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
May 4, 2017, 11:29 pm
#586
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May 5, 2017, 11:58 am
#587
Join Date: Dec 2016
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Does AS award on CX allow VX for the domestic segment?
May 5, 2017, 12:21 pm
#588
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: HNL <-> BOS
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As of a few weeks ago, no. The rep confirmed VX segments are not allowed on the award. But that who knows when MP will change their rules and to check back.
May 5, 2017, 12:23 pm
#589
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VX is a partner until further notice (this could last until VX no longer operates flights and all flights are on AS's single operating certificate). AS allows one partner per award. CX and VX would be two partners.
May 5, 2017, 8:02 pm
#590
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May 6, 2017, 8:13 pm
#592
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 12
I'm just following up on an earlier post of mine. I had tried to book this segment for next February a couple of times around the end of April without success, but I was finally able to book it today. So I guess the moral of the story is if space is showing as available, keep trying. It may just be slow to show up on Alaska's systems.
May 10, 2017, 5:44 pm
#593
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
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Posts: 2,272
Bah I finally managed to get the Alaska airline miles into my account and the seats I wanted are now gone. I can only hope something opens up closer in (third week of June-July) otherwise I'm pretty much dead in the water as to this vacation.
May 10, 2017, 5:45 pm
#594
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ExpertFlyer may well be worth the money here.
JL has some F award availability out of JFK on 6/16, with a return on 7/4. If you're willing to use a positioning flight there's even more. If you have loads of UR like you say, worst case is you pay UR points for the flight in cash...
Last edited by eponymous_coward; May 10, 2017 at 5:55 pm
May 10, 2017, 6:15 pm
#595
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
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That's the disadvantage of transferring into AS when it's not instantaneous.
ExpertFlyer may well be worth the money here.
JL has some F award availability out of JFK on 6/16, with a return on 7/4. If you're willing to use a positioning flight there's even more. If you have loads of UR like you say, worst case is you pay UR points for the flight in cash...
ExpertFlyer may well be worth the money here.
JL has some F award availability out of JFK on 6/16, with a return on 7/4. If you're willing to use a positioning flight there's even more. If you have loads of UR like you say, worst case is you pay UR points for the flight in cash...
Last edited by Red259; May 10, 2017 at 6:32 pm
May 10, 2017, 6:51 pm
#596
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,053
DAK
May 10, 2017, 6:54 pm
#597
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,053
That's the disadvantage of transferring into AS when it's not instantaneous.
ExpertFlyer may well be worth the money here.
JL has some F award availability out of JFK on 6/16, with a return on 7/4. If you're willing to use a positioning flight there's even more. If you have loads of UR like you say, worst case is you pay UR points for the flight in cash...
ExpertFlyer may well be worth the money here.
JL has some F award availability out of JFK on 6/16, with a return on 7/4. If you're willing to use a positioning flight there's even more. If you have loads of UR like you say, worst case is you pay UR points for the flight in cash...
DAK
May 10, 2017, 7:00 pm
#598
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Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 2,272
When you say F4 & F5 do you mean that 4 or 5 seats are open in first class?
May 10, 2017, 7:03 pm
#599
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,053
Will JL open up a lot more closer in? Basically 6/16 is the earliest I can leave and I need to be back by 7/10. Maybe what I could do is book the outbound on JAL with a few days layover in Tokyo and then on to SIN and then hope CX opens up on the return? Because JAL is 5k more expensive each way than CX I won't have the miles to book the return until mid-june when my Alaska airlines credit card bonus posts (spend is met already just waiting for statement cut), so I would not be able to book F both ways yet and I could not even book F with J coming back yet because I am just short. This would allow me to hit Tokyo and HKG in the same trip which would be cool. I actually have a membership for experflyer but it does not seem to cover CX or JAL.
May 10, 2017, 7:03 pm
#600
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Will JL open up a lot more closer in? Basically 6/16 is the earliest I can leave and I need to be back by 7/10. Maybe what I could do is book the outbound on JAL with a few days layover in Tokyo and then on to SIN and then hope CX opens up on the return? Because JAL is 5k more expensive each way than CX I won't have the miles to book the return until mid-june when my Alaska airlines credit card bonus posts (spend is met already just waiting for statement cut), so I would not be able to book F both ways yet and I could not even book F with J coming back yet because I am just short. This would allow me to hit Tokyo and HKG in the same trip which would be cool. I actually have a membership for experflyer but it does not seem to cover CX or JAL.
If you book the positioning flight using WN points (also a Chase UR partner) it's completely refundable back to WN points. BA Avios you just lose the $6 TSA fee.
Remember what jamienbaker said up thread about get stuff down now, optimize later? Take it to heart. Broaden your horizons.
