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
#1501
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https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access
Connecting between oneworld marketed and operated flights:
- First and Business Class customers connecting on the same day of travel, or before 6am the following day, can access the lounge when travelling between an international long haul (a oneworld international long haul flight is defined as an international flight marketed and operated by any oneworld carrier with a scheduled flight time longer than 5 hours) and an international short haul or domestic flight (and vice-versa).
- Lounge access will be determined on the international long haul ticketed flight (either First of Business Class) regardless of the ticketed class of travel on the international short haul or domestic flight.
- You must be prepared to show your boarding pass or itinerary showing travel in First or Business class on the international long haul flight, in order to access the lounge before your international short haul or domestic flight.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...unge-faqs.html
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Dec 5, 2017 at 10:55 pm
#1502
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 1,216
AS offered to add a free lap infant to my CX award (two J seats, ex-US to HKG--my deepest apologies to the rest of the cabin!). Is this right? Seemed odd that there was no charge. It's not ticketed yet, so can't confirm with Cathay if it's set up correctly or not.
#1503
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: TPA
Programs: DL Diamond, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,256
I've had a CX J award booked for about 5 months now BOS-HKG-BOM with a 10 hour layover in HKG (which is already long). I received an email from AS this week indicating a schedule change. My departing flight to BOM is now another 4 hours later which will get me into BOM quite late. I have a morning flight booked from BOM the next day at 530AM, so now I'm cutting it close (it's also now once daily HKG-BOM to make matters worse).
I'm guessing I have no recourse on this? I'm sure AS/CX won't put me on another carrier since it was just a minor time change.
I'm guessing I have no recourse on this? I'm sure AS/CX won't put me on another carrier since it was just a minor time change.
#1504
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Posts: 42,953
Unless something has changed recently, I doubt things are going to work out correctly for ticketing.
#1505
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I've had a CX J award booked for about 5 months now BOS-HKG-BOM with a 10 hour layover in HKG (which is already long). I received an email from AS this week indicating a schedule change. My departing flight to BOM is now another 4 hours later which will get me into BOM quite late. I have a morning flight booked from BOM the next day at 530AM, so now I'm cutting it close (it's also now once daily HKG-BOM to make matters worse).
I'm guessing I have no recourse on this? I'm sure AS/CX won't put me on another carrier since it was just a minor time change.
I'm guessing I have no recourse on this? I'm sure AS/CX won't put me on another carrier since it was just a minor time change.
Does CX have any other flight options on this route? Would re-positioning to JFK or ORD help? AS won't move you BOS-JFK/ORD, but can ask to force space open on an earlier JFK flight due to the schedule change with their CX liaison.
#1506
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,392
Best option is seeing if space opens up close in the day before on the BOS-HKG flight, I guess. That at least gets you in for your second ticket in plenty of time.
Probably have to move another day if the flight option HKG-BOM is once daily. If that's the case might as well stay flying out of BOS. I'm also sort of dubious that CX would do much. OP seems to want to be pushed to different flights on a different airline though?
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Dec 6, 2017 at 11:44 am
#1507
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
That is the correct answer, assuming that the onward flight is on the same day (or before 6 am next day; CX doesn't have super-early HKG-BKK flights so it really means "same day"). If you're doing a stopover in HKG on an AS award (or even arriving late on one day and leaving next afternoon within 24 hours, so not a full stopover) no dice and it's J lounges for you (which are still super nice compared to the Alaska Lounge). CX lounges are governed by OW access rules:
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access
CX forum gets this question all the time.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...unge-faqs.html
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access
CX forum gets this question all the time.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...unge-faqs.html
#1509
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,638
Does booking CX award involve both a partner fee of $12.50 and a ticketing fee of $15? Thanks.
#1510
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
#1511
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,638
Will HUACA.
#1512
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Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
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Posts: 20,392
Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability – 2017 and Later
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Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability – 2017 and Later
#1513
Join Date: Nov 2002
Programs: MTD pass holder
Posts: 1,142
I have been charged and other times I have not been charged. I have not argued as I never make the discovery until sometime after the tickets have been issued.
#1514
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
If you are not Gold, phone fee applies whether its bookable online or not. Sometimes you get lucky and its waived.
#1515
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,535
If they can really ticket it for free, take it and thank them profusely