Jul 06, 2019 much of the strength of the asia miles program comes from its great options for redeeming miles for flights. Currently looking to book flight back on cathay using aa miles. Asia miles is a rewards programme in which members can earn miles that can be used to redeem a huge range of travel and lifestyle awards. Book openseats with etihad airways or any of our partner airlines. Simply earn the missing miles now with our many partner offers. There are a few ways to book cathay pacific award flights.
Almost impossible to redeem cx flight thru asia mile. A beginners guide to using frequent flyer points on cathay. Photo by jasmin baronmillion mile secrets cathay pacifics program is distancebased, so the amount you have to pay will depend on how far you fly. Browse all our latest exclusive offers and book your next trip now. Cathay pacific asia miles provides an easy way to book qantas awards online.
Im going to be going over the mechanics of the search and booking process. Can i book a flight for a date beyond my asia miles expiry date. And booking a oneway lieflat business class seat on the same route via asia miles as opposed qantas frequent. A beginners guide to using frequent flyer points on cathay pacific flights. However, cx award is not available but waitlist is.
The best ways to fly business class to asia using miles. Names of redemption group nominees that appear in reservations must exactly match the names registered with asia miles. On the other hand, you can book british airwaysoperated flights with asia miles and pay far less in fuel surcharges for premium cabin redemptions compared to booking with american miles or british airways avios. Cathay pacific devalues asia miles, overhauls earning and. Given the fairly predictable nature of cathay award space, one could presumably waitlist for an a desired award and expect that waitlist to clear rather than checking manually for availability every day. Dec 22, 2019 nowadays if you want to book multiple seats in cathay pacific first class, booking through asia miles is your only option.
Jan 29, 2019 such is the case for premium economy awards from the contiguous u. Ill let the reader decide whether a particular award is a good value. Aug 21, 2019 heres how to book seven of the best business class seats, which feature amenities like private suites and designer dopp kits, on points and miles. Dec 27, 2017 however, most people who need more asia miles will transfer them from american express membership rewards. Asia miles marco polo cathay pacific cathay dragon. This could make their higher prices a whole lot more palatable, as you could pay 75,000 miles for business class, stop in tokyo, and then continue on to korea, china, or some other destination in asia. The best ways to redeem cathay pacific asia miles for. These partners include american airlines, british airways, cathay pacific asia miles, japan airlines, and qantas. Using asia miles to upgrade your paid booking is going to be significantly more expensive after june 22.
Hi guys, im booking an asia miles award j ticket for tomorrow, currently there are seats available online to redeem, but when i select the seat. Share on facebook link opens in a new window operated by external parties and may not conform to the same accessibility policies as cathay pacific, link opens in a new window operated by external parties and may not conform to the same accessibility policies as cathay pacific tweet this link opens in a new window operated by external parties and may not conform to the same. The best businessclass seats to book using amex membership rewards points benji stawski. And you can use asia miles to book cathay pacific award flights online. To book on other partner airlines, submit a flight award request form when you sign into your membership awards account and a customer service representative will contact you. As we know, some frequent flyer programs can book award seats before. Flights operated by all these partners can be booked using asia miles some on limited routes only, so lets take a look at some redemption opportunities in the program. Cruise around the mekong river delta to explore the rural life of vietnams many fishing villages and the mighty waters that. The american airlines aadvantage program can also be very useful. Remember that jfk to hong kong first class by itself costs 125,000 miles. Now click on the asia miles travel services limited online booking website.
For those times when you really cant find a flying based used for miles or if you have expiring miles to use there are several possibilities. You can even use your miles to pay for taxes, charges and extras when you book at etihad. Asia miles no longer expire with activity every 18 months. How to book premium economy awards on american and its. This is a guide on how to use american airlines aadvantage miles to book an award trip to asia. Book a flight with etihad guest miles etihad airways. Asia miles can be used to book flights on cathay pacific and all other oneworld alliance members. Today, were going to take a look at the best businessclass options for flying from the continental us to asia. May 24, 2018 asia miles, the frequent flyer program of cathay pacific and cathay dragon, has long been a niche program for many of us in the us.
I submitted request through asia miles site but was told no award seats available, and aa does not operate a waiting list for award seats. When youre redeeming miles, often the airline with which you want to redeem miles is very different than the airline you want to fly. Please note the suggested travel dates are refreshed on a daily basis and seat availability is not guaranteed until a confirmed booking is made. Get 65,000 bonus asia miles with the cathay pacific credit card. However, you wont be able to find those flights on aa or as websites. The number of miles you need to book will reflect the normal market price, so if the flight is on sale, youll need fewer miles.
Best ways to book japan airlines business class with. Check out this post on how to use asia miles to book cathay pacific award flights. A beginners guide to using frequent flyer points on. Aa and as can only book what cathay releases to partners. Cathay pacific does sometimes release 2 first class seats for asia miles members. Just because you see a partner on the list that you like doesnt mean asia miles will allow booking on that partner. Redeem hotel stays, car rentals and experiences awards with asia miles travel services. Nov 29, 2018 with that said, if you can book online or if youre willing to put in some concerted effort, you can still get great value from asia miles. This feature is helpful to book flights faster instead of the need to fill out the web request form and waiting to hear from the agents. You can transfer your membership rewards points to cathay pacifics asia miles program and book a businessclass award from the east coast to doha for 70,000 miles oneway or 120,000 miles roundtrip. Nowadays if you want to book multiple seats in cathay pacific first class, booking through asia miles is your only option.
Cathay pacific and its asia miles program has many ways to earn miles and some highvalue redemptions. How to book a cathay pacific asia miles roundtheworld award. Asia miles is an appealing frequent flyer program for australian points collectors. It is not a strong program for earning miles, and does have pretty confusing award charts yes, plural. With the new asia miles prices effective june 22, 2018, youll need to check mileage by partner airline using their calculator. Flight awards extralegroom seats redemption asia miles. Splurge on cathay pacific business class by transferring amex membership rewards points to asia miles. In january i tried to redeem awards for two business class tickets for travel dates in february, no seats. Cathay pacific marco polo club almost impossible to redeem cx flight thru asia mile bkkmilan or rome. For asia miles redemptions in business class from adelaide, perth and melbourne to doha, flights cost 70,000 asia miles oneway, or 140,000 miles return. Get ready for the thrill of a lifetime in kintamani where you can trek up mount batur, and enjoy sweeping views and stunning sunrises. They also typically only have one seat in advance at the lowest award level, but as the departure date approaches youll often find flights with two or even three award seats.
Besides the 65,000 bonus miles, you can enjoy these purchase rewards with the cathay pacific credit card. Flight award redemption general conditions asia miles. The ultimate guide to qsuites routes, booking, seats. When booking a standard award with cathay pacific asia miles, you can have up to 2 flight segments in each direction, one stopover in each direction, and an open jaw on either end. Cathay pacific marco polo club whats the best way of using asia miles points hello all, in my opinion, the best way of using am pts is to book flights. Im writing this little guide to asia miles simply because, imo, a decent enough one does not exist anywhere on the web. For only 30,000 more asia miles, you get to fly double the amount of miles, visit 5 more countries, and try 5 more airlines. Just what is the point pardon the pun of collecting asia miles points when there is no possibility of using them for reward seats. The best use of asia miles to book qsuites is to build it into a complex itinerary. The best miles for booking jal business and first class. While the program is more nuanced than other award programs, this article will cover everything you need to know on how to redeem your asia miles. Indepth guide to booking cathay pacific awards 10xtravel. How to book cathay flights using aa or alaska miles.
Cathay pacific is changing its asia miles expiry policy so that miles no longer expire when you earn or redeem at least one mile every 18 months. Jun 18, 2018 uniteds business class seats are only available on any international united flights. Find out more by watching this video or checking this out. However, the air fares bought via am is greater than booking via other places. The ability to put award seats on hold for 5 days makes using american miles one of the easiest ways to book japan airlines business class.
What is the best way to book cathay pacific business class. Only ticketed booking is eligible for extralegroom seat redemption. Oct 28, 2019 alaska mileage plan and cathay pacific asia miles both rank among the most effective frequent flyer programs for canadian travellers, and in many ways, the sweet spots of these two programs largely overlap with each other in the form of premium cabin redemptions to and from asia. The worlds best business class seats, and how to fly them on. The actual required miles and government and airport taxesfees plus all carrierimposed surcharges for all passengers will be advised at the time of booking.
Oct 18, 2017 booking flights to asia on korean air is a terrific use of korean air miles, because youll often pay less compared to other programs. You can now book american airlines premium economy with miles. If you wish to search for cathay pacific asia miles award seat, then you can follow the online instructions given below. Keep in mind that unlike american airlines, for example, they release seats 355 days in advance, so you might want to. Explore the cathay pacific experience including our premium lounges and other travel classes or book a flight with us, through the links below. To confirm the upgrade award or airport upgrade award booking, members must have a confirmed seat and ticket issued in an eligible fare class in the lower class of travel on the same flight. I went through hell trying to figure this ff program out the past 3 months and i wanted to share my knowledge so people dont make the same mistakes i did. Whats the best way of using asia miles points flyertalk. Just log on to the asia miles booking site and enter your travel information. How to use cathay asia miles generous waitlist policy. The most popular way to book qsuites is with american airlines points. No mileage points are rewarded for the amount paid for an extralegroom seat. If using american or alaska miles, theres no way to waitlist for a cathay award.
You can also transfer them from citi thankyou rewards and starwood preferred guest. No asia miles points are rewarded for the amount paid for reserve your seat. As a general rule, if youre flying from the west coast, your flights will cost. Best ways to book cathay pacific business class stepbystep. Cathay pacific asia miles changes who win and who loses. Asia miles has recently introduced the ability to book multicity maximum 4 citiesstopover awards from their web page. Asia miles is cathay pacifics frequent flyer program, and nowadays.
The ask for an award seat surges from todays 145,000 miles to 170,000 miles if you can snare one of the handful of standard award seats, and 255,000 miles if you have to settle for a choice award booking. What partner airlines can be booked with asia miles. But did you know that cathay pacific offers a virtually identical asia miles roundtheworld award for just 210,000 miles in business class. Heres a stepbystep booking guide for your asia miles to fly qsuites. Before you get too happy, keep in mind this doesnt affect your existing stash of asia miles.
Asia miles choice award and tailored award give you a better chance of booking a seat on cathay pacific and cathay dragon even on popular routes or during. You can also include a stopover and an openjaw but doing so will make the booking cost more miles. For added flexibility, you can redeem a oneway choice tailored award and oneway. Hk travel blog on booking flights to mainland china.
Cathay pacific marco polo club use of asia miles for aa flight hi i am trying to burn some asia miles earned on cathay for a flight on american airlines. Asia miles choice award and tailored award give you a better chance of booking a seat on cathay pacific and cathay dragon even on popular routes or during peak seasons. Cathay pacific marco polo club how exactly does cx waitlist work for awards. Under this system, asia miles says at least 20 per cent more seats. Asia miles award cannot select seat flyertalk forums. One of the biggest benefits of the asia miles program is the ability to add a stopover to most award tickets. Hong kongbased oneworld alliance member cathay pacific is a favourite carrier of ours here at point hacks, offering one of the most superior and consistent first and business class experiences of any premium carrier in the world. Thats cathays elite status program and is separate from their award redemption program asia miles. Aug 27, 2019 to book on other partner airlines, submit a flight award request form when you sign into your membership awards account and a customer service representative will contact you. Asia miles award charts are distancebased, with sydney to doha falling into the more expensive zone e and the other three destinations into the cheaper zone d. Members of marco polo club are automatically enrolled as asia miles members, using the same membership number for accrual and redemption purpose. Asia miles gives earning and redemption mechanisms a major. Earn and spend asia miles every day, on everything.
Cathay award flights between the us and asia cost 70,000 miles in first class, and you can include a free stopover in hong kong, even on a oneway ticket. How to book cheap qantas award flights with asia miles. You can reserve your seats during online redemption booking, or go to manage booking for. Deciphering the new cathay pacific asia miles award. The best businessclass seats to book with amex points. To make a booking you require a minimum of 7,000 award miles. This articles will look at the options for award flights with cathay pacific, cathay dragon and the many partner airlines and explain some ways to get the best value. Qantas first class award seats are notoriously difficult to book.
We now offer advance seat reservations to our passengers. Do you know these secret ways to book cathay pacific award. Cathay pacific asia miles mixed cabin award pricing. You can book qsuites using the points from any oneworld partner. Cathay pacific marco polo club seat upgrades with asia miles if you contact asia miles, will they tell you if there are upgrade seats available on a specific flightdate before you actually book the seats you want to upgrade. Sep 18, 2019 as highlighted above, the cathay pacific asia miles scheme offers extremely favourable redemption costs when compared to qantas and the value is now even stronger with the qantas increases to points needed for premium award seats. Next time when youre travelling with cathay pacific or cathay dragon, dont forget to redeem extralegroom seats through asia miles for a better, more. Go to the official asia miles website and then click on redeem miles section which is available on the topside. Qatar airways typically has high fuel surcharges, which american airlines does not charge for. And korean air usually makes plenty of award seats available. Cathay pacific asia miles cheat sheet for using your miles.
This list is an update of this past post, and like with that one, the selections included. It has a wide range of points earn partners, including most of the major credit card rewards programs in australia. One benefit of using asia miles to book jal business and first class awards is that you are allowed a stopover. You can now redeem your miles for premium economy seats on american airlines partners british airways, cathay pacific, iberia, japan airlines and qantas. The biggest challenge will definitely be searching for award availability. Miles can be redeemed for hotel stays or car hire internationally direct through an online booking portal. If a passenger decides to rebook the flightdate, regular seat payment can be transferred to the new flightdate within the same booking. With 110,000 asia miles, you can book a oneway firstclass flight from the u. Best ways to book qantas business class with points step. For the oneway flight award except the one world multicarrier awards and hk express, a maximum of 2 sectors are allowed, with only 1 transfer provided the transfer is no longer than. Anything longer than 7,500 miles will be priced at a higher 125,000 miles in first class. Other options for booking japan airlines any of japan airlines oneworld partners, including british airways, can be used to book award flights.
The total mileage price for flying jfk to hong kong in first class and then to johannesburg in economy comes to only 87,500 cathay pacific asia miles. Jul 04, 2019 for other partners, or complex routing and stopovers, you will usually have to call asia miles to book tickets, booking asia miles for cathay pacific. And since united is a member of the star alliance, miles can be used to book business class travel on other. Its easy to earn korean air miles by transferring flexible points from chase ultimate rewards and starwood. Then i tried 6 months in advance for july still no seats. You may be aware that you can fly around the world in business class for 280,000 qantas points. I havent seen any data points with any carrier where someone reserves seats with a partner and then they lose the seat when they call to complete the booking. Philippine airlines own mabuhay miles program may actually be the most challenging way to book award seats. They told me they could not book seats until 6 months before date of travel and then when i rang there were no seats available 2 weeks before or until 2 weeks after when i wanted to travel. Apr 16, 2019 the surprisingly hard way to book pal awards. I booked my leg out on cathay pacific using alaskan miles going out. How to book award travel with cathay pacific asia miles.
You can change your travel dates for a fee of usd25 or 1,000 asia miles online form or usd40 or 4,000 asia miles other channels by contacting us prior to your original departure date. It can make sense to collect miles with different airlines than what you want to fly. Hong kongbased oneworld alliance member cathay pacific is a favourite carrier of ours here at point hacks, offering one of the most superior and consistent first and business class experiences of any premium carrier in the world the airline offers a highfrequency schedule between australia and hong kong and onto. Reserve your seat is nontransferable and nonrerouteable. Usually, alaska miles are the cheapest way to book business class, but dont forget to check out asia miles. Theres also nothing you can do if cathay doesnt release the space. The program is not a transfer partner of any credit card program and does not participate in the marriott bonvoy airline transfer program.
Everything you need to know about cathay pacific asia miles. Its cheaper to book qantas first class with asia miles than qantas points. Oct 30, 2018 it takes 60,000 miles to book a roundtrip award flight in coach from the u. With this bonus, your next trip to asia is paid for with bonus miles. Singapore airlines makes it relatively easy to redeem your miles for a businessclass seat on its a350 between san francisco and singapore. It has a wide range of points earn partners, including most of the major credit card rewards programs in australia however, the program is not without its intricacies and quirks. You can ensure youre sitting with your friends or family or simply secure your preferred seats.