Exec Club: Cathay Pacific awful miles/tier points
Aug 8, 2018, 9:03 am
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Exec Club: Cathay Pacific awful miles/tier points
I am trying to book flights to Australia from Paris CDG with Cathay Pacific and I am shocked to see that most of booking classes get 20 tier points (and around 1000 avios per leg). Actually, it is either you get flexible Y tier points and avios (Y, B and H) or lowest (all other booking codes).
Is this normal? is it new? Where are the low tiers points (35 pts). Here is the avios calculator output for CDG-HKG with CX.
Class Avios Tier Points
Economy lowest (K, L, M, N, Q, S, V) 1492 avios 20 TP
Economy flexible (Y, B, H) 5968 avios 70 TP
Is this normal? is it new? Where are the low tiers points (35 pts). Here is the avios calculator output for CDG-HKG with CX.
Class Avios Tier Points
Economy lowest (K, L, M, N, Q, S, V) 1492 avios 20 TP
Economy flexible (Y, B, H) 5968 avios 70 TP
Last edited by BA6948; Aug 9, 2018 at 1:39 am
Aug 8, 2018, 9:44 am
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If you're flying ex UK, you get much better TPs and Avios booking the BA codeshare. Google Flights doesn't always show the correct price, but if using the multi city tool you can find a lot of fares on there that Google doesn't.
It's not just limited to CX. Booking directly with MH in Y will often only yield 20TPs.
It's not just limited to CX. Booking directly with MH in Y will often only yield 20TPs.
Aug 8, 2018, 10:14 am
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To be honest, 20 points isn't too bad! We did NRT - HKG with CX earlier this year and got 5 points for an N class booking plus 457 Avios and a further 1828 because of my tier bonus. I would definitely recommend PE if at all possible as you will get 90 or 100 TPs depending on the sector length.
Aug 9, 2018, 1:38 am
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To be honest, 20 points isn't too bad! We did NRT - HKG with CX earlier this year and got 5 points for an N class booking plus 457 Avios and a further 1828 because of my tier bonus. I would definitely recommend PE if at all possible as you will get 90 or 100 TPs depending on the sector length.
Was planning to do the following: CDG-HKG-BNE (with a long 21h layover in HKG to see my brother) then SYD-HKG-CDG. That would be 80 if all with CX. I would still need 25 pts. I may need to book BNE-SYD with QF in J if they are cheap. Otherwise mix CX with BA or QR for the inbound leg.
Aug 9, 2018, 1:43 am
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Aug 9, 2018, 2:33 am
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If you're flying ex UK, you get much better TPs and Avios booking the BA codeshare. Google Flights doesn't always show the correct price, but if using the multi city tool you can find a lot of fares on there that Google doesn't.
It's not just limited to CX. Booking directly with MH in Y will often only yield 20TPs.
It's not just limited to CX. Booking directly with MH in Y will often only yield 20TPs.
Aug 9, 2018, 3:19 am
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I am not aware BA shares codes with CX to HKG. And then even if they did BA doesn't share code on CX157 (HKG-BNE) that would allow me a 21h45 layover in Hong Kong. Tried to play around with stopovers with our corporate online booking system and flying via London increases the price dramatically.
What I found though is CDG-HKG-BNE (20 + 20 TP) with CX and SYD-DOH-CDG (40 + 35 TP) with QR. That would make it 115TP to take me to Gold. I just don't know how bearable are the 15h flight from SYD to DOH on the A380 of QR.
Aug 9, 2018, 3:24 am
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You would be able to travel BA from LHR-HKG and then on a BA codeshare (CX metal) from HKG-SYD (and other Australian ports)
I guess you would also be able to travel BA CDG-LHR-HKG if you needed to depart from CDG.
I guess you would also be able to travel BA CDG-LHR-HKG if you needed to depart from CDG.
Last edited by sxc; Aug 9, 2018 at 3:30 am
