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
Aug 22, 2017, 7:03 am
#1051
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,621
Hi -
often when they rebook, they look for any fare bucket available in the needed class of service. This is true of many airlines, not just CX
I once missed a connection to Singapore, they put me on UA. I got full J credit from U class.
often when they rebook, they look for any fare bucket available in the needed class of service. This is true of many airlines, not just CX
I once missed a connection to Singapore, they put me on UA. I got full J credit from U class.
Aug 22, 2017, 7:07 am
#1052
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: YYC - not the centre of the universe
Programs: AC*S100K 1MM, LH FTL, Hyatt Globalist, Accor Plat
Posts: 4,768
Could someone tell me - I want to move my JFK YVR from J to F, as the cabin just opened up. I'm within 60 days. Was told that I need to pay a change fee. This seems unlike my past experiences with this kind of situation, but wanted to check here if someone has a particular experience with AS recently before calling back again.
Aug 22, 2017, 7:27 am
#1053
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: AS 100k, BA GGL, UA 1k, DL DM, AC SE, B6 Mosaic4, Hyatt/Hilton/Wyndham/IHG Diamond, Marriot Ti
Posts: 1,248
Could someone tell me - I want to move my JFK YVR from J to F, as the cabin just opened up. I'm within 60 days. Was told that I need to pay a change fee. This seems unlike my past experiences with this kind of situation, but wanted to check here if someone has a particular experience with AS recently before calling back again.
Aug 25, 2017, 9:48 am
#1055
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: 718
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, IHG Diamond
Posts: 967
I booked JFK-HKG(stopover for 2 nights)-JNB in J.
I want to upgrade the JFK-HKG to F (if award space opens close-in) but do not want them messing with the HKG-JNB leg. Are they able to just upgrade first segment and not do a cancel/rebook entire itinerary. I am scared that the HKG-JNB space wont come back if they cancelled.
Thanks in advance!
I want to upgrade the JFK-HKG to F (if award space opens close-in) but do not want them messing with the HKG-JNB leg. Are they able to just upgrade first segment and not do a cancel/rebook entire itinerary. I am scared that the HKG-JNB space wont come back if they cancelled.
Thanks in advance!
Aug 25, 2017, 4:35 pm
#1056
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 21
I booked JFK-HKG(stopover for 2 nights)-JNB in J.
I want to upgrade the JFK-HKG to F (if award space opens close-in) but do not want them messing with the HKG-JNB leg. Are they able to just upgrade first segment and not do a cancel/rebook entire itinerary. I am scared that the HKG-JNB space wont come back if they cancelled.
Thanks in advance!
I want to upgrade the JFK-HKG to F (if award space opens close-in) but do not want them messing with the HKG-JNB leg. Are they able to just upgrade first segment and not do a cancel/rebook entire itinerary. I am scared that the HKG-JNB space wont come back if they cancelled.
Thanks in advance!
Aug 25, 2017, 4:57 pm
#1057
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,536
Successfully executed this last week. That said, you're right to be cautious. BA cancelled my downstream segment once after upgrading the first leg of an itinerary. Cost me several thousand dollars for HKGDPS J tickets as BA refused to fix. But having booked close to 100 CX segments over the years via AA/AS/BA that was the only case.
Greetings from Saigon, and thanks to AS for getting me here.
Jamie
Greetings from Saigon, and thanks to AS for getting me here.
Jamie
Aug 25, 2017, 11:52 pm
#1058
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 19,800
Aug 26, 2017, 1:10 am
#1059
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,536
Online. US citizen. Something like $30 and a selfie, printed visa at home two days later. Couldn't have been easier.
Aug 26, 2017, 1:37 am
#1060
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 19,800
Aug 26, 2017, 1:37 am
#1061
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Hilton/Marriott Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 2,036
Aug 26, 2017, 2:45 am
#1063
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,536
Oh, HCM. Got it. But they haven't changed the airport code.
In fairness, my flight in a few hours isn't to Idelwild, it's JFK 😉
In fairness, my flight in a few hours isn't to Idelwild, it's JFK 😉
Aug 26, 2017, 3:02 am
#1064
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 19,800
Actually it's the reverse with SGN
With Idlewild, the airport name and the IATA code got renamed (IDL --> JFK http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ml#post4202519 ), but the city and country names stayed the same.
With SGN the airport name and IATA code stayed the same, but the city* and the country got taken over and renamed*.
*I was having a go at you. Although Saigon was renamed HCMC after the fall of the RVN, Saigon is still in use not just by the residents of HCMC but by state-owned enterprises themselves http://www.saigontourist.hochiminhci...bout/about.htm .
I too am going to "Saigon" next month, though the Whatsapp planning group my non-FT/history-challenged bros are using is "HCM trip". Neither of my passports work for Socialist Republic of Vietnam e-visas, damn.
With Idlewild, the airport name and the IATA code got renamed (IDL --> JFK http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ml#post4202519 ), but the city and country names stayed the same.
With SGN the airport name and IATA code stayed the same, but the city* and the country got taken over and renamed*.
*I was having a go at you. Although Saigon was renamed HCMC after the fall of the RVN, Saigon is still in use not just by the residents of HCMC but by state-owned enterprises themselves http://www.saigontourist.hochiminhci...bout/about.htm .
I too am going to "Saigon" next month, though the Whatsapp planning group my non-FT/history-challenged bros are using is "HCM trip". Neither of my passports work for Socialist Republic of Vietnam e-visas, damn.
Last edited by percysmith; Aug 26, 2017 at 3:09 am
Aug 28, 2017, 6:49 am
#1065
Formerly richh1833
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: SYD
Programs: QF P1, BA GGL, AS GMVP
Posts: 480
Wanted some clarification as I've received this information from two different CSR.
I currently have 2 tickets JNB-HKG(stop)-JFK. Both booked in F but one is a earlier flight and one is a later flight.
CSRs have confirmed to me that I'm able to change my flights once the ticket has commenced when I'm in HKG. They said that since I'm booked F all the way through it shouldn't be a problem to change dates or flight as long as the carrier/class/destination/origin stay the same.
Can anyone confirm?
I currently have 2 tickets JNB-HKG(stop)-JFK. Both booked in F but one is a earlier flight and one is a later flight.
CSRs have confirmed to me that I'm able to change my flights once the ticket has commenced when I'm in HKG. They said that since I'm booked F all the way through it shouldn't be a problem to change dates or flight as long as the carrier/class/destination/origin stay the same.
Can anyone confirm?