Cathay Pacific (CX) Award Redemption, Booking and Availability (2019-2022)
Feb 11, 2019, 12:51 am
#212
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 590
I wouldn't even accept that downgrade. I would tell them to put me on the next available flight in J.
Feb 11, 2019, 9:01 am
#214
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: DFW
Posts: 311
I still haven't been able to find a single US-HKG long haul seat in F in all of 2019, even on flights with F6. Not close-in, not far-out either, regardless of how many F seats actually sold. Once we hit 2020 the 1 seat per flight availability returns to normal.
Is this something that you see being rectified later this year? Or is this the new norm in 2019, considering the error fares and such decreasing inventory and resulting in Cathay refusing to release F awards ex-US in 2019 no matter what?
If anybody has been able to ticket a F award ex-US over the past few weeks for travel in 2019, I'd love to hear from you as a data point.
Is this something that you see being rectified later this year? Or is this the new norm in 2019, considering the error fares and such decreasing inventory and resulting in Cathay refusing to release F awards ex-US in 2019 no matter what?
If anybody has been able to ticket a F award ex-US over the past few weeks for travel in 2019, I'd love to hear from you as a data point.
Feb 11, 2019, 3:30 pm
#215
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,393
I still haven't been able to find a single US-HKG long haul seat in F in all of 2019, even on flights with F6. Not close-in, not far-out either, regardless of how many F seats actually sold. Once we hit 2020 the 1 seat per flight availability returns to normal.
Is this something that you see being rectified later this year? Or is this the new norm in 2019, considering the error fares and such decreasing inventory and resulting in Cathay refusing to release F awards ex-US in 2019 no matter what?
If anybody has been able to ticket a F award ex-US over the past few weeks for travel in 2019, I'd love to hear from you as a data point.
Is this something that you see being rectified later this year? Or is this the new norm in 2019, considering the error fares and such decreasing inventory and resulting in Cathay refusing to release F awards ex-US in 2019 no matter what?
If anybody has been able to ticket a F award ex-US over the past few weeks for travel in 2019, I'd love to hear from you as a data point.
Feb 11, 2019, 3:37 pm
#216
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: New York
Programs: Marriott Gold, AA, United, Delta, Alaska
Posts: 144
I still haven't been able to find a single US-HKG long haul seat in F in all of 2019, even on flights with F6. Not close-in, not far-out either, regardless of how many F seats actually sold. Once we hit 2020 the 1 seat per flight availability returns to normal.
Is this something that you see being rectified later this year? Or is this the new norm in 2019, considering the error fares and such decreasing inventory and resulting in Cathay refusing to release F awards ex-US in 2019 no matter what?
If anybody has been able to ticket a F award ex-US over the past few weeks for travel in 2019, I'd love to hear from you as a data point.
Is this something that you see being rectified later this year? Or is this the new norm in 2019, considering the error fares and such decreasing inventory and resulting in Cathay refusing to release F awards ex-US in 2019 no matter what?
If anybody has been able to ticket a F award ex-US over the past few weeks for travel in 2019, I'd love to hear from you as a data point.
Feb 13, 2019, 7:01 am
#217
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: DTW, but drive to/from YYZ/ORD
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Posts: 31,911
fwiw, when I fly CX F, I have to drive or connect to ORD, then connect at HKG to PEK/SHA/PVG, which is well worth it (even a middle of the night KA flight to PEK) to fly CX F and the wing F. If I had to fly CX J, I would just fly DL non-stop from DTW on A350 suites, which has good availability (to PEK at least) for 60k VS miles
Feb 13, 2019, 8:15 am
#218
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 51
Hi,
is there the possibility to book DOH-HKG which has a CX number but is operated by Qatar? Or does that not work?
is there the possibility to book DOH-HKG which has a CX number but is operated by Qatar? Or does that not work?
Feb 13, 2019, 8:21 am
#219
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: New York
Programs: Marriott Gold, AA, United, Delta, Alaska
Posts: 144
Nope, you can only book Cathay operated flights. You'll need to use miles from an airline that partners with Qatar (like Oneworld airlines) to book those flights.
Feb 13, 2019, 8:55 am
#220
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,391
fwiw, when I fly CX F, I have to drive or connect to ORD, then connect at HKG to PEK/SHA/PVG, which is well worth it (even a middle of the night KA flight to PEK) to fly CX F and the wing F. If I had to fly CX J, I would just fly DL non-stop from DTW on A350 suites, which has good availability (to PEK at least) for 60k VS miles
Feb 13, 2019, 9:38 am
#221
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: DTW, but drive to/from YYZ/ORD
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I LOVE that SEA has good J products out of SEA to Asia, even if they aren’t going to ever have the F products LAX/SFO have, because that saves me 5 hours right there. I would rather have a quick comfortable trip in J than a multistop luxurious one in F. To each their own, I guess.
Feb 13, 2019, 1:28 pm
#222
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Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
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Realistically it's about the same 5 hours (travel+airport time) if you drive to YVR to fly YVR-HKG or fly SEA-SFO/LAX-HKG, except now you're paying to park a car at YVR instead of an extra $5.60 for the segment. SEA-YVR-SEA on QX is also not often timed well for 888/889.
Feb 13, 2019, 4:24 pm
#223
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
Well, barring equipment swap, I'm flying CX F in march (I shelled out the extra 20k miles), so I'm glad to hear that it's really that good (it will be my first time on CX F)
Feb 13, 2019, 5:00 pm
#224
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Realistically it's about the same 5 hours (travel+airport time) if you drive to YVR to fly YVR-HKG or fly SEA-SFO/LAX-HKG, except now you're paying to park a car at YVR instead of an extra $5.60 for the segment. SEA-YVR-SEA on QX is also not often timed well for 888/889.
Feb 13, 2019, 5:38 pm
#225
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