ARCHIVE: AA Awards on Cathay Pacific (2015)
Apr 28, 2015, 9:37 pm
#886
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Apr 28, 2015, 10:54 pm
#887
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I believe ANZ also has SFO-AKL direct, which would be lovely (I hear great things about ANZ). And I do have UA miles. But I believe those ANZ award seats are pretty much impossible to get (in theory, possible, but so close to impossible as to being indistinguishable from it), so I'm not gonna count on beating those odds.
"Difficult" I can probably do. "All but impossible"....not so much.
It's good to know about my options on CX using AA. I'm sure that's a great way to go, even if it is a few more miles. Thanks.
"Difficult" I can probably do. "All but impossible"....not so much.
It's good to know about my options on CX using AA. I'm sure that's a great way to go, even if it is a few more miles. Thanks.
Apr 28, 2015, 11:10 pm
#888
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Apr 29, 2015, 8:26 am
#889
Join Date: Jul 2010
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I booked cx jfk-yvr rt in business (award).
Do I get access to any lounges to/from?
Do I get access to any lounges to/from?
Apr 29, 2015, 9:22 am
#890
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I believe ANZ also has SFO-AKL direct, which would be lovely (I hear great things about ANZ). And I do have UA miles. But I believe those ANZ award seats are pretty much impossible to get (in theory, possible, but so close to impossible as to being indistinguishable from it), so I'm not gonna count on beating those odds.
"Difficult" I can probably do. "All but impossible"....not so much.
It's good to know about my options on CX using AA. I'm sure that's a great way to go, even if it is a few more miles. Thanks.
"Difficult" I can probably do. "All but impossible"....not so much.
It's good to know about my options on CX using AA. I'm sure that's a great way to go, even if it is a few more miles. Thanks.
http://www.alaskaair.com/content/mil...australia.aspx
AS allows USA-HKG-AU/NZ on CX as one award (they don't have AA's restrictions on transiting Asia). With a stopover on outbound AND inbound.
Apr 29, 2015, 9:30 am
#891
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Apr 29, 2015, 9:39 am
#892
Join Date: Sep 2005
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What's the AS access to CX award inventory like? I assume they have access to the same inventory released to other CX partners (eg AA). Do they get it at the same 330-day window that AA does?
Thanks for this very useful tip!
Apr 29, 2015, 9:46 am
#893
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
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Wow...now that is an attractive option. We do have AS miles (and I'm flying AS today...). And AS is my hometown airline, so it should be easy-peazey to connect from home (SEA) to the CX TPAC in SFO or LAX (no wrestling with AA to secure the domestic connection with their relatively fewer flights).
What's the AS access to CX award inventory like? I assume they have access to the same inventory released to other CX partners (eg AA). Do they get it at the same 330-day window that AA does?
Thanks for this very useful tip!
What's the AS access to CX award inventory like? I assume they have access to the same inventory released to other CX partners (eg AA). Do they get it at the same 330-day window that AA does?
Thanks for this very useful tip!
Apr 29, 2015, 5:20 pm
#894
Join Date: Dec 2010
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73+ hours and my transpac J award with CX still shows as "On Request." Reservation agent insists everything is OK and that the ticket is in the processing queue for the rates desk, but that they're running quite behind.
I agree things are taking unusually long, but agent made it sound like it's par for the course now with partner airline bookings.
I agree things are taking unusually long, but agent made it sound like it's par for the course now with partner airline bookings.
Apr 29, 2015, 8:03 pm
#895
Join Date: Dec 2006
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73+ hours and my transpac J award with CX still shows as "On Request." Reservation agent insists everything is OK and that the ticket is in the processing queue for the rates desk, but that they're running quite behind.
I agree things are taking unusually long, but agent made it sound like it's par for the course now with partner airline bookings.
I agree things are taking unusually long, but agent made it sound like it's par for the course now with partner airline bookings.
Called several times and was told all is OK - just running behind
Do they need more staff, faster computers or what exactly can take this long?
Apr 29, 2015, 9:51 pm
#896
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Sacramento, CA
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hyatt,Marriott,BA,AS
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Well, at least it's not just one person who is having this problem. AA may be unique in that what they call a "liaison" or specialist between AA and a partner carrier must review the reservation to ensure that it complies with all the rules. I've never had it take this long - usually 24-36 hours during the week or from a Friday to Tuesday (Saturday to Wednesday) if done over a weekend. It just isn't an automated process like it appears to be at UA. Why, I don't know. Maybe AA just has more complex rules ????
Apr 30, 2015, 11:26 am
#897
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Is there a way to look at one way Cathay Pacific awards?
Apr 30, 2015, 12:37 pm
#898
Join Date: Nov 2013
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Apr 30, 2015, 1:36 pm
#899
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Apr 30, 2015, 2:22 pm
#900
Join Date: Apr 2015
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If it is, I have looked on their site and but it seems I can only look for roundtrip.