted success in other enroute cities such as YVR.
- No fees for changes/cancellations prior to 60 days from departure.
- Awards can be booked 330 days in advance
North American Gateway Cities:
Western
Vancouver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Eastern
Boston
Chicago
New York (JFK & EWR)
Toronto
Award Chart Links*:
Asia
Australia
Europe
India/Middle East
North America
Anyone with 90 posts and 90 days can edit the wiki. Everyone else if you want something added to the wiki please comment in the thread.
Redeeming Cathay Pacific ticket using Alaska miles
Nov 23, 2016, 2:51 pm
#466
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Award redemptions on AS are now bookable (as of 10/18) online from CX/Asia Miles. Fingers crossed that this will be reciprocal...
I did try to look at our website and when looking at this it does look like we should be showing the Cathay Pacific flights as you can book onto that airline. I have gone ahead and sent this off to our web team for them to look at since we can book a award ticket onto them when on the phone we should be able to do the same at our website.
Nov 23, 2016, 6:01 pm
#467
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: ANC
Programs: AS; Hyatt; Bonvoy
Posts: 1,718
Response from Mileage Plan customer service:
Maybe... fingers still crossed.
I did try to look at our website and when looking at this it does look like we should be showing the Cathay Pacific flights as you can book onto that airline. I have gone ahead and sent this off to our web team for them to look at since we can book a award ticket onto them when on the phone we should be able to do the same at our website.
^ Ooooh ... maybe this will be our holiday gift from Alaska!
(Hey, a girl can dream, can't she?)
Nov 24, 2016, 12:18 am
#468
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Nov 24, 2016, 6:43 am
#469
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
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Posts: 9,582
Nov 24, 2016, 1:19 pm
#470
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
Programs: AA EXP OWE, DL DM ST+, AS MVPG, UA, BA, WN CP, Hyatt E, Ritz Plat, HH GM
Posts: 3,185
Nov 24, 2016, 3:28 pm
#471
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Nov 27, 2016, 10:34 am
#472
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kan@da
Programs: Anything with sweet spots
Posts: 1,790
How come I still have to teach Alaska Mileage Plan agents that they have to search for US to JAPAN availability segement by segment (USA-HKG;HKG-NRT/HND/KIX) on Cathay Pacific instead of doing a simple USA-JAPAN search that always comes up with no availability ?
Last edited by MasterGeek; Nov 27, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Nov 27, 2016, 12:27 pm
#473
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,392
I usually don't have problems feeding segment by segment when I redeem AS awards, even for AA awards that are bookable online. I don't suppose I am "teaching" anyone by doing this, but it seems to work.
Nov 30, 2016, 3:01 pm
#474
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Beaufort, SC
Programs: Delta, Alaska Air, & BA
Posts: 535
Not sure of the best way to do this. I am going to book my wife & two tickets one in F and the other in J and hope the F will open prior to departure. Should I make two bookings one for my wife in F and one for me in J? If both seats are on one reservation they can't change that one seat can they? Thanks
Nov 30, 2016, 4:31 pm
#475
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Yellow Springs
Programs: AS 75k
Posts: 1,523
Not sure of the best way to do this. I am going to book my wife & two tickets one in F and the other in J and hope the F will open prior to departure. Should I make two bookings one for my wife in F and one for me in J? If both seats are on one reservation they can't change that one seat can they? Thanks
Dec 3, 2016, 5:49 am
#476
formerly htang333
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Wi-Fi
Programs: Virtuoso, Top Ranked: Four Seasons (Top 25 Advisor), AMAN (Top 50), Rosewood, Hyatt Prive, etc.
Posts: 1,455
Anyone know if Dragon Air flights are now bookable with AS since being re-branded to Cathay Dragon?
Dec 3, 2016, 5:57 am
#477
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,535
They're still KA flights, not CX
Dec 3, 2016, 6:33 am
#478
formerly htang333
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Wi-Fi
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Posts: 1,455
Of course...it would just be too easy
Dec 3, 2016, 4:20 pm
#479
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kan@da
Programs: Anything with sweet spots
Posts: 1,790
Can you mix Business flight and First class flight in same one-way award ? eg: KIX-HKG in J and HKG-JFK in F
How would it be priced ?
How would it be priced ?
Dec 3, 2016, 6:53 pm
#480
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,621
Hi -
It will be priced at the F redemption rate. so 70K one way.
It will be priced at the F redemption rate. so 70K one way.