Hi there. I'm very new to booking reward flights on Cathay Pacific. Here's my scenario.
Trying to book a 1 month trip in July 2026. Trip dates are for July 1 and returning July 30.

I'd like to book this trip so that when the reward dates open, I book as quickly as possible. In this case, I would need to wait for July 2 to open up, and book a trip from July 1 and return July 2. Then wait a month for July 30 to open up and then attempt to change my return date to July 30.

This seems like an incredibly inefficient way to book a reward ticket but my experience is that this is a peak travel month for my destination, and if I were to wait until July 30 to open to book, the outbound July 1 date will have no availability.

I'm trying to buy for a family of 3 so availabilities for Economy are very tight.

Is there a smarter way to do this?

Thanks so much for any help.