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
Jul 23, 2017, 12:17 pm
#946
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: BRU
Posts: 62
Don't know (can't seem to find the answer) if this has been asked before:
The award chart mentions Hawaii to Asia on (partly) CX F should be 70k miles, so is it possible to redeem HNL-LAX on AS and LAX-HKG on CX (or vice versa) in 1 itinerary or not? The website mentions you can add a free AS leg on the mainland and the amount of miles is the same for continental US as for Hawaii...
The award chart mentions Hawaii to Asia on (partly) CX F should be 70k miles, so is it possible to redeem HNL-LAX on AS and LAX-HKG on CX (or vice versa) in 1 itinerary or not? The website mentions you can add a free AS leg on the mainland and the amount of miles is the same for continental US as for Hawaii...
Anyone knows if Hawai-LAX-HKG is considered (and thus redeemable) as 1 itinerary?
Jul 23, 2017, 6:15 pm
#947
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,378
I have used an AA Europe award to redeem for Hawaii, yes (but my plans changed and I went to Mexico instead) with an extended stay in SEA. I have not done so with a CX award yet.
Jul 23, 2017, 8:25 pm
#948
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 21
I just called Alaska mileage plan to book 2 business seats sfo-hongkong jun 2018, and was told none was available. British airline, jal showed at least 10 seats available for those dates. What should I do? Do I try to call everyday? As of right now, I have 100k in Alaska mileage plan, 100k in Starwood, 140k in MR. I need 2 business tix to south east asia in jun 2018. Please help.
Jul 23, 2017, 8:31 pm
#949
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,533
I just called Alaska mileage plan to book 2 business seats sfo-hongkong jun 2018, and was told none was available. British airline, jal showed at least 10 seats available for those dates. What should I do? Do I try to call everyday? As of right now, I have 100k in Alaska mileage plan, 100k in Starwood, 140k in MR. I need 2 business tix to south east asia in jun 2018. Please help.
And did you check JAL awards?
Jul 23, 2017, 8:58 pm
#950
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 21
I asked the Alaska agent to check June 1-19, 2018, but there was none available. Yes, I checked with jal and Britishairway. From Jal, there were 3 flights for June 19 with 10 seats available, but Alaska saw none of that. I was told that Alaska had a different relationship with Cathay.
Jul 24, 2017, 1:40 am
#951
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: YKZ
Programs: AS MVP BR *G
Posts: 159
Trying to book F to ORD for late August.
Flightexpert shows F5 for all of the dates.
When would I be able to book them??
Thanks!
Flightexpert shows F5 for all of the dates.
When would I be able to book them??
Thanks!
Jul 24, 2017, 3:56 am
#952
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORD [formerly] + HKG
Programs: CX Diamond, AA exExPlat, BAEC exGold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Starriott Titanium, GE
Posts: 2,966
T-10 or T-14 normally, but since it's late august, highly subject to the loadings in W and Y -> if full, most likely not going to release anything to partners at all
Jul 24, 2017, 4:29 am
#953
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,533
Late August always a challenge due school return. I've never gotten more than 2 F awards departing HKG for US in the last week of the month. And the second was day of departure. Just be ready for a battle. Good luck!
Jul 24, 2017, 4:34 am
#954
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,533
I asked the Alaska agent to check June 1-19, 2018, but there was none available. Yes, I checked with jal and Britishairway. From Jal, there were 3 flights for June 19 with 10 seats available, but Alaska saw none of that. I was told that Alaska had a different relationship with Cathay.
Jul 24, 2017, 6:29 am
#955
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORD [formerly] + HKG
Programs: CX Diamond, AA exExPlat, BAEC exGold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Starriott Titanium, GE
Posts: 2,966
Jul 24, 2017, 6:42 am
#956
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: YKZ
Programs: AS MVP BR *G
Posts: 159
No worries lah. My date is likely a week earlier than what you are thinking
And I would be able to meet an experienced FTer in real life.I just hope that CX start triple flights to YYZ, so I don't have to route through JNB or ORD or BOS...
Should have booked 24th when I saw F6.
Jul 24, 2017, 8:06 am
#957
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: BRU
Posts: 62
AS does not fly HNL-LAX. VX does, but at the moment is considered a partner, and you can't have two partners on an award.
I have used an AA Europe award to redeem for Hawaii, yes (but my plans changed and I went to Mexico instead) with an extended stay in SEA. I have not done so with a CX award yet.
I have used an AA Europe award to redeem for Hawaii, yes (but my plans changed and I went to Mexico instead) with an extended stay in SEA. I have not done so with a CX award yet.
The goal is to redeem this for july '18. I will ofc focus on the most difficult LAX-HKG leg on CX F. Hopefully, at that time, VX operated flights such as OGG-LAX and HNL-LAX will be(come) 'fully' operated by AS and redeemable on 1 itinerary. In that case: anyone knows when the take-over of VX by AS will be completed
?
Jul 24, 2017, 8:13 am
#958
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Thank you for answering!
The goal is to redeem this for july '18. I will ofc focus on the most difficult LAX-HKG leg on CX F. Hopefully, at that time, VX operated flights such as OGG-LAX and HNL-LAX will be(come) 'fully' operated by AS and redeemable on 1 itinerary. In that case: anyone knows when the take-over of VX by AS will be completed?
The goal is to redeem this for july '18. I will ofc focus on the most difficult LAX-HKG leg on CX F. Hopefully, at that time, VX operated flights such as OGG-LAX and HNL-LAX will be(come) 'fully' operated by AS and redeemable on 1 itinerary. In that case: anyone knows when the take-over of VX by AS will be completed
?
Jul 24, 2017, 12:47 pm
#959
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: BOS
Programs: AA Gold, IHG Plat AMB, Hilton Gold, SPG
Posts: 156
HKG - YYZ
Hi everyone, I am looking to redeem a flight for my mother, HKG-YYZ in mid August (Aug 13 ideally)
When I check Expertflyer today, I see the following:
J9 C9 D9 I7 W7 R5 E0 Y9 B9 H5 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0
I would love to get her a business seat, but any would do eventually. What are the chances that more award tickets will come out? T-14? T-10?
I am planning to buy her a refundable ticket as a safety, and wait for award tickets to come out, but if the chances are too slim, I might consider buying her a non-refundable instead.
Appreciate any help.
Peter
When I check Expertflyer today, I see the following:
J9 C9 D9 I7 W7 R5 E0 Y9 B9 H5 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0
I would love to get her a business seat, but any would do eventually. What are the chances that more award tickets will come out? T-14? T-10?
I am planning to buy her a refundable ticket as a safety, and wait for award tickets to come out, but if the chances are too slim, I might consider buying her a non-refundable instead.
Appreciate any help.
Peter
Jul 24, 2017, 1:33 pm
#960
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,378
Hi everyone, I am looking to redeem a flight for my mother, HKG-YYZ in mid August (Aug 13 ideally)
When I check Expertflyer today, I see the following:
J9 C9 D9 I7 W7 R5 E0 Y9 B9 H5 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0
I would love to get her a business seat, but any would do eventually. What are the chances that more award tickets will come out? T-14? T-10?
I am planning to buy her a refundable ticket as a safety, and wait for award tickets to come out, but if the chances are too slim, I might consider buying her a non-refundable instead.
Appreciate any help.
Peter
When I check Expertflyer today, I see the following:
J9 C9 D9 I7 W7 R5 E0 Y9 B9 H5 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0
I would love to get her a business seat, but any would do eventually. What are the chances that more award tickets will come out? T-14? T-10?
I am planning to buy her a refundable ticket as a safety, and wait for award tickets to come out, but if the chances are too slim, I might consider buying her a non-refundable instead.
Appreciate any help.
Peter
