Cathay Pacific is a popular topic at the Australian Frequent Flyer. Cathay Pacific is a Qantas Oneworld partner, so it's possible to earn and redeem Qantas Frequent Flyer points on Cathay Pacific. Its Cathay program, which uses Asia Miles as its currency, is also great for redeeming on Cathay Pacific and Oneworld partner airlines. You can check out reviews of Cathay Pacific, and guides and tips for using Asia Miles, below.
Cathay Pacific has quietly made reward seats harder to find. Availability is less clearly displayed, with mileage costs often missing from initial search results.
Cathay changed its award flights prices in May 2026, but it's hard to see exactly what changed as it no longer publishes award charts. Our unofficial tables show how many Asia Miles you'll now need for a flight.
You can fly a mix of Business and First Class from Australia to London with Cathay Pacific, for fewer Asia Miles than you'd need when redeeming Qantas Points for Business Class. Plus, Cathay has better award availability and lower taxes & charges!
Cathay Pacific will resume flights from Adelaide to Hong Kong in November 2025, with a seasonal 3x weekly A350 service. There are currently lots of reward seats available, including in Business Class.
We take a close look at the Business Class seats found on Cathay Pacific's Airbus A350s, A330s, A321neos and Boeing 777s.
Oneworld's Cathay Pacific has great Business Class award availability from Australia to Asia and Europe... but most of it is reserved for Asia Miles bookings.
Cathay increased the Asia Miles needed to book airline partner awards on 1 October 2023. Our unofficial award chart shows the new prices.
Fly around the world with up to 5 stopovers for 265,000 Asia Miles in Business Class with Cathay Pacific's Oneworld Multi-Carrier Award.
Cathay will increase the Asia Miles needed to redeem for most award flights on Cathay Pacific and partner airlines on 1 October 2023.
Cathay Pacific is giving away 6,020 return tickets from Australian cities to Hong Kong as part of its "World of Winners" promotion.
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