CX pricing and availability

[Supersonic Swinger]

I'm looking at a trip to Europe later in the year and want to look at CX pricing.

However the online booking sites rarely show CX and then at extortionate prices, going directly to the CX website yields prices in Economy of between $12,000 and $15,000 for every day to a range of destinations.

Is this really Cathay's pricing strategy or have I missed something?

 

[Archphoto]

Try the CX website: https://www.cathaypacific.com/

Currently have some specials: https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en...ce-purchase/30-days-plus-origin-adelaide.html

 

[andmiz]

What currency are you searching for? SYD-CDG 1/10/17 return 8/10/17 is AUD$2277 in Y.

 

[yohy?!]

Probably worthwhile trying a travel agent

 

[defurax]

I'm looking at a trip to Europe later in the year and want to look at CX pricing.

However the online booking sites rarely show CX and then at extortionate prices, going directly to the CX website yields prices in Economy of between $12,000 and $15,000 for every day to a range of destinations.

Is this really Cathay's pricing strategy or have I missed something?

I find that CX will price 12-15K Y ticket to Europe or US if the destination involves a non-CX metal flight (e.g. AA, BA). These price reasonably if the origin is HKG. My guess is that codeshare agreements between CX and some other OW members do not include Australia as a point of origin. For example MEL-ARN in whY on CX will price at ~AUD14K, while HKG-ARN is ~AUD1.2K.

 

[Fiches Mouser]

I'm looking at a trip to Europe later in the year and want to look at CX pricing.

However the online booking sites rarely show CX and then at extortionate prices, going directly to the CX website yields prices in Economy of between $12,000 and $15,000 for every day to a range of destinations.

Is this really Cathay's pricing strategy or have I missed something?

OTAs tend to just show CX's full fares (apart from a couple of markets), so these tools are essentially useless if you want to find CX fares. Still, I often find it hard to believe even the highest fare bucket for Y can be this high, but it's just something you grow accustomed to with CX.

Very frustrating, particularly when you're using Google Flights to compare options. After a while you kind of learn what CX normally charges for your key routes (usually just a bit higher than everyone else, other than sales).

I often wonder how their yields can be so low, when their fares are consistently so high compared to the competition. There must be some seriously high costs in the CX business.