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
Mar 29, 2018, 4:00 am
#1891
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cannes, France
Programs: Flying Blue Jeune, BAEC Blue, Eurobonus, Alaska Mileage Plan, Nice Airport Club Airport Premier Gold
Posts: 68
Anyone know if Alaska has loaded in award space for the new CX flight from HKG to CPT ?
Mar 29, 2018, 8:48 am
#1893
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,387
AS doesn’t even allow SEA-JFK-HKG let alone MSP-SEA-JFK-HKG. Just like it says in the wiki.
Mar 29, 2018, 4:32 pm
#1894
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: England - UK
Posts: 512
Thank you jamiebaker about the tip on searching Qantas for availability. Joined today and spent some time getting used to it.
I also called Alaskan and went through some of the Cathay availability dates on the BA website. As suggested it was hit and miss if Alaskan had them. The customer service rep, as previously suggested, was very helpful and searched for surrounding dates.
Thanks again!
I also called Alaskan and went through some of the Cathay availability dates on the BA website. As suggested it was hit and miss if Alaskan had them. The customer service rep, as previously suggested, was very helpful and searched for surrounding dates.
Thanks again!
Mar 30, 2018, 1:01 am
#1895
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,066
Would MSP-PDX-LAX (stopover)-HKG be okay?
Mar 30, 2018, 7:11 am
#1896
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Mar 30, 2018, 9:56 am
#1897
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 3
Yes it is that simple, with a few caveats. You have to follow Alaska’s routing rules which are different from BA’s. Not sure what your route is but usually if you are going from the US to Asia, India, or Africa you’ll be fine. AS doesn’t allow some intra-Asia routes but if you start or end in the US, you’ll usually be ok. Also, BA’s site sometimes shows phantom availability. You can double check with QF or JL to confirm space. But even then, sometimes AS will see one fewer seat than what shows elsewhere. Also, make sure you search BA for each individual flight not the whole routing as BA shows a lot of phantom availability that way. So if you want BKK-LA, search BKK-HKG and HKG-LAX separately. Then call Alaska and put the itinerary together. Another tip: when booking by phone, make sure you request they waive the phone booking fee since Cathay can’t be booked online. They won’t proactively do so, you have to ask them to.
I just checked at my booking,
is it booking fee($15.00 - non-refundable fee) ?
then I will ask them for my next booking back from USA to HKG
Thank you so much 🙏🏻😄
Mar 30, 2018, 2:25 pm
#1898
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
You can ask but it officially applies regardless. The fee has been around since back when nearly all partners where phone only
Mar 30, 2018, 2:58 pm
#1899
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,636
Mar 30, 2018, 3:01 pm
#1900
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,630
Mar 30, 2018, 3:58 pm
#1901
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,636
Mar 30, 2018, 8:39 pm
#1902
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: BWI
Posts: 7,390
I got charged $15 (plus $12.50) to book my CX award. I feel this is a bit low for AS to charge for CX and LA award bookings since AS does not offer functionality to book on these carriers online.
$15 whatever not worth pounding sand over.
$15 whatever not worth pounding sand over.
Mar 31, 2018, 9:03 pm
#1903
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James
Apr 1, 2018, 2:11 am
#1904
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,215
Has anyone here actually ever had a problem of an agent trying to charge them a $15 fee despite being 75K?
Apr 1, 2018, 5:53 am
#1905
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
I have committed sacrilege, instead of paying 35K AS for CX F JFK-YVR, I used 50K from my stockpile of BA points. (not an april fools joke)
Closest was ... "there is $12.50 partner fee and $15 .... oh wait you are Gold"
Closest was ... "there is $12.50 partner fee and $15 .... oh wait you are Gold"
Last edited by CDKing; Apr 1, 2018 at 5:58 am