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 22, 2018, 7:26 pm
#2161
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: Delta Platinum Medallion, Bonvoy Platinum, HH Gold
Posts: 184
Well, when I had the agent on the line, she told me "Yes, there are 4 first seats on that flight," (meaning the JFK-HKG flight) so, hey, there you go. I'm not "claiming" anything - that's what happened. She may have been confused, but that's what was showing on the BA website and that's what she said she saw. When I looked yesterday for the same date, there was nothing showing for both premium cabins, so maybe the site and agent were wrong, but no need to get a dig in at me for that...
May 22, 2018, 8:00 pm
#2162
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: Aeroplan, Amex AeroPlat
Posts: 977
Wish we could buy more SPG points but alas 30K per year per person limit.
May 23, 2018, 12:30 am
#2163
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Not necessarily. There may be more or cheaper LCC options closer to DPS, since HKG-DPS is close to USA/CA transcon length.
i would probably use SIN or CGK. CGK is an internal flight, SIN has multiple LCCs on the route (so LOTS of cheap options) and makes a nice stopover you could incorporate into your plans.
James.
May 24, 2018, 11:53 am
#2164
Join Date: May 2018
Location: YYZ
Posts: 42
What would you say are the best Airports to 'position' yourself at in the US for a CX redemption using AS? (From a Canadian perspective, assuming YYZ availability is taken)
May 24, 2018, 1:41 pm
#2166
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
CX 1 F & 1J LAX-HKG//HKG-BNE for February with AS F connecting from Canada via SEA.
CX 1J MEL-HKG-ICN for September
JL 1F HND-LAX for September with connecting AS to Canada via Seattle
To go with my QF F DFW-SYD in August.
James
May 25, 2018, 12:17 am
#2168
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,393
CX has a big devaluation (or "enhancement", I've heard it both ways) coming June 22nd. While most of the changes affect AsiaMiles members, CX is promising improved award availability. Based on my searches on one route SFO-HKG this may not be the case for partners. There was a huge drop in partner award availability today since they announced the new changes. Before today I was seeing many flights with 4J at the window and now it is max 2J.
May 25, 2018, 12:32 am
#2169
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 19,766
Our best guess is partners will redeem at "Standard" level, which is like Saver at AA (not sure what is the equivalent bucket in AS) and is less available than Choice (more available) and Tailored (most available) buckets.
Not sure if there really will be substantive changes - really we have Standard, Priority 1 and Priority 2 now. We hardly use the Priority buckets.
Not sure if there really will be substantive changes - really we have Standard, Priority 1 and Priority 2 now. We hardly use the Priority buckets.
May 25, 2018, 5:20 am
#2170
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
CX has a big devaluation (or "enhancement", I've heard it both ways) coming June 22nd. While most of the changes affect AsiaMiles members, CX is promising improved award availability. Based on my searches on one route SFO-HKG this may not be the case for partners. There was a huge drop in partner award availability today since they announced the new changes. Before today I was seeing many flights with 4J at the window and now it is max 2J.
May 25, 2018, 7:14 am
#2171
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,533
CX has a big devaluation (or "enhancement", I've heard it both ways) coming June 22nd. While most of the changes affect AsiaMiles members, CX is promising improved award availability. Based on my searches on one route SFO-HKG this may not be the case for partners. There was a huge drop in partner award availability today since they announced the new changes. Before today I was seeing many flights with 4J at the window and now it is max 2J.
May 25, 2018, 10:37 am
#2172
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: LAX
Posts: 2,851
Can anyone confirm that there is NO close in fee for booking with Alaska Airlines?
For example, would I pay the same amount of taxes and fees whether I book CX YVR to HKG 2 days from now or a month from now?
For example, would I pay the same amount of taxes and fees whether I book CX YVR to HKG 2 days from now or a month from now?
May 25, 2018, 10:54 am
#2173
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Hilton/Marriott Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 2,036
May 25, 2018, 10:14 pm
#2174
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: QR/AC Gold, VA Silver, IHG Plat, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 1,581
I am looking to get some AS miles via Marriott Travel Packages. Just wondering how likely it is to get 4Js from Australia to USA/Canada via Hong Kong? I know that I cannot just use BA tool to look into it as it seems As as different allocations of awards.
May 25, 2018, 11:42 pm
#2175
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Why use BA? You have QF! See what you find and call AS to book. 😁 Good luck.