r/CathayPacific

Title basically says it. Flying from the US to HK round trip, 15 hours direct. Premium economy is twice the price of economy. Ticket prices are insane at the moment, the PE seats on Cathay at the moment cost the same as business class a few years ago on Eva Air. Is PE really worth the upgrade? Is there a significant difference between the two? An upgrade to PE would be a big splurge for us, but we’d do it if it’s really worth it. Would appreciate any input and insights, cheers!

I only fly with business class, so usually boarding is right behind first class (if any).

My very first time travelling with Cathay Pacific. Holy moly, never seen that many group 1 in my entire life. Over 40+ people in economy for group 1 (none of them are in wheelchair, as they are all walking perfectly fine).The whole line is blocked, constant pushing and shoving.

How is this even possible?

I've just booked a trip to the UK leaving Auckland > Sydney (1hr50min layover) then Sydney>HK then HK>London

The Auckland>Sydney portion is on Qantas and the rest is on Cathay Pacific.

I booked it all through the Cathay website directly, so I am assuming that my bags will automatically get put on the flight from Sydney > HK and I wont have to collect and recheck them?

I'm a little worried that 1hr 50mins wont be enough time if i have to collect my bags, go through immigration and then re-check in?

Has anyone done this flight before or knows what the go is?
I've never done any long haul travel and this will also be my first solo trip so quite nervous

Any helpful tips?

Home airport is Chicago (ORD). I used to be able to fly BKK->HKG->ORD via CX756 and CX806. Now, there is no same day direct flight like this. It’s been replaced with cx700 which is conveniently somehow departing and arriving a few minutes too “late” for CX806. Now, you have to fly to LA or Dallas which is way more expensive. not only that, but now Cathay is saying the flight from BKK->HKG takes 3 hours when on my itinerary from last year it says 2 hours 50 minutes. Are they scamming/lying? what’s the point of getting rid of this direct path? there’s lots of Chicago people who use this route… I’m pi$$ed

UPDATE: Called Cathay customer service to be a big boy, and even the customer service guy said that both CX756 and CX700 are the same A330 plane. He also had no explanation for the difference in flight time and why there is no direct flight anymore. He did mention in oxtober, CX756 goes back to production. Thank gosh!

Me and my girlfriend are going to be arriving in Hong Kong around 12am and I won’t have to be back til 330pm any advice? suggestions? I’ve never been to Hong Kong before!

Has anyone else had the veggie option, labelled as 'lacto ovo'?

I had 4 flights in the last few weeks and it was the weirdest selection of meals I've ever been served. one was just one bit of cauliflower and green beans, no rice, nor potato or any carbs or protein.

The person next to me had the regular meal, and there's came with cheese and crackers, chocolate, and ice cream. Mine came with a small plastic pot of milk you'd put in a tea or coffee but with nothing to put it in or on.

Another meal came with a mini pot of jam without any bread, croissant, or anything. Just alongside an omelette and some melon.

Anybody else had this?

Is it me or is the CX (edited) website just completely junk at the moment. Told me my flight was no longer available halfway thru booking.

Trying to use it via google flights also junk's your booking halfway through.

And it's impossibly slow.

Yes I've cleared cache and cookies and tried three different browsers.

Anyone else experiencing this?

i've been checking every day for 6 weeks for cathay to release award seats for october. There were zero when i first checked back in late march and now they have every other date except the week i need (lol). they even started releasing some november ones.

what are the chances cathay will release October 2-9 dates for award? if they started releasing november dates already, does that mean they wont release those october dates?

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I’m a Cathay Gold Member, I fly frequently on business trips, but my company only allows us to fly economy flexi.

Usually they will greet me on most flights and provide me with a bottle of water, and even if they don’t, they will give me one if I ask.

Recently I see them greeting others, but not me (2 of the last 5 flights). Is this normal? Or is this cost savings measures due to the recent situation.

Purely asking, not complaining. Unsure if it was something changed, or I was lucky in my previous flights.

Wondering if there’s anything new/changed to the Pier Lounge since about Feb 2025 or still the same?

EDIT: Can’t change headline, but outbound departure is Terminal 1 (I now understand).

Greetings. We’re a mature couple looking to travel Da Nang Vietnam (DAD) to Tokyo (prefer HND) on a February Friday (well after Lunar New Year). With checked luggage checked through. There’s a nonstop, but it’s overnight, and my wife hates those.

Option 2 looks to be Cathay Pacific/operated by HK Express, transiting at Hong Kong (HKG). Inbound arrival to HKG on CP Flight 5563 at scheduled 15:20, departure from HKG on CP flight 542 at scheduled 16:30. So 70 minutes scheduled between. Based on past flight gate assignments, likely arriving Terminal 1, departing Terminal 3. I understand immigration/border control not needed for such international transfer, but security check of carry-on luggage needed. Willing to spring for forward, fast-exit seat assignments on first leg.

Option 3 is same inbound flight (this time booked directly with HK Express, same operator as option 2) but outbound HK Express flight 622, departure scheduled 17:55, so 2:35 layover. Gets in HND 22:45, so with border control and hotel transfer in Tokyo, a suboptimally late arrival.

Between Options 2 and 3, what would the collective recommend? Prices comparable, given seat assignment fee with Option 2. Is the 70 minute transfer time for Option 1 truly adequate, given the terminal change and security? If inbound flight were delayed, would Cathay Pacific/HK Express readily re-book us to the later outbound on the spot?

Thanks in advance.

I usually do my trips to Asia with Qatar airways, but since the airspace is closed I'll do this trip either with Cathay or Singapore airlines.

With Qatar airways I don't have to do anything with the baggage in Qatar, they send it to my final destination, I guess with Cathay is the same in Hong Kong, but my route stops at another european city first and I have to change planes there, will they manage my baggage and send it directly to the final destination or do I have to pick it up and check in?

I had a connecting flight from MNL-HKG(3 hours)-YYZ(15 hours).

This is my first and probably last time with Cathay Pacific, just thought I'd share.

On the MNL-HKG flight, I was seated beside a couple with a baby on the mum's lap (beside me). They turned on their ipad on full loudspeakers playing baby stuff. I know this is now a social debate, but I'm usually understanding. But seriously, why did the crew allow such an obnoxious behaviour? It was literally on full loudspeakers.

On the HKG-YYZ flight, I had worse experience. The washrooms are extremely dirty and people on that flight don't clean after themselves like wtf. I've flown PAL, EVA, Korean Air too for my Asia to YYZ flights and by far Cathay's has the dirtiest washrooms. It was so disgusting.

The Chinese grandma in front of me kept reclining her seat to its full extent, then she puts her one leg on the arm rest in front of her. My mouth flew wide open. I've never witnessed that personally, I only ever see these things in social media. I had to keep asking the crew to remove her full recline during meal time. Thank god for the HK-Canadian couple beside me who scolded the grandma for me.

A specific meal ran out in the middle of the plane and they didn't serve hotfood (snack in between the 2 meals). A bit minor but still part of the "quality service" they're trying to advertise. If the flight is full of Asians, surely the Asian meal on the menu would be the favourite? Why didn't they estimate it properly? And hotfood has always been served in all the long haul flights I've taken before. Additionally, out of all the airlines I flew long haul, their economy seats were the most uncomfortable. My back was dying.

Just when I thought things would not get worse, when it was time to collect our baggage, the baggage counter told me they were not able to load my 1 of 2 luggages in the flight!! This was a great inconvenience for me and I was so frustrated.

Anyway, 2/5 stars for them. At least we landed safely. But most likely, never again.

Just got upgraded to gold and discovered I only have it for the next seven months. Anyone have tips how to get anything out of this before it’s gone? All the way down to Green in January.

Hello Guys,

In November this year I will be flying from Manchester airport UK to Ho chi min city Vietnam via cathaypacific. My connection flight will be in Hong Kong airport. My wait time from my connection flight to ho chi min city from hong kong airport is 1 hr 50 mins and its from terminal 1 at hong kong airport. My question is will 1 hr 50 mins be enough time to get my connection flight from hong kong airport to ho chi min city. Is hong kong airport big and is it easy to get around.

Check reward partners such as Qatar before transferring to Cathay. That just saved me a pretty huge chunk of Amex Plat points for our SE Asia trip. I was originally going to book Cathay Pacific business class from Hong Kong to Bangkok directly through Cathay for 28,000 Asia Miles each. For two people, that’s 56,000 Asia Miles total. AmexPlat to Cathay is no longer 1:1. It dropped to 5:4 earlier this year, so to get 56,000 Asia Miles, I’d actually need to transfer 70,000 Amex MR points.

Then I checked Qatar Privilege Club and found the exact same Cathay flight on Cathay metal for only 16,500 Avios each, so 33,000 total for both of us. Amex to Qatar is still 1:1, so that’s only 33,000 MR points needed.  So booking through Qatar instead of Cathay saves me 37,000 Amex points for the exact same seats on the exact same flight. Cash price on Cathay is $2,445 USD for 2 people.

Definitely worth checking both before transferring points if you have AMEX Platinum