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Cathay Pacific Devaluation, Changes Coming in October

Jul 6, 2023 2 years ago

Cathay Pacific Devaluation

Cathay Pacific has announced a devaluation of its loyalty and frequent-flyer program, Asia Miles. The airline disclosed this devaluation through a statement posted on its official website. According to the statement, starting from October 1, 2023, the flight award charts for redemption tickets will be revised in order to offer “increased seat availability”.

However, this update entails significant price hikes overall, with certain awards experiencing an increase of nearly 30%. Hardest hit are Premium cabin awards, while some Economy awards see a modest decrease in pricing.

Ultra long flights business class awards for Cathay Pacific flights go from 85,000 miles to 110,000 miles, and first class from 125,000 miles to 160,000 miles.

Long flights business class awards go from 70,000 miles to 84,000 miles, and first class from 110,000 miles to 125,000 miles. Medium flights business class awards go from 45,000 miles to 58,000 miles, and first class awards go from 70,000 miles to 90,000 miles.

Partner awards also have increases of about 20% across the board for Premium cabin. Check out the new and old charts below.

New Award Chart for travel on Cathay Pacific

Distance zone Economy Premium Economy Business First Ultra-short

1-750 miles

7,500 11,000 16,000 N/A Short – Type 1

751-2,750 miles

10,000 20,000 28,000 43,000 Short – Type 2

751-2,750 miles

12,500 23,000 32,000 50,000 Medium

2,751-5,000 miles

20,000 38,000 58,000 90,000 Long

5,001-7,500 miles

27,000 50,000 84,000 125,000 Ultra-long

7,501+ miles

38,000 75,000 110,000 160,000

Old Award Chart for travel on Cathay Pacific

Distance zone Economy Premium Economy Business First Ultra-short

1-750 miles

7,500 11,000 16,000 25,000 Short

751-2,750 miles

10,000 18,000 25,000 40,000 Medium

2,751-5,000 miles

22,000 30,000 45,000 70,000 Long – Type 1

5,000-7,500 miles

30,000 40,000 65,000 100,000 Long – Type 2

5,000-7,500 miles

30,000 45,000 70,000 110,000 Ultra-long

7,501+ miles

42,000 60,000 85,000 125,000

New oneworld Award Chart

Award zone Distance in actual miles Economy Business First 01 0 – 1,000 30,000 60,000 75,000 02 1,001 – 1,500 35,000 65,000 85,000 03 1,501 – 2,000 40,000 70,000 95,000 04 2,001 – 4,000 45,000 80,000 110,000 05 4,001 – 7,500 63,000 100,000 150,000 06 7,501 – 9,000 68,000 120,000 165,000 07 9,001 – 10,000 77,000 135,000 175,000 08 10,001 – 14,000 95,000 170,000 250,000 09 14,001 – 18,000 105,000 210,000 310,000 10 18,001 – 20,000 115,000 230,000 330,000 11 20,001 – 25,000 126,000 250,000 350,000 12 25,001 – 35,000 140,000 265,000 365,000 13 35,001 – 50,000 160,000 280,000 380,000

Old oneworld Award Chart

Award zone Distance in actual miles Economy Business First 01 0 – 1,000 30,000 55,000 70,000 02 1,001 – 1,500 30,000 60,000 80,000 03 1,501 – 2,000 35,000 65,000 90,000 04 2,001 – 4,000 35,000 70,000 95,000 05 4,001 – 7,500 60,000 90,000 140,000 06 7,501 – 9,000 65,000 100,000 150,000 07 9,001 – 10,000 70,000 110,000 160,000 08 10,001 – 14,000 90,000 135,000 220,000 09 14,001 – 18,000 100,000 155,000 250,000 10 18,001 – 20,000 105,000 165,000 260,000 11 20,001 – 25,000 115,000 185,000 280,000 12 25,001 – 35,000 130,000 210,000 300,000 13 35,001 – 50,000 150,000 240,000 345,000

HT: VFTW