Cathay Pacific Asia Miles 10% Credit Card Transfer Bonus

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles 10% Credit Card Transfer Bonus

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Cathay Pacific Asia Miles is incentivizing points transfers from credit card partners outside of Hong Kong. While it’s not the most exciting deal ever, it has the potential to be a good deal if you’d otherwise make such a transfer.

Cathay Pacific offering 10% bonus on credit card transfers

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles is offering a 10% transfer bonus when you convert credit card points into miles with the program. There are some terms to be aware of (find the full terms & conditions here):

  • Registration is required to take part in this offer
  • This promotion is valid for transfers between December 29, 2023, and March 31, 2024
  • The promotion is only available to members who have a mailing address outside of Hong Kong linked to their account, and only points transfers from programs outside Hong Kong qualify
  • The 10% bonus miles will post within 8-10 weeks of the end of the promotion, so that’s a very long time to wait
  • There’s no limit to how many bonus miles you can earn with this promotion, and you can take advantage of it multiple times
Take advantage of a 10% transfer bonus

Often we see transfer bonuses being offered directly by credit card rewards programs, but in this case the bonus is being offered by Asia Miles. That’s why you won’t see this promotion when you go to the credit card rewards pages to transfer points. The standard points should post quickly, and then expect to wait many weeks for the 10% bonus to post.

As a reminder, in the United States, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles is transfer partners with Amex Membership Rewards, Bilt RewardsCapital One, and Citi ThankYou.

Redeem miles for Cathay Pacific business class

Is this Cathay Pacific Asia Miles transfer bonus worth it?

While Cathay Pacific is one of my favorite airlines in the world, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles is far from my favorite frequent flyer program. At least that was the case historically, for a couple of reasons:

  • If you want to redeem for travel on Cathay Pacific, you’re typically better off booking through some partner programs, like American AAdvantage or Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
  • Cathay Pacific Asia Miles’ partner award chart isn’t terribly lucrative, as redemption rates can be high, and fuel surcharges can also be steep

That being said, perhaps this program is a bit more useful than in the past. With Cathay Pacific’s almost non-existent award space through partner programs, Cathay Pacific continues to release at least some premium cabin award space to members of its own program. So whether it’s a limited amount of transpacific first class award space or intra-Asia business class award space, the Asia Miles program leaves you best positioned for these redemptions.

For what it’s worth, below is the Asia Miles award chart for travel on Cathay Pacific flights.

Asia Miles award chart for travel on Cathay Pacific

One valuable partner sweet spot of the program is that when booking through Asia Miles, British Airways flights have lower carrier imposed surcharges than through other programs.

I love Cathay Pacific, but not Asia Miles

Bottom line

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles is offering a 10% transfer bonus when you transfer credit card rewards to the program. Just be sure you register, make the transfer by March 31, 2024, and that you’re not based in Hong Kong, and you’ll receive a 10% bonus 8-10 weeks after the promotion ends.

While this is hardly the most lucrative promotion ever, it’s worth taking advantage of if you’re going to make a transfer anyway. For example, I recently used the Asia Miles program to book a Cathay Pacific award ticket, as partner programs didn’t have any award space.

I wouldn’t take advantage of this speculatively, but if you have a specific use in mind and you know what you’re doing, this could be worth it.

Anyone taking advantage of this Asia Miles transfer bonus?

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  1. PUNCH B LUI Guest

    If I transferred and redeemed point before the bonus period ends, (March 31, 2024), will I still be awarded bonus points after ?

  2. Frank B Gold

    That's not the current Asia Miles Award Chart. They now have ultra-short, Short 1, Short 2, Medium, Long, and ultra-long and the miles are all higher.

    (Just booked LAX-HKG in J for 84K)

    https://flights.cathaypacific.com/en_US/redeem-flights/flight-award-chart.html

    1. Ben Schlappig OMAAT

      @ Frank B -- Whoops, my mistake! Updating that now. Thanks.

    2. TP Guest

      https://www.asiamiles.com/en/earn-miles/finance-insurance.html#other-partner-credit-cards

      I don't see Capital One on the list.

  3. Andrew Guest

    Only going to be worth it if you can stack with another bonus. I've done this before and gotten 35%.

  4. ND Guest

    Although Asia Miles/Cathay Pacific is not the most lucrative frequent flyer program, Asia Miles offers the best availability for premium cabin awards on Cathay Pacific flights. The route network for origination/destination to/from southeast Asia is amongst the best, especially if coming from America and connecting in Hong Kong.
    The recent devaluations, fuel/miscellaneous surcharges, and cancellation fees (cash or points) are also negatives. Asia Miles seemingly offers transfer bonuses at least annually, often 10-15% (sometimes...

    Although Asia Miles/Cathay Pacific is not the most lucrative frequent flyer program, Asia Miles offers the best availability for premium cabin awards on Cathay Pacific flights. The route network for origination/destination to/from southeast Asia is amongst the best, especially if coming from America and connecting in Hong Kong.
    The recent devaluations, fuel/miscellaneous surcharges, and cancellation fees (cash or points) are also negatives. Asia Miles seemingly offers transfer bonuses at least annually, often 10-15% (sometimes but rarely higher). Keep in mind that other frequent flyer programs have also devalued, so Asia Miles is still preferable to United Airlines for trans Pacific awards to southeast Asia, for example. Availability for Cathay Pacific premium cabin award flights is not good via AAdvantage.

    I will be taking advantage of this bonus to top off miles I already have, but my focus has switched to ANA's Mileage Club for future trans-Pac awards. My latest booked trip through ANA from the US to BKK is 110000 miles RT in Business class, half the miles needed for a similar Asia Miles award.

    1. Lee Guest

      How did you book your ANA award trip? I've been trying forever and couldn't find anything except waitlist from SFO to Tokyo, HKG, Seoul, Taipei. Thanks for any tips.

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PUNCH B LUI Guest

If I transferred and redeemed point before the bonus period ends, (March 31, 2024), will I still be awarded bonus points after ?

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TP Guest

https://www.asiamiles.com/en/earn-miles/finance-insurance.html#other-partner-credit-cards I don't see Capital One on the list.

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Lee Guest

How did you book your ANA award trip? I've been trying forever and couldn't find anything except waitlist from SFO to Tokyo, HKG, Seoul, Taipei. Thanks for any tips.

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