Future award seat availability flying Cathay seems to have stopped

[ronlon]

Up until a few weeks ago when searching for MEL-HKG-MEL award seats flying CX for dates approximately 11-12 months in advance, there was availability being released on a daily basis. The availability is still there up until 27 March 2024 however nothing has been showing after this date for the last few weeks of searching. Does anyone have any thoughts or insight into this ?

 

[defurax]

Probably based on IATA summer and winter schedule (i.e. CX haven't confirmed their summer 2024 schedule yet so are not releasing award seats).

 

[RichardMEL]

Agree, they wouldn't have finalised the northern summer 24 schedules and all the rest so nothing released. patience.

 

[Luciana Lanza]

Agree, they wouldn't have finalised the northern summer 24 schedules and all the rest so nothing released. patience.

Thank you. Can I ask patience til when……might we expect something….been looking using the alaska airline miles but there’s been nothing for over a month. Thanks again

 

[flyerof]

any one know how many routes cathay fly out of aussie to Hongkong?

 

[MelbFlyer]

It does at times get difficult to find CX reward seats, you have to be quick.

any one know how many routes cathay fly out of aussie to Hongkong?

Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth are cities that CX flies to / from.

 

[anyonebutqantas]

CX has also been holding more back for its own Asia Miles members of late.

 

[jrfsp]

Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth are cities that CX flies to / from.

Will ADL come back?

 

[anyonebutqantas]

Will ADL come back?

One can only hope!

 

[johnjones878]

Just saw Cathay mentioned in the article on the front page about finding rewards seats in 2025. The context was CX is one of the QFF partner reward airlines that "sporadically releases more seats closer to departure".

Was recently looking up options to HKG for later this year as well up to February and March. Currently there seems to be almost next to none available for J departing BNE, yet funnily enough within the next 2 weeks or so there are some days with as many as 8+ J on CX. Not sure if this is just a post-CNY thing as there has been no new inventory added within the last week or two since I began searching. Does this mean going forward one would have to rely on last minute bookings at least for J seats?

 

[defurax]

CX can even be good for same day U class availability. Good to always have a carry-on bag ready!

 

[clifford]

Does this mean going forward one would have to rely on last minute bookings at least for J seats?

From my observation of CX availability, I'd say that it was quite likely. But forewarned is forearmed, and in any case, things can change at the drop of a hat.

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

CX can even be good for same day U class availability. Good to always have a carry-on bag ready!

Favouring the spontaneous traveller!

 

[johnjones878]

From my observation of CX availability, I'd say that it was quite likely. But forewarned is forearmed, and in any case, things can change at the drop of a hat.

Was just surprised as it feels so rare to see more than 1-2 J seats at a time outside of US airlines on Velocitiy and Qantas, let alone like 9x on one flight even if it's last minute dates lol.

 

[MelbFlyer]

A few days prior to my now completed business OWA in 2023, I was looking for any possible CX business seats from HKG to CDG direct to replace my AY flights from HKG to CDG via HEL.

I did find 2 business reward seats on CX, direct, but given the (at the time, maybe even still now) well known issues of partner ticketing and the issues surrounding them, I decided to just keep my booking as it was and took AY.

Wasn't willing to take the risk of losing all my flights a few days out from my trip.