Jun 28, 2017, 8:46 pm
Last edit by: eponymous_coward
Cathay Award Guide Using Alaska Airlines Miles
Note: Cathay flights cannot be booked using alaskaair.com. Mileage requirements in chart form available on alaskaair.com.
Routing Rules:
North American Gateway Cities:
Western
Vancouver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle (Spring 2019)
Eastern (Can not be used if traveling to west coast)
Boston
Chicago
New York (JFK & EWR)
Toronto
Washington
Award Chart Links*:
Asia
Australia
Europe
India/Middle East
North America
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Note: Cathay flights cannot be booked using alaskaair.com. Mileage requirements in chart form available on 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 it's not on the award chart, it's not allowed. For example EUROPE is To/From HKG only.
- Stopover are only allowed on any CX award for North America awards as destination or origin. For instance: intra-Asia awards do not get a stopover. It must be a North America->Somewhere or Somewhere->North America award to qualify for a stopover.
- 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 award chart can be misleading about this and give you the impression you can fly an award like Australia/Europe-ICN, but the chart for these award types will show "Hong Kong".
- One stop-over allowed on one way award. You can build open jaw and other advanced routings 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 or SEA.
- As of 5 June 2018 changes/cancellations made to a booking will incur a $125 fee which is waived for MVPG/MVPG75K. Bookings made prior to 5 June will be allowed one complimentary change or cancellation for up to 60 days prior to date of travel.
- Awards can be booked 330 days in advance.
- Cathay and Alaska (or an Alaska flight operated by SkyWest/Horizon on behalf of Alaska) are the only airlines allowed on a Cathay award. No other partner airlines may be used on a single award (e.g. American, JAL, Emirates).
North American Gateway Cities:
Western
Vancouver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle (Spring 2019)
Eastern (Can not be used if traveling to west coast)
Boston
Chicago
New York (JFK & EWR)
Toronto
Washington
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.
Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability – 2017 and Later
Feb 15, 2017, 12:15 pm
#226
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Feb 15, 2017, 12:57 pm
#227
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Alaska was just able to find me two JFK HKG F tickets for early November. Two seperate flights 9am&9pm departures, but surprised they had two F available on same day 👍👍
Feb 15, 2017, 1:22 pm
#228
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: YYZ, HKG, MFM
Programs: AC35K, AS MVP, WS Gold, ITA EP, Marriott Plat, Hyatt-Explorist, IHG Diamond
Posts: 2,019
Are there routes where AS gets more space released than BA? Also, what is the sweet spot in terms of timeline for release of seats. I booked HKG-BNE in J for later this year, but I really want to do HKG-SYD. I booked BNE to at least have a way of getting to Australia, and wonder when I should be on the look out for space opening up in J to SYD. Thanks.
I called in and ask for HKG-DPS, no availability for the whole month!
Feb 15, 2017, 2:00 pm
#229
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I don't think so, it is either they have the same space, or less. For J, F you will have to book in advance (minimum 2 months for long haul I believe). I think they reserve some seats for their own FFP members.
I called in and ask for HKG-DPS, no availability for the whole month!
I called in and ask for HKG-DPS, no availability for the whole month!
Feb 15, 2017, 2:13 pm
#230
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: YYZ, HKG, MFM
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I don't think so, it was the supervisor who looked it up for me. She was able to change my HKG-JNB segment of my trip to an earlier day, and was able to see 1 seat available. It matched BA's inventory.
Feb 15, 2017, 4:59 pm
#232
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CX0785 on 2/24, doesnt look like a Dragon flight number
Feb 15, 2017, 5:05 pm
#233
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How about DPS-HKG availability
Feb 15, 2017, 6:13 pm
#234
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HKG-KUL is going all KA - perhaps you are thinking of that one (in addition to many other all KA routes outthere)
Feb 15, 2017, 9:57 pm
#235
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Remember, AS is just a partner not a OneWorld member, hence cannot book the OneWorld affiliate member's flight such as KA.
Feb 15, 2017, 11:27 pm
#236
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Question for you guys that have phoned AS to book a CX award before.
Did you guys get the feeling it was easy for the AS agent to look for award space on multiple days? Or does the agent need to look one day at a time.
I don't want to be the guy that takes up hours of the agent's time looking day by day if possible... I'll of course do my own homework prior to calling by looking on the BA/JL website, but I understand that what we see on those sites may not be what AS agents see.
Did you guys get the feeling it was easy for the AS agent to look for award space on multiple days? Or does the agent need to look one day at a time.
I don't want to be the guy that takes up hours of the agent's time looking day by day if possible... I'll of course do my own homework prior to calling by looking on the BA/JL website, but I understand that what we see on those sites may not be what AS agents see.
Feb 15, 2017, 11:45 pm
#237
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 230
That's very strange. The first thing I do is ask to be transferred to the Partner Awards Desk.
I think there still are - inexplicably, incredibly - a bunch of CS reps out there who don't realize they aren't equipped to do this award, wasting everyone's time before they just transfer you to the Partner desk.
I think there still are - inexplicably, incredibly - a bunch of CS reps out there who don't realize they aren't equipped to do this award, wasting everyone's time before they just transfer you to the Partner desk.
Feb 16, 2017, 8:47 am
#238
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(I might try back though to see if this clears up.)
Feb 16, 2017, 8:45 pm
#240
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: SEA, ORD, SFO
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You got lucky. Personally, I don't like having my time wasted, so ask to be transferred right away. I'll take someone with experience in partner awards over some random CS agent anytime.