48 hour priority check-in
 

Cathay advertises priority check-in 48h before flight time for Cathay members. I've always forgotten or been too busy to use this so far in advance before, but now it's 45h before a flight of mine and I don't seem to have the option to check in online. Cathay also seems to send me emails telling me I could have this option if I signed up for a Cathay membership, but I already have one. Am I missing something here? Do you need to reach a specific tier of membership to actually get this option? I made the booking with my Cathay account on the Cathay website, but admittedly I am using my BA Executive Club number for the flight.

If all flights operated by CX and first flight is within 48 hours you should be able to check-in online. If to/from USA, I think you can still check-in at T-48h but you will only get your boarding pass 24h before flight

Hmmm, I wonder why

So I switched to Asia Miles to see and yes, only then check in was available.

Nothing in their policy about this that I can see, though. It's just "if you're a Cathay member you can check in 48h in advance." So, not quite as advertised?

I have a Cathay membership that I use to log in when booking a flight. I've never collected miles with it; I always credit to my BA Executive Club membership.
I was able to check-in 48 hours before my flight a few days ago.

(I think doing what I do excludes me from the 24-hour post-booking cool-off period though. I suppose I could just add the Asia Miles number when I book and then swap it to the BA one after 24 hours ...)

spot on!
bar false advertising, it's actually "be a CX member & quote it within your booking" to get T-48 check in

I'm curious how you expect Cathay to know that you are a member if you don't quote your membership number?

sorry i thot every person can checkin 48hr (2 days) in advance? did rules change?

T-48 for CX members who quote their CX number
t-24 otherwise

What’s the consequence of not doing OLCI?

1/4/2023: I managed to OLCI at T-48 on a purchased ticket (so, not FQTR on my AM) and with a non-CX OWE FTQS.

hmm... couldn't do OLCI at T-48 when another OW FF no. was attached to the booking, could only do so after inputting a CX no.
(subsequently completed OLCI & reverted back to the other OW FF no.)

sounds like CX IT doing its typical thing again :confused:

As far as I recall, CX member or not, online checkin was always 48 hours. I browsed but it only say 'priority checkin' for CX members at T-48hour but does NOT exclude ability for checkin of non-members at T-48hour. Just another non sense marketing PR gimmicks with no basis behind. (I always check in T-48hours with non CX membership number)

they have been advertising T-24 for non CX members

Oh wow thats news for me. I thought it was a technical issue or something for me and only me, so I always check in at the counter. Interesting!