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Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
Program overview
Asia Miles is the frequent flyer program of Cathay Pacific, member of the Oneworld Alliance. This program has a lot of airline, hotel and credit card partners. Asia Miles offers some great reward opportunities and attractive pricing. Its 48 hours transfer policy (closer to 24 in many cases) combined with courtesy holds for award reservations and waitlist option awards make it an excellent Oneworld transfer partner for credit card points.
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Program website | |
Approximate miles value | 1.2 cents per mile |
Miles validity | Asia Miles do not expire as long as you earn or burn at least once every 18 months |
Program accrual | Based on a combination of cabin class, fare class and distance zone |
Limit on amount of miles you can purchase | 30% of the desired award |
Waitlist option | Yes for Cathay Pacific flights only |
Courtesy Hold for award reservation | Allowed |
Do you need to open an account to check availability? | Yes |
Stopover option | No stopovers for one-way tickets. 1 stopover is allowed for round-trip |
Family account | No |
Upgrade option | Yes |
Online booking | Yes |
Airline partners | Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Bangkok Airways, British Airways, Fiji Airways, Finnair, Gulf air, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LATAM, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, S7, Sri Lankan Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, SWISS, Shenzhen Airlines |
Credit card partners | American Express (1:1, 48 hours transfer), Citi ThankYou (1:1, instant transfer), Capital One (1:1, up to 48 hours transfer) |
Hotel partners | IHG Rewards (5:1, 6 weeks transfer), Marriott Bonvoy (3:1, 5 days transfer), Hilton Honors (10:1, up to 30 days transfer), World of Hyatt (2.5:1, 6-8 weeks transfer ), Radisson Rewards (10:1, 4-6 weeks transfer), Accor Live Limitless (2:1, 4-6 weeks transfer), Best Western Rewards (5:1, 4-6 weeks transfer) |
Co-Branded credit card in the US | Cathay Pacific Airways Visa from Synchrony Bank |
Point/Miles Conversion Chart
Pros
- Free date changes
- Waitlist Cathay Pacific awards free of charge is possible
- Good price and availability for Oneworld airlines
Cons
- One-way awards are allowed but cost more than half the round trip awards
- The stopover can be booked over the phone only
- Redemptions are limited to the nominated people per account
Excellent for
- From any Australian city to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific in Premium Economy for 30,000 miles.
- From Melbourne to Tokyo in Qantas or Japan Airlines in Business for 70,000 miles.
- From Sydney to Los Angeles in Qantas First Class for 120,000 miles.
- From the US to Asia in First Class for 110,000 miles, in Business Class for 70,000 miles.
- From the US to Europe on American Airlines for 50,000 in Business class.
- From the US to Europe on British Airways for 50,000 in Business class with significantly lower taxes than with British Airways Avios.
- Qatar Airways or Royal Jordanian flights from the US to the Middle East for 75,000 in Business Class.
Insider Tip
- This is an “old-fashioned” program that still offers free stopovers, waitlists and award reservation courtesy holds. On a round-trip ticket, you’re allowed a maximum of four sectors and a single stopover.
- You can redeem a hotel, car rental or experience award for anyone in your redemption group (up to 5 people). Thereafter, a Member may replace an existing Nominee or add a new Nominee to replace a previously deleted Nominee up to three times per Membership Year. It costs $50 to replace an existing Nominee.
- If you see a British Airways operated flight available through Avios or AAdvantage, the same award would be available through Asia miles with much lower taxes, especially in premium classes. Asia miles partners with many of the same cards as British Airways Avios.
- Asia Miles is the most attractive Oneworld transfer partner from Capital One, followed by Qantas.
- The Homebase Stopover Strategy works well for Hong Kong based travelers.
Do you use this program? Share your experience and tips in the comments below. Your thoughts would be very valuable to us!
Choose where you are going from and to by selecting the respective zones. There are two ways to choose your origin and destination - you can either select the zones they fall into on the map or by clicking on the bars above the map and entering the city name or airport code into the search fields.
- Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
- Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
- Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name.
- Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page.
- The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each.
- Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account. Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like.
- Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Do not transfer any miles until you confirm the desired option is available on the airline’s website. Note the transfer time and hold the reservation if possible before transferring any miles.
- Remember all transfers are final as you would not be able to send the points back to your credit card. If your trip is cancelled your miles will go back to the respective airline account.
- Transferring points to airline's frequent flyer programs is not the only way to obtain the award ticket. You can also redeem the points through your credit card directly by using the Book Travel option. You can find out more by checking out our Credit card reward tab on Wikimiles home page.
- WikiMiles Crew is always here to answer any questions. For an additional fee we can also assist you with the bookings. Use the Contact us section to reach out to us.
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