Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - Good news for oz residents

HI guys
I found this while browsing travel.com.au. Haven't seen it promoted anywhere else so don't know how valid it is...

Cathay Pacific triple FF points!

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It’s easy for your clients to earn the Asia Miles triple bonus. If they are Australian residents, all they have to do is fly on Cathay Pacific Airways between 29 October 2001 and 29 January 2002 and they’ll earn triple Asia Miles.

Example: Fly Economy Class from Sydney to London return 21,200 Asia Miles Multiply that by three x 3
Here’s what your clients earn 63,600 Asia Miles They can redeem their Asia Miles triple bonus on a variety of options, either on a single airline or, a combination of two or more plus excess baggage redemption awards:

New shorter Award Zone: a free ticket with as little as 10,000 miles e.g. from Hong Kong to Taipei
Round Trip and one way awards in all classes of travel
Companion ticket awards in First and Business Class
Class upgrade awards from Economy to Business Class or from Business to First Class
Oneworld TM Multi-Carrier awards
Asia Miles members can also redeem their miles for excess baggage award certificates.
With the 63,600 Asia Miles earned in the above example, they could redeem miles for an economy
class return ticket to Hong Kong at 45,000 miles and still have 18,600 miles in the bank for their next
award.
So, what are you waiting for? If your clients are not already members of Asia Miles, why not enrol them
today – it’s free! Or, they can simply log on to www.asiamiles.com (http://www.asiamiles.com) where they can enrol online and start
earning rewards.
* Offer valid in all eligible accrual classes, to all Cathay Pacific destinations.

Good thing I kept my PO Box in Melbourne!

Does anyone know if this is official? I couldn't find the info in the CX oz site.

Yes it is:

There was an ad in the newspaper today:
"Fly Cathay Pacific from Australia between 1 Nov 2001 and 31 Jan 2002 and you'll earn triple Asia Miles"

Didn't mention anything about residency or routing restrictions...

Thank you, chiym. I am a bit confused if this bonus is departure point-based or residency-based.

May I say ... this is an incredible offer for CX ... I am just stunned!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by chiym:
Yes it is:

There was an ad in the newspaper today:
"Fly Cathay Pacific from Australia between 1 Nov 2001 and 31 Jan 2002 and you'll earn triple Asia Miles"

Didn't mention anything about residency or routing restrictions...</font>

If you read it in an Australian newspaper, I would presume that it is meant for Australian residents.

Go to CX's website and click under the Australian site. You'll see the Triple miles offer.

Has anybody taken advantage of this offer yet.

Dave, London, UK

This deal is absolutely sweet. I got triple asiamiles with no hassle. Now a free ticket for my parents seem so much closer, with 3 other long runs within a month. I highly recommend taking advantage of this offer, as all you have to do is to change your address on the web. No questions asked.

Hope this offer extends for a little more while.

Ted

Yeah, I hope so too. If my waitlist clears (though it prob. won't), I'll be flying on the 3 Feb and 9 Feb!!! just a few days after the offer closes! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif