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
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. 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
Dec 18, 2018, 10:50 am
#2971
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: San Francisco area
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott T
Posts: 455
Does reward availability depend on status? I am going from MVP 75 to basement status next year, do you have a trip planned out for spring break where I see availability now, wanted to see if the loss of status would impact available after Jan1?
Also, what's the best online tool to check CX availability now that JL does not show them?
Also, what's the best online tool to check CX availability now that JL does not show them?
Dec 18, 2018, 11:04 am
#2972
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
If you are seeing availability now. I would book it. Any changes or cancellations will be fee free throught the end of the year with your current status. Also, there is no guarantee that there will still be availability in January.
I use Qanras to search for CX. BA is also widely used but I find their system cumberson
James
Dec 18, 2018, 4:56 pm
#2973
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Radisson Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 3,623
I've followed this thread for years, and have been happy booking last-minute Cathay travel (in J or F), because that's where the availability was. I'm not seeing that as the case anymore. I understand that there was that 72-hour block for INTRA-asia flights, but that wasn't supposed to apply to US flights. Have things changed and I'm missing something? There's no availability in F... anywhere.
Today I saw F availability pop up on LAX-HKG on 12/28, arriving 12/30. Then there is award availability for a HKG-PNH flight two hours later. Asia Miles is showing 5+ award seats available for this flight, BA showing nothing at all. So I transferred in the 10,000 Asia Miles needed from Citi TY points. Transfer is still pending.
Then I called the US(?) Asia Miles line and asked them to assign me seat 2A, the bassinet seat, on my LAX-HKG flight, which they did. And I asked them to hold an award seat from HKG-PNH for 48 hours while the points transfer in, which they agreed to do, even though their official policy is you can only hold seat if you have 70% of the miles in your account.
I just canceled my 12/27 F award seat and ate the $55 fee, but it's worth it to fly on the preferred day and also to get a flight that lines up with an award connection to Phnom Penh. That F award seat on the 27th from LAX-HKG now showing as available.
Last edited by jphripjah; Dec 18, 2018 at 5:07 pm
Dec 18, 2018, 7:19 pm
#2974
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,035
where is the 55usd fee come from?
Dec 19, 2018, 4:07 am
#2975
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 85
Has anyone attempted to book a CX award after the new Alaska lap infant policy (i.e. infants need a full ticket rather than just paying 10%) for the adult(s) and just asking CX to add a lap infant? Any thoughts on whether that would work? Trying to book a trip for next year, but having to pay buy full award for an infant makes traveling with kid a lot more expensive.
Anyone has a different encounter than us when booking for lap infant in CX?
Dec 19, 2018, 6:23 am
#2976
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Hilton Diamond, IHG Spire Ambassador, Radisson Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 3,623
Dec 19, 2018, 9:01 am
#2977
Join Date: Sep 2008
Programs: A3 *G, AA exePlat, AS MVP 75k Gold, JL sapphire, UA silver
Posts: 4,035
Dec 19, 2018, 9:47 pm
#2978
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YYZ, YUL, PEK
Posts: 429
Anyone have success ticketing HKG-JFK-YVR recently? I know it's been done in the past, but AS agents citing "partner agreement with CX specifies the the JFK-YVR flight will be extra miles" based on my phone call today.
Dec 19, 2018, 10:13 pm
#2979
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James
Dec 20, 2018, 8:05 am
#2980
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Its has never been allowed. Some people have just gotten lucky with agents. Sooner or later they will program a fix to stop it like CX bookings outside 330 days. A few years ago people were bragging about booking as soon as CX made space available and one of the AS IT employees monitoring FT shut it down.
Dec 24, 2018, 8:19 am
#2981
Formerly richh1833
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: SYD
Programs: QF P1, BA GGL, AS GMVP
Posts: 482
Has anyone had any luck with getting HKG-JNB and v.v space? I've been checking recently and it seems that there is nothing available at all in J.
Dec 24, 2018, 5:22 pm
#2982
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, Hyatt Glob, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, Total Wine & More Reserve
Posts: 4,528
For an upcoming trip in CX F booked with AS miles, is there any benefit (or even possible) to change my FF# on the reservation to my AA (OWE) one at check-in?
Couldn't think of any obvious benefit (not miles earning, get same lounge access), but just wanted to check in case I'm forgetting something.
Couldn't think of any obvious benefit (not miles earning, get same lounge access), but just wanted to check in case I'm forgetting something.
Dec 24, 2018, 6:09 pm
#2983
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
For an upcoming trip in CX F booked with AS miles, is there any benefit (or even possible) to change my FF# on the reservation to my AA (OWE) one at check-in?
Couldn't think of any obvious benefit (not miles earning, get same lounge access), but just wanted to check in case I'm forgetting something.
Couldn't think of any obvious benefit (not miles earning, get same lounge access), but just wanted to check in case I'm forgetting something.
Dec 24, 2018, 9:08 pm
#2984
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,393
For an upcoming trip in CX F booked with AS miles, is there any benefit (or even possible) to change my FF# on the reservation to my AA (OWE) one at check-in?
Couldn't think of any obvious benefit (not miles earning, get same lounge access), but just wanted to check in case I'm forgetting something.
Couldn't think of any obvious benefit (not miles earning, get same lounge access), but just wanted to check in case I'm forgetting something.
Dec 25, 2018, 12:17 pm
#2985
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVP Gold, BA Silver, AA Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,619