How to Book Cathay Pacific Business Class Flight with Points

[@trangofhearts]

Just followed this video and wanted to leave my experience here for others! - Called Cathay to put 2 tickets on hold, but was only able to get it for 24 hours. 5 minute wait time to reach an operator. - AMEX MR & Capitol One points transferred immediately. - Total time from calling Cathay to finishing the booking took a total of 45 minutes! Had to go back and forth a little because I didn't receive the final confirmation until I called a second time. So I imagine this could have taken 30 minutes or less if everything went smoothly. Thanks so much!! This is for our honeymoon (:

[@MaxMilesPoints]

👏🏼 thanks for the data points I’ll pin this comment! And great job on the redemption! Glad you found award availability

[@Chan-w5n]

what would be the best number to call Cathay to put on hold?

[@darith770]

Their Toll free number@@Chan-w5n

[@Milker57]

Also, you literally have the exact content and help that I have been looking for months. Thank you for all of your effort.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Glad you’re here! Thanks for watching!

[@liamkenny1334]

doesent seem like a viable option anymore cathay pacific doesent have any business reward availabilty anymore, woulld love to see updated video for business class to asia

[@retire14pattaya9]

Cathay was my only carrier until Hong Kong policy practically destroyed them. I was basically abandoned in Thailand without even notice by them that my flights were cancelled. Cannot trust them now And their flights are now ridiculously Expensive. Switched to JAL.

[@wzdm227]

you should mention that people usually need to book far ahead, typically 11 months, for rewards business class tickets from CX

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Award availability is shown in the last couple minutes of the video most of it is 11+ months out. BOS-HKG has decent award space in July and beyond

[@paopaokaka8646]

Thank you Max! This is the learning I desperately needed 😊

[@Golfexpertbelieveme]

you should do a video on a travel hack and see how that does. I think it would be popular. Like show how I should approach searching and finding the right deals with the points that I have from a beginners stand point. I am wanting to go to go on a 5 year anniversary trip in Jan or Feb 2024. Would like it to be somewhere warm for 7-10 days. Here are the points that I have: Southwest 80k (I know their availability is onlt like 6 months out or less) - Chase 520k - IHG 570k - Hyatt 70k - Hilton 251K

[@jp1483]

I get error messages when adding HKG as stopover. I made sure to find award availability on both legs.

[@MillerJeremiah]

How do you find out where Cathay flies though? I want to fly from dfw to MTY

[@thejokerjoker508]

I transferred capital one points into Asia miles and the transfer was instant👌

[@anthonychung3341]

I flew business from Toronto YYZ to Auckland AKL via HKG in Business Class for only 85,000 Asia Miles. 26 hours of business class with lounge access for both sectors this past September 2023. Now as of October 1 2023, it costs 110,000 Asia Miles for the same reward.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Yeah Cathay devalued their redemptions a couple months ago

[@LebronCCP]

weird when i search for lax to hkg, and press the calendar, it says no flights available for business/first

[@sbr1214]

I called Cathey pacific, they don’t hold the reservation unless you have enough miles in your account

[@MillerJeremiah]

How did you find out which cities in the U.S you could fly out if

[@warren7838]

Thanks for helpful video. Not sure if it still works since as of Jan 25, 2024, there are zero PE or Biz for all of 2024 JFK - HKG.

[@xunyangful]

very helpful ! hope I can get something for Oct and Nov this year!!

[@justinmei2660]

I was able to put my ticket on hold for 48 hours by calling but wait times for an operator were 45 mins+

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Awesome good to know! Did they charge you for the hold?

[@abrahamtam729]

Hey Justin, what phone number did you call?

[@justinmei2660]

@@MaxMilesPoints they did not!

[@fopguy41]

Hi Justin - you called Cathay and they said they would hold a redemption ticket for 48 hours? I called Cathay in HK and they said they can't hold redemption tickets. Can only hold paid tickets. Did you have to sweet talk them?

[@koled354]

Any tips for nyc to delhi other than aeroplan?

[@carminaseg9407]

Hi Max, great video! I would like to request your help on how to book business class to the Philippines. Thank you!

[@JadeF-zh2il]

Would you be able to do a video on how to book a long layover/stop over without needing to use more miles? Thank you!

[@darith770]

It's simple

[@MusicandTravel-2024]

Any ideas where to look best for business SFO to Spain or Italy fall of 2023 ? Any help greatly appreciated thx 🙏

[@heyalenka19]

love this but literally always says no rewards available for feb 2024 from jfk to bali

[@kevinyychen]

Excellent video, thank you! When adding a connection, for example, SFO to HK with a stop at Tokyo, is there a way to extend the Tokyo stop for multiple days?

[@darith770]

Probably

[@TerranceYu]

Typically how many seats does Cathay open up per flight? How likely for a family of 4?

[@gabe1784]

I have a question. There are a limited amount of award seats, do they also limit which seats on the flight that are for awards or is that first come first serve with selection?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

First come first serve seat selection!

[@usagi728]

How about with chase point

[@philip5899]

Chase points don’t transfer to Cathay Pacific?

[@alex4chang]

Any tips on flying out to ICN (South Korea) with AMEX points, by any chance? Love your content Max!

[@DrMarvo]

When you're doing an initial search to go to a country (Japan, Maldives, etc), how do you know what airline will be best?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

You can use flightconnections.com to find airline routing

[@abrahamtam729]

@max what is the best phone number to call to put award space on hold?

[@henryfong6327]

I just used Asia miles for 170000 points for myself from JFK to HKG on 11/1 business class. Not sure how you can use only 1/2 of what I used for. I booked it on 2/2/23

[@jeffreycantor4339]

Any tips to flying business class to Philippines? Highly appreciated 😊

[@aracelieangeles9393]

Hi , i have so many questions regarding on how asia miles works. As per my boss he said we can look for an available flight on the other airlines then call asia miles and tell the flight that we want to book from other airlines, then i spoke to asia miles and told me that we can only look the available flight for other airlines only on asia miles website. Honestly i am really having a hard time to understand how this things work, i am hoping you can help me out here. Thank you!

[@ratchfordgeorge]

It seems to me that airlines don't really want you to use redemption miles, am i wrong?

[@吃饭不影响我变瘦]

I tried AA, don’t know why, there’s was no business class available to redeem. I’m looking to use Alaska miles, but need to check the availability on AA. Not really getting it why sometimes business class is not available.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

I actually searched this yesterday Cathay Pacific has VERY limited award space open to partner airlines like AA or Alaska. Sometimes if you search on Cathay’s website they open more award availability to Cathay Asia miles members.

[@吃饭不影响我变瘦]

@@MaxMilesPoints I guess if I can find it available for mile redemption on any oneworld member airlines’ website, I can just call Alaska Airlines to try redeem it. Alaska don’t have it on their website, but able to redeem with phone call without phone booking fee. Weird.

[@bibi-pg5ki]

hi ! i read asia miles have some partner besides cathay (qatar airways , qantas, malaysia airlines etc). can we redeem to other airlines from asia miles?

[@canadianaviator]

Hi, I’m trying to book YYZ or YVR- HKG but it says there are no redemption seats available for this flight, for flights as far as a year away. Can we get around this???

[@aaronshang5762]

Amex MR to Asia Miles is only 1:0.75 here in Canada 😢

[@SravanBarla]

Any tips to book ticket from NA to India ??

[@funsvlog7954]

what credit card points can you transfer to Asian miles?

[@louiswong2941]

I just tried to book YYZ to HKG using Asia Miles. Am I correct that AA is showing the calendar anymore - showing the available seats? Thanks

[@louiswong2941]

Oops.... typo - AA is not showing the calendar anymore.

[@brucebanksshow]

I wish you talked about economy too

[@edmundohidalgo2059]

I was able to book SF to Hong Kong with a layover in Tokyo - so not direct on JA and Cathy Pacific from Tokyo to HongKong. Do you have a preference in flying JA or CAX?? This flight was also at 70k AA miles on business class. 0:45

[@mlee8821]

I’ve flown both. Cathay is more comfortable. Japan airline just has better food.

[@MrCrimsonpix]

Thx for all the great videos Max. Will be looking into this redemption for Bos-Bkk in 2024 for 2 Bus. tix. All the best in 2023!

[@afzalshaikh2128]

I had Asia miles and I had to get rid of them due them expiring and availability being so scarce

[@tanyap.871]

Hi Max, first thank you for your helpful travel tips. I am planning a trip to Hong Kong from the US. I don’t have the credit cards you mentioned in your vlog. Can I use Chase Sapphire or BOA to transfer points? If not is there another flight I can use with these cards that would give great point deals in first class?

[@darith770]

Watch the video again for these answers

[@DrummyCovers15]

How can I go from jfk to hkg and stop over in Taipei?

[@Nita-du8kx]

Hi Max! Can I get some help with booking a flight to hk with my capital one miles? From the video I get that it takes 85,000 miles to book it (which if you convert the amount from hk to usd it is $300 something) but is that how you calculate the worth? I was calulating it since it uses 85,000 miles from my capital one miles (and capital one miles is 100 miles is $1) wouldn't it tech mean I paid $850 this? I am trying to go from JFK to HK, HK to Taiwan, Taiwan back to JFK. Thanks!

[@DrummyCovers15]

I would like to know as well!

[@dragone7e]

Thank you Max for all your helpful videos for newbie like me! Do you have any suggestion on what's the best program for flight from US west coast to Europe, stopover and continue to SE Asia? Appreciate it!

[@darith770]

Yes

[@lauraliu3702]

Hey Max, thank you for making this video. I tried searching for flights from LAX to HK and then to mainland China. In the video, you mentioned flying from the WC cost 70,000 miles, when I checked it is now 85,000 miles. I wonder if I am doing something wrong or do you know if this is the new rate? The total quoted milage from Cathy's website (LAX to mainland China) was 110,000 miles. Wondering if this is a decent rate? Thank you!

[@darith770]

Just book mang

[@harshavardanareddyalavala6632]

Hi, can i book a ticket for my friend using miles that are on my asia miles account.

[@amanday8776]

How about HKG to JFK?

[@haikyuufanstrytoplayvolley3056]

any tips for flying to JFK from SFO since emirates is no longer a partnership :(

[@thezeta]

Great content Max. In your other videos you point out that we can maximize using stopovers when redeeming for other airlines or booking services. Is this not the case for Asia Miles? Second question, what if I want to use my chase ultimate reward points which are not supported directly?

[@darith770]

Watch the video again for question 2

[@AM-nm1oe]

What's weird is it's 16hrs from LAX or JFK

[@PeterChauC]

Are you able to do one to Japan in business in April? I’ve been looking but it’s all 175k :(

[@ratchfordgeorge]

it seems to be all a game. i have the miles to go from New york to Bangkok in August but, did not see any avaliblity until later in the year. They could simply put a calendar up with the space available but, that would be too easy for you.

[@trauden7684]

Best is Alaska miles. Only 50k for CX business class to Asia with a free stopover in HK. Too bad they change restrictions too late. I changed my March trip 2 weeks ago to only stopover in HK then catch another flight to Hanoi instead. Going to Sapa. Its a long layover so maybe I can hang out in HK and dim sum before reboarding for my flight.

[@Sammi_Kristiansen]

He's a Canadian. He may have a hard time to open BoA cards

[@trauden7684]

​@@Sammi_Kristianseni didn't know BOA is not allowed for Canadians. I believed he had mentioned using Amex.

[@sfjava6239]

True, but using Alaska miles to book CX business class is difficult. I played with Alaska app to search a flight one year in advance and there is no business class seat available from SFO to HKG.

[@trauden7684]

@@sfjava6239 if you searched in the last 2 years of covid pandemic then yes. But they are reopening routes at a fast clip and I expect them to open up more award space already if not soon so keep trying.

[@sfjava6239]

@@trauden7684 Thanks, I will try it later.

[@Re3iRtH]

Is first class available on those flights?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

I didn't see any availability for first class while searching, but then again I wasn't really looking

[@latoyahicks5995]

Can you make videos about how to travel with miles in Africa?

[@xmich3lle]

Tips for Korea pleaseeeee 🙏

[@lorettachan9770]

Every flight from SFO - HKG I looked at had no award flights available :(

[@ratchfordgeorge]

I don't think they want you to redeem.

[@velcroadhesive]

Is there anyway I can transfer chase points to Asia miles? I don’t have enough Amex points but I have a ton of chase points

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Unfortunately no 😕you can book via British Airways but it’s a lot of points over 100k each way

[@Nameless-hy7fu]

Hey dude I am applying for one of those cards today to get bonus so i can use to travel business to hk in july. Teach me how? I will juse ur referral

[@ratchfordgeorge]

Most sign up bonuses will not be enough to book business class. You have to do a monthly spend to add to the bonus.

[@aliciawong7740]

Bilt transfers to AA haha but yes hard to get AA miles

[@MaxMilesPoints]

You're right! oops! thanks for correct me!

[@sheilaedwards5942]

Hey Max i have enjoyed your video and searching for best tips how to get to scotland late summer of 2023 can you share your tips ? thank you for the help

[@joethong726]

Can we do LAX - HKG - LHR and still be 70K?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

If you can get it to price out on Cathay it would be 85k That much distance flown would fall into the Ultra Long Range distance band which is 85k

[@joethong726]

@@MaxMilesPoints OH yeah, i was thinking of 85k but typed 70k. I wonder if CX allows stopovers just like Alaska?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

@@joethong726 they don’t allow stopovers on one way tickets. The only allow stopovers on round-trip tickets!

[@joethong726]

@@MaxMilesPoints Nice to know!

[@eric12321king]

Hey! Can you do a business class video from LAX to Europe in Feb / Mar 2023 using British / Iberia / Avios or Skymiles?

[@Milker57]

First.

[@coolbreeze253]

Somewhat disagree that AA miles (AAdvantage) are hard to get. Starting in 2014, I began getting American Citi and Barclay credit cards. Using normal spend, (paid in full monthly) but putting a large amount down on a car purchase and some home renovations and appliances also, I currently have over 900,000 American miles. Oh, and that's after several domestic 1st class redemptions, a business class redemption for two from ATL-ORD-HKG with AA and CX as well as two separate business/first trips for two HKG-JFK, LGA-ATL with CX and AA. Last years flights in business were for two ATL-DFW-LHR with AA, LHR-ATH with partner BA, returning IST-LHR-BA business, then LHR-ATL in BA first. (Just try to avoid BA when possible due to their outlandish "fuel surcharges".) No, I'm not wealthy, retired too, but with excellent credit and enough income to pay the credit card amounts when they come in. Oh yeah, I also have over 900,000 with UA and Chase which is helpful when AA wants 135K a pop for our April return from Spain and UA wants 90K!

[@darith770]

Lies

[@zrivera4950]

I think Cathay Pacific did away with Business class award seats... 😵‍💫

[@MaxMilesPoints]

To partner airlines, yes. Easier to book via Cathay Pacific though much more award space

[@wanderrhea]

Any tricks if I have UR points? Thanks in advance

[@MaxMilesPoints]

No unfortunately, you can book via british airways but it’s more points like 100k+ points

[@wanderrhea]

@@MaxMilesPoints Thanks Max, yep I see that 😞

[@shellybee114]

To make a connection flight lax to Hong Kong to Manila do you search multiple stops? How do you search anding a connection flight?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Search one way LAX to MNL . You won’t be able to do a stopover in Hong Kong on a one way ticket.

[@markkaroo]

bruh i did this an saw absolutely no availability

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Yeah I can't control award availability. Cathay Pacific hasn't released much the last two years

[@The_Turd_Ferguson]

It says business class but its not. and those arent lie flats.

[@gablecheung4547]

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