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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
#2596
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Renton, WA
Programs: Alaska Mileage Plan MVP
Posts: 58
Data point for you all: 3 J showed up on BA for HKG-SEA around the dates I need in mid-May (unfortunately I don't have a lot of flexibility). Called in a few minutes ago, great agent in Boise but could only see 1 J. I took it and immediately BA dropped to 2 J. We agreed to wait a while and see if another one pops up.
I'll follow up if I'm successful.
(Now if only the DPS-HKG flight would pop up for the dates I need, or any dates for that matter.)
I'll follow up if I'm successful.
(Now if only the DPS-HKG flight would pop up for the dates I need, or any dates for that matter.)
On another note - the DPS-HKG flight we needed popped back up, and with 5 J, so it looks like the intra-Asia flights are available again.
#2597
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Dallas
Programs: AA LTPLT UA1P Hilton Dia Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,182
Just called AS for anything BKK to TPE the week of October 22nd J or F.
BA web site shows tons of aval J and F. AS has no space called twice
BA web site shows tons of aval J and F. AS has no space called twice
#2598
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: Alaska 75K
Posts: 91
Just booked 2Js for SEAHKGBKK June 2019, returning 3 weeks later. Very happy to have this new option out of SEA direct to HKG, shaving 3-5 hours off the trip as compared with having to position to SFO or LAX. And now I think (but not sure?) I can add on segments to OGG for our trip to Maui later in the summer? If so, that’s another great advantage for those of us based in Seattle to not have to waste the positioning flight on actually positioning!
#2599
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: California via OAK
Posts: 139
I am about to drop some money on purchased points for the family. I think I need about 80k points more. Looking to do SFO-HKG-MNL or SFO-HKG-CEB for 50k one way. Can I do the stop over online or is everything over the phone? I have been searching through BA to scout possible dates since I am sort of flexible IE early summer 2019. My question is about married segments and how CX will block non stops/directs to HKG but allow more space for other flights. How will this affect me? I would hate to orphan a huge amount of points.
Another question is about booking from separate accounts. Can I book multiple seats with the same agent with different accounts? I would hate to see 3 J seats and book two with my account, only to loose the 3rd when I switch to my wife's account.
Another question is about booking from separate accounts. Can I book multiple seats with the same agent with different accounts? I would hate to see 3 J seats and book two with my account, only to loose the 3rd when I switch to my wife's account.
#2600
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 1
Is it possible to book HKG - YVR - JFK as one ticket with YVR being the stop over?
Also where can I find a list of destinations from HKG on CX metal? Exploring possible stopover cities.
Thank you!
Also where can I find a list of destinations from HKG on CX metal? Exploring possible stopover cities.
Thank you!
#2601
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,527
Mostly just the major cities, since anything tier two is handled by Cathay Dragon.
#2602
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
I am about to drop some money on purchased points for the family. I think I need about 80k points more. Looking to do SFO-HKG-MNL or SFO-HKG-CEB for 50k one way. Can I do the stop over online or is everything over the phone? I have been searching through BA to scout possible dates since I am sort of flexible IE early summer 2019. My question is about married segments and how CX will block non stops/directs to HKG but allow more space for other flights. How will this affect me? I would hate to orphan a huge amount of points.
Another question is about booking from separate accounts. Can I book multiple seats with the same agent with different accounts? I would hate to see 3 J seats and book two with my account, only to loose the 3rd when I switch to my wife's account.
Another question is about booking from separate accounts. Can I book multiple seats with the same agent with different accounts? I would hate to see 3 J seats and book two with my account, only to loose the 3rd when I switch to my wife's account.
You can also check LAX, SEA & YVR if you can't find availability for your dates from SFO.
James
#2603
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: SGN; LAX/BUR
Posts: 8
I am about to drop some money on purchased points for the family. I think I need about 80k points more. Looking to do SFO-HKG-MNL or SFO-HKG-CEB for 50k one way. Can I do the stop over online or is everything over the phone? I have been searching through BA to scout possible dates since I am sort of flexible IE early summer 2019. My question is about married segments and how CX will block non stops/directs to HKG but allow more space for other flights. How will this affect me? I would hate to orphan a huge amount of points.
Another question is about booking from separate accounts. Can I book multiple seats with the same agent with different accounts? I would hate to see 3 J seats and book two with my account, only to loose the 3rd when I switch to my wife's account.
Another question is about booking from separate accounts. Can I book multiple seats with the same agent with different accounts? I would hate to see 3 J seats and book two with my account, only to loose the 3rd when I switch to my wife's account.
As for the 2nd question, if you are near a CX office or flew recently - their Discovery magazine has a useful two pager with their network map and flight times. Here's a phone-quality photo:
#2604
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,337
You might be able to get YVR, but that’s North America...
#2605
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: Alaska, Aeroplan, MArriott
Posts: 16
Still not able to get phase 2 of my itinerary - HKG-BKK has zero award space, even in Economy from November 16th onwards, but on the 16th and before it's extremely plentiful - on the 16th alone there are 9 different award options, in Economy, Prem Economy and Biz. Hoping this restores sometime soon!
#2606
Join Date: Jul 2008
Programs: DL
Posts: 43
This is getting very frustrating
I couldn't get AS to ticket LAX-HKG on 3 separate dates that were showing First available on BA/QF search around 3 months ago. Today again I saw one First seat available that I wanted to book and Alaska cannot see the availability. Called up AA and they were able to see it without any issue. If only it wasn't a 70k vs 115k difference
I couldn't get AS to ticket LAX-HKG on 3 separate dates that were showing First available on BA/QF search around 3 months ago. Today again I saw one First seat available that I wanted to book and Alaska cannot see the availability. Called up AA and they were able to see it without any issue. If only it wasn't a 70k vs 115k difference
#2607
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Texas
Posts: 76
How long do points purchased through points.com take to post to my Alaska Mileage Plan? I've been waiting 24 hours. I thought the posting was instantaneous if buying through points.com
#2608
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,386
Not sure about AS but for a couple of other buys on points.com they stated that the purchase may take 24 hours to complete. And it was pretty close to 24 hours. They don't rush it. There should have been some disclaimer from points.com when you purchased saying how long it would take but some people miss that message.
#2609
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: USA
Programs: AS MVP; UA Gold; DL Gold; Marriott Titanium
Posts: 156
This is getting very frustrating
I couldn't get AS to ticket LAX-HKG on 3 separate dates that were showing First available on BA/QF search around 3 months ago. Today again I saw one First seat available that I wanted to book and Alaska cannot see the availability. Called up AA and they were able to see it without any issue. If only it wasn't a 70k vs 115k difference
I couldn't get AS to ticket LAX-HKG on 3 separate dates that were showing First available on BA/QF search around 3 months ago. Today again I saw one First seat available that I wanted to book and Alaska cannot see the availability. Called up AA and they were able to see it without any issue. If only it wasn't a 70k vs 115k difference
Keep trying though as it's a game of patience and perseverance! Good luck!
#2610
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: USA
Programs: AS MVP; UA Gold; DL Gold; Marriott Titanium
Posts: 156
Check your credit card to see if the transaction was halted for any reason...maybe a fraud alert or something.
If not, you'll likely need to contact Points.com and see what happened with the transaction and verify this will the email receipt, if you received one.