Cathay Pacific updated its award flight pricing earlier this month, and many redemptions have become more expensive. This was the first major Asia Miles devaluation since 2018.
When announcing the 2023 devaluation in July, Cathay also revealed the new award pricing that would apply to Cathay Pacific flights. But Cathay no longer publishes a partner airline award chart. This means we only learned what the new partner airline award pricing would be after the changes took effect on 1 October 2023.
Cathay also no longer provides an online pricing calculator. This makes it difficult to compare options, so we’ve done the hard work and created our own award chart. To the best of our knowledge, this accurately reflects the new Asia Miles partner award pricing. All prices are for one-way flights.
Note that the Asia Miles “airline partners award” pricing applies to redemptions on Oneworld and other partner airlines, or awards using a combination of Cathay Pacific and one other partner airline. For awards using two or more Oneworld partner airlines, the Asia Miles Oneworld multi-carrier award pricing applies.
Cathay airline partners award chart as of October 2023
Here’s the chart showing the number of Asia Miles needed for different types of partner airline awards:
| Miles flown: | 1-750 | 751-2,750 | 2,751-5,000 | 5,001-7,500 | 7,501+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy | 10,000 | 15,000 | 27,000 | 40,000 | 47,000 |
| Premium Economy | 14,000 | 25,000 | 43,000 | 55,000 | 80,000 |
| Business | 20,000 | 33,000 | 63,000 | 89,000 | 115,000 |
| First | 30,000 | 53,000 | 100,000 | 135,000 | 170,000 |
Please note that these mileage amounts may vary by route and airline, and are subject to change. You can check the exact number of miles needed for any particular Cathay redemption by searching for seats on the Cathay Pacific website or calling the airline.
In general, these amounts are slightly higher than you could expect to pay when redeeming Asia Miles for equivalent flights operated by Cathay Pacific.
Previous Asia Miles airline partner award charts
By way of comparison, these were the amounts of Asia Miles needed for partner airline redemptions until 30 September 2023:
And this was the old award chart for bookings made prior to 22 June 2018:
How does the new award chart compare to the old one?
There haven’t been any major changes to Economy award pricing when redeeming Asia Miles for itineraries including partner airlines. The prices for short-haul flights under 750 miles are also the same as before.
There have been some significant price increases for longer flights in premium cabins. But Cathay’s award pricing is still relatively competitive compared to other Oneworld programs, including Qantas Frequent Flyer.
