Hi,

I'm new to the forum and I'm looking forward to contribute in the future. I have a question regarding Asia Miles redemption.

My sister has 65,041 Asia Miles in her account and some 14230 Miles will be expired at the end of this year. She would like to redeem them before they expired.

I understand that it is by no mean easy to redeem flights nowadays but I couldn't quite believe her when she told me she couldn't find one single flight for the next year. She just wants to go from Melbourne (Australia) to Hong Kong on an economic seat with Cathay Pacific, preferably sometime in late February/ early March. Cathay flies three times daily from Melbourne to Hong Kong.

I'm not sure whether there is a special way to check availability but I just did it on the Asia Miles website. There is absolutely nothing available from 28th of October this year until 14th of March next year. No first class, no business and no economic seat at all. I didn't bother to check before 28/10 or after 14/03.

I did search the forum and found someone was having a hard time looking for 4 business seats to travel in a few months. And he did find three seats at the end!

Am I doing anything wrong here? Is it easier to call them instead of doing it online?

I did try searching for flights that depart today and in the next couple of weeks and there are plenty available. Is waiting until the last minute the only way to score a seat? Also, she's not a Macro Polo member and I'm sure she would join if it helps her but I don't think it would from the description of it.

Thanks,
Alan