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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How to earn Cathay Pacific Asia Miles from hotel stays
There are a heap of ways to earn Asia Miles from your hotel stays, here in New Zealand and abroad. Here’s how to get started.
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How to maximise earning Asia Miles from car rentals
Rent a car with Hertz or Budget before the end of July and you can pick up some extra miles with Asia Miles.
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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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An introduction to Asia Miles - redeeming and earning Asia Miles in Australia
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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Guide to earning bonus Asia Miles with Cathay Pacific
Pick up some bonus Asia Miles courtesy of mum on your next flight and hotel package booking.
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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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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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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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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 […]