Lack of Cathay Pacific inventory
Jan 3, 2020, 5:13 pm
#1
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Lack of Cathay Pacific inventory
Is anybody noticing a lack of Cathay availability to HKG with Avios? Given the lack of demand to Hong Kong I would have assumed an abundance of reward availability via BA.
Jan 3, 2020, 5:40 pm
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I think it's been a general issue and there's been a few threads on it including this one.
Where has all the CX Avios availability gone?
Where has all the CX Avios availability gone?
Jan 3, 2020, 8:47 pm
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The only bright spot is Europe traffic that has been increasing despite some reduction in capacity.
But it is very difficult to get award seats using avios to/from HKG (easier on married segments (e.g. TPE-HKG-BKK). That's very bad on regional flights.
One of my CX friend says that's because BA pays little for intra-Asia awards. I have no idea whether this source is reliable or inventing the story. It could also be that CX is pissed off with BA for variousreasons, including their agreement with CZ.