Availability of Cathay flights using QFF points

[I love to travel]

Has anyone else noticed that cathay flights to Europe have all but disappeared? As late as last year I could always get them at 353 days and often much closer to the time. Experiences?

 

[MarcB]

Yes. I too have struggled to find flights even to once easy to grab destinations like MAN and ZRH.

 

[NoName]

Have recently booked 3 people return in J. We did have to be flexible with respect to which city we flew in and out of but didn't cause much of an issue.

 

[Mattg]

I haven't really noticed this; there still seems to be plenty of seats available (albeit perhaps fewer). You do just have to be a little flexible, and beware that Cathay uses married segment logic in releasing award seats.

FWIW, there usually seems to be availability from ADL-HKG and seats are released 360 days in advance (a week before Qantas releases its own award seats).

 

[pauly7]

I haven't really noticed this; there still seems to be plenty of seats available (albeit perhaps fewer). You do just have to be a little flexible, and beware that Cathay uses married segment logic in releasing award seats.

FWIW, there usually seems to be availability from ADL-HKG and seats are released 360 days in advance (a week before Qantas releases its own award seats).

Married segment logic?

 

[Doctore1003]

I recently noticed that CX wasn't releasing short term availability from Australia to Europe as much (i.e. Within 30 days). But lots of availability from Europe to Australia. Odd.

 

[Dr Bob]

I've been looking for next year & found plenty of availability if you search a multi / Aus to HK then HK to Europe. You may have to o/n HK.

 

[Mattg]

Married segment logic?

Sometimes seats are only made available for passengers connecting to a particular destination, but not when booking as a standalone flight - and vice versa.

As an example that I've previously come across, there was no CX award availability on a particular date between Melbourne and Hong Kong. But when searching for a flight from MEL to MAN, a MEL-HKG flight suddenly became available. It was only bookable as part of a through-ticket to Manchester.

 

[pauly7]

Sometimes seats are only made available for passengers connecting to a particular destination, but not when booking as a standalone flight - and vice versa.

As an example that I've previously come across, there was no CX award availability on a particular date between Melbourne and Hong Kong. But when searching for a flight from MEL to MAN, a MEL-HKG flight suddenly became available. It was only bookable as part of a through-ticket to Manchester.

Got it - thank you