Cathay Pacific Asia Miles Guides
The Asia Miles program from Cathay Pacific is potentially far better value for redemptions, point for point, than Qantas Frequent Flyer - and as a result, Asia Miles is in the top four frequent flyer programs Australian travellers need to be aware of.
While it's harder to accrue Asia Miles from a wide range of sources in Australia, earning miles from credit card spend is very doable with a number of bank rewards program offering transfers to Asia Miles, including Altitude Rewards, Membership Rewards and ANZ Rewards.
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Earn Asia Miles by shopping online with Asia Miles iShop and other partners
Asia Miles iShop is an online mall which kicks you back a number of Asia Miles per dollar spent if you click through from their site. This guide looks at the range of Australian and New Zealand retailers that you can earn Asia Miles with.
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Using Asia Miles as an alternative for redeeming points for flights to the USA from New Zealand
Cathay Pacific’s Asia Miles program is a partner with American Express Membership Rewards, New Zealand’s only flexible point program. If the majority of your points come from credit card spend on your Amex, then an […]
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An introduction to the Cathay Pacific Asia Miles program
It’s harder to earn Asia Miles from day-to-day activities outside of Amex credit card spend in New Zealand, but Asia Miles redemption rates are cheaper than Qantas Frequent Flyer for Oneworld flights, and as such it deserves your attention.
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The airlines and frequent flyer programs that charge the lowest fuel surcharges
This is the second guide in a two-part series looking at how to minimise the taxes, fees and fuel surcharges on flight bookings, regardless of whether they are included in a paid ticket or a points redemption.
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Up to 5x Asia Miles on Hilton Hotels and 5,000 bonus miles on flights to London on Cathay Pacific until end of year
The earnings from these two promotions could be quite strong given how good value Asia Miles redemptions are. For example, Keith used 70,000 Asia Miles for his Qantas Business Class flight between Sydney and San […]
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Guide to the American Express Platinum Charge Card in New Zealand
The American Express Platinum Charge is the big card of the Amex NZ stable, and comes with a chunky annual fee of $1250. However there is a huge array of included benefits, which if maximised […]
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Need more Asia Miles for a redemption? Here’s how to buy Asia Miles to top up your account
Frequent flyer programs generally fall into two camps when it comes to selling you points or miles directly – those who allow it, or even promote it aggressively, and those who either don’t allow it […]