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Cathay Award Guide Using Alaska Airlines Miles
Note: Cathay flights cannot be booked using alaskaair.com. Mileage requirements in chart form available on alaskaair.com.
Request your Partner Award reservation on Cathay Pacific by calling Alaska Airlines Reservations at 1-800-252-7522 (TTY: Dial 711 for Relay Services) 5:00 a.m. - Midnight (PT), daily.
Routing Rules:
- If it's not on the award chart, it's not allowed. For example EUROPE is To/From HKG only.
- Stopover are only allowed on any CX award for North America awards as destination or origin. For instance: intra-Asia awards do not get a stopover. It must be a North America->Somewhere or Somewhere->North America award to qualify for a stopover.
- The only awards that do not break at HKG are intra-Asia or North American ones. For instance, Australia-Europe/Middle East/Asia outside of HKG will be two awards (breaking at HKG). The AS award chart can be misleading about this and give you the impression you can fly an award like Australia/Europe-ICN, but the chart for these award types will show "Hong Kong".
- One stop-over allowed on one way award. You can build open jaw and other advanced routings by booking multiple one way awards. Please note change fee rule below.
- Allegedly stop-over only in Hong Kong, but some have posted success in other enroute cities such as YVR or SEA.
- As of 5 June 2018 changes/cancellations made to a booking will incur a $125 fee which is waived for MVPG/MVPG75K. Bookings made prior to 5 June will be allowed one complimentary change or cancellation for up to 60 days prior to date of travel.
- Awards can be booked 330 days in advance.
- Cathay and Alaska (or an Alaska flight operated by SkyWest/Horizon on behalf of Alaska) are the only airlines allowed on a Cathay award. No other partner airlines may be used on a single award (e.g. American, JAL, Emirates).
North American Gateway Cities:
Western
Vancouver
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle (Spring 2019)
Eastern (Can not be used if traveling to west coast)
Boston
Chicago
New York (JFK & EWR)
Toronto
Washington
Award Chart Links*:
Asia
Australia
Europe
India/Middle East
North America
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Dec 9, 2018, 11:47 am
#2956
halamadrid
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 540
Originally Posted by NWplatinum
I don’t know what’s more amazing. The situation you’re in or that you found award space on CX to TLV.
Exactly why I don't want to mess with those tickets in any way...seats are in J also...in the summer...
Originally Posted by CDKing
I only got warning for online check in. Never had a word was mentioned at check-in.
I don't know about the second ticket, I did side trip in cash ticket HkG-TPE and Online check in worked fine since I was able to put middle initial in on booking. There are also transfer desks at HKG airport.
Thanks, I think this is consistent with what I've been reading. I think I'll just do regular check in at the airport and just hope for the best.
Many thanks
Dec 14, 2018, 1:30 am
#2957
Mauibaby2008
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
Wow pleasant surprise - offered champagne as PDB , I asked what is it and she Krug 2004! This was Jakarta to Hong Kong in F. I wasnt really expecting that but I was happy.
however, the HKG BOS cabin for my flight tomorrow now has 2 F seats taken, so looks like somebody will be joining me.😢
Dec 14, 2018, 12:30 pm
#2958
EyesOnly
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SEA
Programs: AS
Posts: 6
Last-minute availability also gone?
I've followed this thread for years, and have been happy booking last-minute Cathay travel (in J or F), because that's where the availability was. I'm not seeing that as the case anymore. I understand that there was that 72-hour block for INTRA-asia flights, but that wasn't supposed to apply to US flights. Have things changed and I'm missing something? There's no availability in F... anywhere.
Dec 14, 2018, 12:40 pm
#2959
SanDiego1K
Community Director Emerita
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 33,831
Originally Posted by EyesOnly
There's no availability in F... anywhere.
I flew HKG-LAX on Tuesday in F. I found the flight 5 days earlier using two tools:
- Expertflyer - showed F4 for specific flight of interest
- Awardnexus - JL search tool did not show award seat; QF did
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Dec 14, 2018, 2:27 pm
#2960
barabuski
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 178
Is anyone seeing anything at all from HKG-TLV in Business next year? I searched QF/BA everyday through March where the flight(??) seems to drop off entirely - no tickets showing in Econ or PE either. Any advice? Changing my stopover from a flight that commences in two weeks, so time is of the essence.
Dec 14, 2018, 3:05 pm
#2961
ukinny2000
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: NY, NY
Posts: 696
At t+330 I see stuff, but it is one of those flights where award seats get filled up very, very quickly
Dec 14, 2018, 3:50 pm
#2962
barabuski
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 178
Originally Posted by ukinny2000
At t+330 I see stuff, but it is one of those flights where award seats get filled up very, very quickly
Whoops, just saw some. Yeah you're right. Weird error where flights in general weren't loading at all, but I think it was a browser thing. I might look at this over Thanksgiving 2019. Thanks!
Dec 15, 2018, 8:53 pm
#2963
ft543
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Alaska Airlines MVP Gold
Posts: 301
Currently have an SEA-SFO-HKG award in F that departs on a Sunday in a few months, but I'd like to depart on a Friday or Saturday.
If I book a SEA-SFO saver award now for Friday/Saturday, and CX space opens up for Friday/Saturday, am I able to combine the two tickets and pay only 70k miles?
Dec 16, 2018, 9:04 am
#2964
skimthetrees
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: UA, AS
Posts: 2,407
Originally Posted by ft543
Currently have an SEA-SFO-HKG award in F that departs on a Sunday in a few months, but I'd like to depart on a Friday or Saturday.
If I book a SEA-SFO saver award now for Friday/Saturday, and CX space opens up for Friday/Saturday, am I able to combine the two tickets and pay only 70k miles?
You cannot combine tickets but you can add or delete from (change) a ticket such that you could book SEA-SFO now and when SFO-HKG opens up you can have an agent add that to your SEA-SFO ticket.
Dec 16, 2018, 11:47 am
#2965
sinecure
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 318
Since we can't see these rewards online, what are the fees typically imposed?
Looking at KIX-HKG-YVR or HND/NRT-HKG-YVR in Business next fall.
Dec 16, 2018, 12:30 pm
#2966
ft543
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Alaska Airlines MVP Gold
Posts: 301
$35 taxes/fees
$12.5 partner award booking fee
Dec 17, 2018, 7:39 am
#2967
anthonyparkersd
Join Date: Jul 2018
Programs: Alaska, United, American, Singapore
Posts: 30
I called in this morning to change my gateway city from LAX to Boston for 2 first class award seats that just opened up. My question for you guys is what time can I check in if we decide to check a bag? Can AA or British take it or would we have to wait for the counter to open??
As for the lounge, Just hit up the new Galleries lounge by BA?
thanks! We are very excited, we waited almost a year for this trip!
Dec 17, 2018, 8:50 am
#2968
eponymous_coward
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,453
Originally Posted by anthonyparkersd
I called in this morning to change my gateway city from LAX to Boston for 2 first class award seats that just opened up. My question for you guys is what time can I check in if we decide to check a bag? Can AA or British take it or would we have to wait for the counter to open??
As for the lounge, Just hit up the new Galleries lounge by BA?
thanks! We are very excited, we waited almost a year for this trip!
https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...l-airport.html
Airlines you are not actually flying aren’t going to take your bags, for fairly obvious reasons. I wouldn’t consider BOS and a BA lounge so amazeballs that you should get there half a day early...
Dec 17, 2018, 10:52 am
#2969
dkerr
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,059
Originally Posted by anthonyparkersd
I called in this morning to change my gateway city from LAX to Boston for 2 first class award seats that just opened up. My question for you guys is what time can I check in if we decide to check a bag? Can AA or British take it or would we have to wait for the counter to open??
As for the lounge, Just hit up the new Galleries lounge by BA?
thanks! We are very excited, we waited almost a year for this trip!
Is Boston your originating city? If so then bags check in is at CX counter only. If you are connecting into BOS from some other airport then the originating airline will check your bags and if they have an interline agreement with CX can check them through to HKG or your final destination.
DAK
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Dec 17, 2018, 1:52 pm
#2970
ruahamore
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35
Has anyone attempted to book a CX award after the new Alaska lap infant policy (i.e. infants need a full ticket rather than just paying 10%) for the adult(s) and just asking CX to add a lap infant? Any thoughts on whether that would work? Trying to book a trip for next year, but having to pay buy full award for an infant makes traveling with kid a lot more expensive.
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