(Premium Fare Gone): One World: KTM-various USA from $1100 o/w; $2200 r/t
May 25, 2019, 9:12 am
#92
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
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Pulled the trigger on this to get us home from a long Asia/India vacation next Christmas and New Years courtesy of the return leg of the CX VN fare. AA opened up 5 A slots on the transpac and my kids each had the miles in their accounts to move to F so i figured for a freebie we’d do another F flight on AA. My kids love the swivel chairs even if there are no doors in AA F ;-). The short KA overnight flight will be brutal but once we clean up we’ll have a full day to do the sights in HKG and then the F lounge for dinner before we depart. Looking forward to a day adventure in KTM as well to supplement Agra and Jaipur.
May 25, 2019, 9:34 am
#93
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
Pulled the trigger on this to get us home from a long Asia/India vacation next Christmas and New Years courtesy of the return leg of the CX VN fare. AA opened up 5 A slots on the transpac and my kids each had the miles in their accounts to move to F so i figured for a freebie we’d do another F flight on AA. My kids love the swivel chairs even if there are no doors in AA F ;-). The short KA overnight flight will be brutal but once we clean up we’ll have a full day to do the sights in HKG and then the F lounge for dinner before we depart. Looking forward to a day adventure in KTM as well to supplement Agra and Jaipur.
The CX F lounges are really something else, which it seems you know already. I was so happy to be able to grab a shower (and nap in the "cabana") shortly after arriving and then get a good breakfast in.
Jun 11, 2019, 9:25 am
#94
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Oregon
Programs: United
Posts: 9
Cathay Biz: KTM to LAX, SFO, BOS $1300 OW
First post. Cathay Pacific Business one way from Kathmandu to US cities, I saw SFO, LAX and BOS, there may be more. Many dates available in Dec, Jan, Feb. A scattering of dates available in other months.
Was searching a return from the earlier Cathay error fare. I booked KTM to Bos for NPR144,422 ($1,295) in November on US Cathay Website. Can also do a 72 hour fare hold. Books in I.
Was searching a return from the earlier Cathay error fare. I booked KTM to Bos for NPR144,422 ($1,295) in November on US Cathay Website. Can also do a 72 hour fare hold. Books in I.
Jun 11, 2019, 9:38 am
#95
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: SEA
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Booked this fare before - you can get to most parts of the USA/Australia/Asia in CX J for $1,400. The only tricky part is making sure I class is open.
The change/cancel fees are pretty low on this fare too which is helpful.
The change/cancel fees are pretty low on this fare too which is helpful.
Jun 11, 2019, 9:39 am
#96
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
There's been a lot of previous discussion on this fare and the AA fare alongside it. The AA fare allows for you to get to non-hub cities while the CX fare does not. The AA fare also allows you to upgrade the HKG-LAX/DFW space for 25,000 miles with no copay if that's something you're interested in (so you get access to CX F lounges and AA Flagship First in LAX/DFW if you're continuing onward).
Reference 1 and Reference 2
I recently flew the AA version, transiting at KTM (with no intention of spending any time in Nepal). It was an interesting experience. OP - are you actually going to be visiting Nepal or just transiting to this flight?
Reference 1 and Reference 2
I recently flew the AA version, transiting at KTM (with no intention of spending any time in Nepal). It was an interesting experience. OP - are you actually going to be visiting Nepal or just transiting to this flight?
Jun 11, 2019, 9:44 am
#97
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Jun 11, 2019, 9:47 am
#98
Join Date: Mar 2018
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I went out and walked around Kathmandu and had some fun experiences. Nepal is definitely on my "travel to" list, but my last time hopping through was just a cheap way to get home from Asia on business.
Jun 11, 2019, 12:04 pm
#99
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Oregon
Programs: United
Posts: 9
There's been a lot of previous discussion on this fare and the AA fare alongside it. The AA fare allows for you to get to non-hub cities while the CX fare does not. The AA fare also allows you to upgrade the HKG-LAX/DFW space for 25,000 miles with no copay if that's something you're interested in (so you get access to CX F lounges and AA Flagship First in LAX/DFW if you're continuing onward).
Reference 1 and Reference 2
I recently flew the AA version, transiting at KTM (with no intention of spending any time in Nepal). It was an interesting experience. OP - are you actually going to be visiting Nepal or just transiting to this flight?
Reference 1 and Reference 2
I recently flew the AA version, transiting at KTM (with no intention of spending any time in Nepal). It was an interesting experience. OP - are you actually going to be visiting Nepal or just transiting to this flight?
Good to know about the AA upgrade strategy! Unfortunately, I don't have AA miles. I'm going for Alaska Gold 75k this year so looking to credit there.
Jun 11, 2019, 1:15 pm
#100
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: AA - EXP
Posts: 233
KTM fares like this one have been around for a while.
The Cathay fare is appealing to AA flyers for the *0.25 EQD. Although it is really tempting to jump on a QR flight with Q-suites for $200 more
Below are my janky calculations on a KTM - JFK in Cathay.
Base Miles - 8780
EQD - $2195
EQM - 10975
RDM (pre ellite bonus) - 13170
The Cathay fare is appealing to AA flyers for the *0.25 EQD. Although it is really tempting to jump on a QR flight with Q-suites for $200 more
Below are my janky calculations on a KTM - JFK in Cathay.
Base Miles - 8780
EQD - $2195
EQM - 10975
RDM (pre ellite bonus) - 13170
Last edited by mosfet; Jun 11, 2019 at 1:17 pm Reason: formatting
Jun 11, 2019, 3:13 pm
#101
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 25
There's been a lot of previous discussion on this fare and the AA fare alongside it. The AA fare allows for you to get to non-hub cities while the CX fare does not. The AA fare also allows you to upgrade the HKG-LAX/DFW space for 25,000 miles with no copay if that's something you're interested in (so you get access to CX F lounges and AA Flagship First in LAX/DFW if you're continuing onward).
Reference 1 and Reference 2
I recently flew the AA version, transiting at KTM (with no intention of spending any time in Nepal). It was an interesting experience. OP - are you actually going to be visiting Nepal or just transiting to this flight?
Reference 1 and Reference 2
I recently flew the AA version, transiting at KTM (with no intention of spending any time in Nepal). It was an interesting experience. OP - are you actually going to be visiting Nepal or just transiting to this flight?
Thanks
Jun 11, 2019, 3:18 pm
#102
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
You can do round trip if you need to get back to Asia at any point and, if you don't check bags, hop off in HKG if you wanted to.
Jun 11, 2019, 3:42 pm
#103
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You can also make them into stopovers. Eg if you’re going to NYC, you can do HKG LAX JFK <stopover> MIA, as an example.
Jun 11, 2019, 3:56 pm
#104
Join Date: Feb 2011
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does any one know if this works one way from usa? did a quick look thru this link and did not see any comment. been working 14 hour days the last two days so a little burned out.
Jun 11, 2019, 4:03 pm
#105
Join Date: Mar 2003
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