Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability (2019-2022)
#31
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#33
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Do you have to find your own reward flight availability before calling Alaska? I would like to take a trip west on a J or first reward, but dont have specific dates..
If you gave them a general timeframe and destination, are they able/willing to search for reward availability that way?
Ive been looking via british airways and it gets a little tedious.
If you gave them a general timeframe and destination, are they able/willing to search for reward availability that way?
Ive been looking via british airways and it gets a little tedious.
#34
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Do you have to find your own reward flight availability before calling Alaska? I would like to take a trip west on a J or first reward, but dont have specific dates..
If you gave them a general timeframe and destination, are they able/willing to search for reward availability that way?
Ive been looking via british airways and it gets a little tedious.
If you gave them a general timeframe and destination, are they able/willing to search for reward availability that way?
Ive been looking via british airways and it gets a little tedious.
#35
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I also see this with QF. Although it can not be booked with AS Mileage Plan, LAX-SYD-HKG will show availability in J or F but the same LAX-SYD flight isn't available to anyone, including QF, on its own.
James
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I saw this in early December. I was looking for LAX/SFO/YVR-HKG-CPT. Nothing available all the way through. NA-HKG was available but not HKG-CPT. However, there were two J HKG-CPT if you started in SIN.
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James
#39
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I just booked and CX first class ticket sfo-hkg, can I add a leg to AKL for the 5K more miles? How do I find the rules for which destinations I can add if available?
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For more information you can refer to the award charts for partner awards on the AS website.
James
#41
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If you already have your SFO-HKG CX F award for 70K, there are no additional miles required to add onward travel with or without a HKG stopover to Asia, The Middle East, South Africa, India and South Asia. For Australia & New Zealand you will require 10K more miles. HKG-Europe would be a separate award. In all cases there will be minimal additional fees and taxes due. If you don't have a change/cancel fee waiver there will be a $125 fee per change per passenger, including adding segments, after 24 hours from booking.
For more information you can refer to the award charts for partner awards on the AS website.
James
For more information you can refer to the award charts for partner awards on the AS website.
James
#42
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I knew it would be you James, with the good info and answer. Thank you. So I can add AKL for 10K more if available hen add a separate 30K award for stand alone HKG-AKL? Is there a way to do HKG-AKL-LAX as one ticket say for 70K? I am AS MVPG and if I understand correctly I have no change fee for me or my wife when booking her with my miles out of my account. Is this correct? Do I need to find HKG-AKL availabiltity on say BA then call AS to make the addition? Any idea if I can do by Twitter as i am in Asia now?
#43
Join Date: Jan 2019
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anyone successfully book SEA to HKG flight?
Called CS today. she said she can't see any direct flight from SEA to HKG
Called CS today. she said she can't see any direct flight from SEA to HKG
#44
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I knew it would be you James, with the good info and answer. Thank you. So I can add AKL for 10K more if available hen add a separate 30K award for stand alone HKG-AKL? Is there a way to do HKG-AKL-LAX as one ticket say for 70K? I am AS MVPG and if I understand correctly I have no change fee for me or my wife when booking her with my miles out of my account. Is this correct? Do I need to find HKG-AKL availabiltity on say BA then call AS to make the addition? Any idea if I can do by Twitter as i am in Asia now?
If you know your dates and no J is available now, I would consider booking PE or even Y so you know you have your flight. You can continue to look for J and if it opens up you can call AS and have them move you up.
James
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Award charts very helpful. If I were to book a highest level available QF award ticket to LAX could I make LAX the stop over and go on to NYC for example? Only on direct AKL-LAX flight or would AKL-SYD-LAX if routed there but not using a stopover also be able to consider LAX the stopover? THX
James