Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability (2019-2022)
Jan 12, 2019, 3:54 am
#46
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Routing is not possible on CX. QF would work via SYD or direct on AA or FJ. EK is possible but many more points, KE also possible but 125K one-way unless there is another award booked in conjunction. KE also has many blackout dates. However you get back to NA you can take a stopover at the NA gateway if you haven't already taken one elsewhere. If you have a layover of less than 24 hours in a connecting city enroute that doesn't affect your free stopover.
James
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Jan 12, 2019, 12:23 pm
#48
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Jan 12, 2019, 12:28 pm
#49
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I try to book fly for July
used BA site to find space. the agent claim she see nothing.
and I called twice. with 2 different person
Jan 12, 2019, 3:11 pm
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Well documented in the previous thread that BA availability doesn’t mean AS can see it. I can tell you on my last CX J booking (HND-HKG-BKK) it showed on BA and when I fed flight numbers, dates and airports to the phone agent AS booked it fine.
Jan 12, 2019, 4:38 pm
#51
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But not as documented that BA showing one F and calling AS and them saying that there are two, correct?
Jan 12, 2019, 4:42 pm
#52
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Have you confirmed the AS agent is using this workaround for flights near midnight?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28160974-post748.html
Jan 12, 2019, 8:35 pm
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Jan 12, 2019, 10:03 pm
#54
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Where in the Middle East and africa besides south Africa can a first class Cathay flight booked with AS miles SFO-HKG be extended. And more importantly where can I look to figure this out? I google Cathay flight map and can;t find it and read another poster saying that just because they fly there doesn;t mean I can do so on the second leg of an award after choosing HKG as my stop over.
Jan 12, 2019, 10:14 pm
#55
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Where in the Middle East and africa besides south Africa can a first class Cathay flight booked with AS miles SFO-HKG be extended. And more importantly where can I look to figure this out? I google Cathay flight map and can;t find it and read another poster saying that just because they fly there doesn;t mean I can do so on the second leg of an award after choosing HKG as my stop over.
Jan 12, 2019, 10:22 pm
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Where in the Middle East and africa besides south Africa can a first class Cathay flight booked with AS miles SFO-HKG be extended. And more importantly where can I look to figure this out? I google Cathay flight map and can;t find it and read another poster saying that just because they fly there doesn;t mean I can do so on the second leg of an award after choosing HKG as my stop over.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...polo-club-487/
Jan 14, 2019, 12:30 am
#57
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Lots of info in the Cathay forum. Have you checked it out?
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...polo-club-487/
Jan 14, 2019, 12:43 am
#58
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Reading it now and have been since having it pointed out. Thank you all for the help. So I gather that since I already have SFO-HKG booked in F for 70K AS miles that I could make HKG the stopover and continue on to Tel Aviv for the same price. Just as a thought experiment can you tell me a booking from NA where HKG stop is less than 24 hours so you could make a stop over in the next place and connect a whole another leg? Thanks again
Are you asking if you can fly USA-HKG-XXX-HKG as one award if your stopover in HKG is under 24 hours? Or USA-HKG-XXX-YYY as one award? Either way HKG is the only official location a stopover can occur (see wiki), and if I understand your scenario correctly, it will be two awards.
Jan 14, 2019, 7:27 am
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Reading it now and have been since having it pointed out. Thank you all for the help. So I gather that since I already have SFO-HKG booked in F for 70K AS miles that I could make HKG the stopover and continue on to Tel Aviv for the same price. Just as a thought experiment can you tell me a booking from NA where HKG stop is less than 24 hours so you could make a stop over in the next place and connect a whole another leg? Thanks again
Jan 15, 2019, 8:26 am
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I've been searching on BA Avios for J seats for HKG - AKL but for various dates throughout 2019, it only comes up with routes going through SYD on Qantas or combo of CX and Qantas. Does that mean there is no CX availability for HKG - AKL? Or does BA just not bring it up? My full desired route would be YVR - HKG - AKL and there is a fair amount of J available in late 2019 for the YVR - HKG leg.