how to check for award avalability
 

i am not a memeber of cathays ff program, but am a memeber of ba's is there anywhere online i can check for first and biz awards on cathay?

Basically, no. Unless you have an MPC/Asia Miles or QF account, you won't be able to check award availability on CX.com or QF.com.

It is however worth noting that both systems are inaccurate, so calling MPC/Asia Miles is always the best option.

The award availability on CX using BA miles is different from using CX miles. You need to call BA.

For certain fare buckets you can have some luck (if you know what you are looking for) using the ITA tools at http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/

There are some details about how to use it correctly at: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=278091

Additionally it has an undocumented feature that allows you to specify specific fare buckets. If you want to, for instance, search for A bucket availability on the HKG-JFK route on Cathay Pacific you would enter the search as From: HKG:: cx+ / f bc=a and To: JFK:: cx+ / f bc=a. You can substitute the "cx" with the proper airline code for the airline you wish to check, and substitute the "bc=a" with "bc=X" where X is the fare bucket you wish to check. If you wish to check multiple booking-codes and not place any restriction on the airline format the request as JFK::/ f bc=x|bc=y|bc=z to check the x, y, and z buckets.

I forget which fare bucket Cathay uses for its reward seats, but I am sure someone else on this board can tell you that, and will. :)

Cheers!

Our site will not show reward availability, for two reasons:
- the site is built to only show trips with prices attached, and it doesn't know how to price trips in miles
- airlines consider their reward inventory private, so we explicitly prevent it from being used on the site

Sorry, but you'll have to get that information elsewhere.