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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 9:53 am
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Upgrades on Cathay Pacific? AA Gold /oneworld Ruby
Hi All,

Never flew Cathay before - any chance/way to get upgraded on EWR-YVR-EWR Cathay flight? Any tips?

Thanks!
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 10:02 am
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Originally Posted by Green_eyes
Hi All,

Never flew Cathay before - any chance/way to get upgraded on EWR-YVR-EWR Cathay flight? Any tips?

Thanks!
I would say your chances are slim to none existent if looking for some kind of free upgrade.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 10:37 am
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CX fly JFK-YVR-JFK, not EWR-YVR-EWR
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 10:42 am
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Originally Posted by frankyguy
CX fly JFK-YVR-JFK, not EWR-YVR-EWR
You are right, I waas comparing Air-canada flight and that one is from EWR...

I see that there are no chances to get upraged and I will be stuck in Economy.. Only 2 options to get to YVR form New York - either AC or Cathay... So out of the two I will chose Cathay economy...
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 10:45 am
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Originally Posted by Green_eyes
You are right, I waas comparing Air-canada flight and that one is from EWR...

I see that there are no chances to get upraged and I will be stuck in Economy.. Only 2 options to get to YVR form New York - either AC or Cathay... So out of the two I will chose Cathay economy...
and it is from JFK
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 11:17 am
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Originally Posted by Green_eyes
Hi All,

Never flew Cathay before - any chance/way to get upgraded on EWR-YVR-EWR Cathay flight? Any tips?

Thanks!
In general, AA upgrade instruments only work on AA metal. You can book award travel in Premium classes on AA partner airlines.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 11:22 am
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or you could fly JFK-SEA with AA and switch to AS from SEA-YVR. Then you might be able to snag an UG on JFK-SEA (it's on the slAAve ship I believe) but again, you might be better off taking CX (I'm not sure about the prices though)
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 11:22 am
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or do JFK-DFW-YVR with AA
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 11:27 am
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Originally Posted by Green_eyes
I see that there are no chances to get upraged and I will be stuck in Economy.. Only 2 options to get to YVR form New York - either AC or Cathay... So out of the two I will chose Cathay economy...
You could also fly JFK-SEA on AA and take a Horizon flight up to YVR.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Green_eyes
Hi All,

Never flew Cathay before - any chance/way to get upgraded on EWR-YVR-EWR Cathay flight? Any tips?

Thanks!
In all honest as a Gold you have no chance at all. Won't happen.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 12:58 pm
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You can upgrade to business class with 30,000 Asia Miles. 25,000 SPG points can be transferred into 30,000 Asia Miles

http://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/redeem/charts

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefer...nerCode=CATHAY
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 1:00 pm
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Originally Posted by millionmiler
In all honest as a Gold you have no chance at all. Won't happen.
Originally Posted by francophile
You can upgrade to business class with 30,000 Asia Miles. 25,000 SPG points can be transferred into 30,000 Asia Miles

http://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/redeem/charts

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefer...nerCode=CATHAY
Was waiting for someone to say this. People just see Gold and automatically assume its impossible.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by francophile
You can upgrade to business class with 30,000 Asia Miles. 25,000 SPG points can be transferred into 30,000 Asia Miles

http://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/redeem/charts

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefer...nerCode=CATHAY
Thank you! do I need to open an account with Asia miles ( I am not familiar with them at all) andmy second questions is - can I upgrade with AMEX points?
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 1:56 pm
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Because this is a Cathay Pacific / CX related question, the thread has been ported to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles Forum for more informed replies.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 3:12 pm
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Thanks JDiver! In this may I elaborate on the question:

How to upgrade :

JFK-YVR-JFK economy, AA gold, paid ticket
JFK-YVR-JFK economy, AA platinum, award ticket

So far it's been suggested that AA Gold can upgrade by transfering SPG points into Asia miles. Any by step instrucitons on how to do that?

What about AA Plat on award ticket - any way to upgrade?
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