CX JFK-DPS $1,345 Premium Economy
Nov 26, 2019, 9:45 pm
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CX JFK-DPS $1,345 Premium Economy
Cathay Pacific just launched their Black Friday fare sale from Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC and Seattle. The sale prices will be available starting at midnight on 11/27/19. You can book here on Cathay's Black Friday landing page.
Example: Flights from New York to Denpasar (Bali) are $1,345 in premium economy. This is a terrific value even before you take into account the mileage benefit. When you take into account the mileage earning potential it’s really outstanding.
The roundtrip distance from JFK-HKG-DPS is 20,416 miles. If you credit your miles to American Airlines you’ll earn 100% base miles, 1.5 elite qualifying miles (“EQMs”) and .20 elite qualifying dollars (“EQD”) per mile flown. That’s 30,624 EQMs, $4,083 EQDs and 20,416 redeemable miles (“RDMs”). That’s enough to qualify for Gold status in a single trip. If you’re Platinum on American you can earn 1.8 RDMs per mile flown, which brings it up to 36,749 miles.
Source: First Class Giraffe
Example: Flights from New York to Denpasar (Bali) are $1,345 in premium economy. This is a terrific value even before you take into account the mileage benefit. When you take into account the mileage earning potential it’s really outstanding.
The roundtrip distance from JFK-HKG-DPS is 20,416 miles. If you credit your miles to American Airlines you’ll earn 100% base miles, 1.5 elite qualifying miles (“EQMs”) and .20 elite qualifying dollars (“EQD”) per mile flown. That’s 30,624 EQMs, $4,083 EQDs and 20,416 redeemable miles (“RDMs”). That’s enough to qualify for Gold status in a single trip. If you’re Platinum on American you can earn 1.8 RDMs per mile flown, which brings it up to 36,749 miles.
Source: First Class Giraffe
Nov 27, 2019, 6:39 am
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I have DPS-California PEY tickets for April 2020 at roughly the same price.
And yes, DPS-HKG is in economy as the regional jet on that route only has Y and J seating.
PER-DPS flights are cheap and numerous (though Jetstar if paying to credit to the Qantas program is one of the more expensive options). The airport hotel in DPS is quite nice (IMHO)
QF's sale to the USA is/was a lot more expensive.
Happy wandering
Fred
And yes, DPS-HKG is in economy as the regional jet on that route only has Y and J seating.
PER-DPS flights are cheap and numerous (though Jetstar if paying to credit to the Qantas program is one of the more expensive options). The airport hotel in DPS is quite nice (IMHO)
QF's sale to the USA is/was a lot more expensive.
Happy wandering
Fred
Nov 27, 2019, 6:43 am
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Nov 27, 2019, 10:15 am
#9
Join Date: May 2011
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Really good deal, priced out a multi-city PE from LAX-HKG-CPT then MEL-HKG-LAX at $3,434 but with this Black Friday sale it dropped to $2,657!
(FYI this is work related so i’m just saving my bosses money in the end, which they are happy about)
(FYI this is work related so i’m just saving my bosses money in the end, which they are happy about)
Nov 27, 2019, 10:29 am
#10
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Last year it was a fixed $500 off for all PE fares, so the good deals are harder to find with this promo. I did 2x LAX-HKG-SIN last year for $900 each in PE which was a steal
Nov 27, 2019, 10:40 am
#11
Join Date: May 2019
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nyc/was-hkg-cpt would be a mileage run and a half... Does it price?
Nov 27, 2019, 11:48 am
#12
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Yeah, last year's was better with the $500 off, just to get some things in PE under $1k. However if you're brave enough for ultra long haul mileage running, you can do your AA re-qualification in short order with things like LAX-HKG-JNB and LAX-HKG-AKL. The shorter things this year aren't much under, or worse, than some prices that spring up normally through the year.
