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Cathay Pacific - SYD to HKG Rtn $701, MEL $686, PER $683, BNE $702, ADL $690, CNS $701

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Cathay Pacific - SYD to HKG Rtn $701, MEL $686, PER $683, BNE $702, ADL $690, CNS $701
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cheap0 on 23/12/2014 - 19:26 cathaypacific.com (6643 clicks)
Last edited 23/12/2014 - 21:46 by 2 other users

Departures: 26 January – 30 November 2015

Cabin Class: Economy

From: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Cairns

Different prices from different cities. Also Premium Economy deals available and also to other cities in Asia.

Check the site for more details.

Note: Despite the alleged travel dates, I couldn't find anything in Feb or March or most of Apr (for Sydney anyway). Anything later seems to be available.

SYD to China deals

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_AU/flightoffer.flights-to…

eg. Beijing/Shanghai $753

SYD to Asia deals

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_AU/flightoffer.flights-to…

eg Tokyo Narita $764
Seoul $765
Taipei $747

Some more digging shows probable dates below with the cheapest fares

Low Season: 21APR-25JUN15; 14JUL-17SEP15; 07OCT-13NOV15

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  • nzthunderboy on 23/12/2014 - 19:33

    I assume return ?

  • parcus on 23/12/2014 - 19:54
    +1

    Tokyo for $764 rt on such a great airline is incredible.

  • ronnknee on 23/12/2014 - 20:09

    I couldn't find any dates for $701.

    • legen.dary on 23/12/2014 - 20:16

      i just tried 16-27 june. and its showing $701 for hk return

      • ronnknee on 23/12/2014 - 20:20
        -2

        Sweet. Do you reckon if I can purchase a ticket for $701 in that period, and then pay $50.00 to rebook a more suitable period?

  • ezza on 23/12/2014 - 21:45
    +5

    Their seats don't recline!
    They 'slide' totally uncomfortable!

    • illumination on 23/12/2014 - 22:22
      +4

      I think they've changed from that one, but that was their economy last time I remember too.

      Mind you.. those seats would've probably prevented those flights in the US from being turned around.

      • djones145 on 28/12/2014 - 13:13

        yeah its changed back to the better seats
        after complaints!
        their short flights may have hose slide seats

    • watwatwat on 23/12/2014 - 23:17

      Link? Sounds horrible.

    • nzthunderboy on 24/12/2014 - 19:33

      Agreed. I can confirm on their A330 aircrafts, economy seats slid and not recline. I just came back to Brisbane last week. It is a bit uncomfortable for some !

  • Freakycat on 23/12/2014 - 21:51

    Did anyone buy a ticket with them and use point to upgrade to business?

    • crazyeric on 23/12/2014 - 22:11

      Only certain classes can be upgraded with points, these really good deals are probably low economy classes (with certain class code), you can check if your class is available for point upgrade on their website.

  • odysseus on 23/12/2014 - 22:00
    +1

    Prices are only applicable for departures these dates:
    21APR-25JUN15; 14JUL-17SEP15; 07OCT-13NOV15

  • tc4101 on 23/12/2014 - 22:22
    +2

    Go to any Asian travel agent in Chinatown, Eastwood, cabra, hurstvilke these prices are pretty much all year round and even better. No need to wait till off peak travel time.

    • nucgaek on 23/12/2014 - 22:37

      Some things are ridiculous though, have never seen any half-decent airline Sydney to Korea for less than maybe $900, let alone ~$750 with Cathay Pacific. Seems like great value

    • CheapCoffee on 23/12/2014 - 23:17

      Not necessarily for Cathay Pacific if you care about airlines. Also, you can find the prices you have mentioned anywhere (not just Asian travel agent) if you have the right search tools.

      • tc4101 on 24/12/2014 - 03:02

        The ones I've booked on to HK via the Asian travel agents are always Cathay pacific or Qantas. No air Asia or jetstar

      • Captain Kremmen on 24/12/2014 - 07:29
        +1

        Which search tools would you suggest?

        • CheapCoffee on 25/12/2014 - 09:37
          +2

          http://matrix.itasoftware.com is probably the most advanced. However, Google Flights and Skyscanner is good too.

        • Captain Kremmen on 25/12/2014 - 09:41
          +1

          @koreainhyuk: Thanks koreainhyuk. Used Skyscanner before but not Google or matrix. I'll give them a go.

        • illumination on 25/12/2014 - 11:39
          +1

          @koreainhyuk:

          Love matrix. However, once tried to book using the codes/information provided with a travel agent and he said the fare shown on matrix was sold out. Either way, I think it's an awesome reference point. Note that they don't seem to include certain airlines (seems to be missing certain LCCs), such as AirAsia, Tiger, even Jetstar seem to be missing.

          My tools:
          Matrix - Great for comparison. Main highlight is the ability to do something like, SYD to LON or PAR or AMS or FRA or DUB return.
          Kayak - Main highlight is the ability to search +/- several days, and also can sometimes find fares cheaper than airlines themselves (like Skyscanner, but skyscanner doesn't have +/- days). Also Kayak has recently implemented searching upcoming weekends as well as filtering to alliances. Kayak seems to have the most comprehensive collection of airlines.
          Adioso - Great for searching from somewhere to a region. For example, Sydney to South East Asia or Sydney to Europe, and it will show you a list of fares to the major cities. This also seems to miss some LCCs.

        • CheapCoffee on 25/12/2014 - 16:26

          @illumination: Thank you for the additional info! I forgot about kayak, and I haven't used Adioso before.

          Yep, lack of LCC on matrix is a strong downside, but Google Flight seems to cover LCC although you need to manually check their prices. I actually got cheaper price than what was listed on Matrix before at travel agents multiple times, so always best to ask around.

        • illumination on 26/12/2014 - 00:19

          @koreainhyuk:
          You mean you've gotten better prices going direct to the travel agents? Interesting.

          Just checked out Google flights. Actually looks pretty amazing. Might have to consider this better than matrix for everything except for the inability to search for flights between several potential destinations. It seems to be able to do everything that matrix can do….

          edit: Hang on! It can even do multiple cities just like matrix! Ok - probably even better than matrix…

        • CheapCoffee on 26/12/2014 - 01:37

          @illumination:

          I love the ability to bookmark the exact flights on Google Flights. Since Google was involved in the development of Matrix (I think), I wouldn't be surprised if they were running the same thing at the back end.

  • bugsbunny on 24/12/2014 - 02:01

    Just secured tickets to Hong Kong for $692!

    Works out perfectly for me as I had my airasia flights cancelled.

    Cheers Op!

    • Ughhh on 24/12/2014 - 02:21

      Which month?

      • bugsbunny on 24/12/2014 - 08:07
        +1

        October!

  • lippy on 24/12/2014 - 07:45

    These are incredibly good prices however the flight times are so bad! Majority of the discounted flights fly overnight.

    • carwashhair on 24/12/2014 - 08:27
      +8

      saves on accommodation…

    • retiredfeline on 24/12/2014 - 11:14
      +4

      I actually prefer overnight flights, one less day of leave used up, one less night of accommodation to pay as mentioned, and I have no problem going to sleep in a plane.

    • NancyCat on 24/12/2014 - 13:34
      +1

      Nah…overnight flights are always more expensive. I know this because I fly MEL-HKG-MEL couple of times a year, always Cathay, always non-stop, always overnight flights…the prices are always more expensive than daytime flights on the same day.

      I just did a search for my next trip: HKG-MEL-HKG end of March, returning mid April: $938 daytime flights both ways. $1029 overnight flights.

      Coincidentally, these so-call 'sale prices' are exactly same as the price I found 3 weeks ago.

      Hummmm…no sale for me AGAIN.

  • Boomeraang on 24/12/2014 - 08:51

    Can anyone explain what they mean by "Before departure: AUD330" with regards to the cancellation of your ticket? Does this mean that I only get $330 if I decide to cancel my ticket before departure or that I would lose that amount?

    • carwashhair on 24/12/2014 - 08:56
      +2

      Most likely means a cancellation fee of $330 is deducted from your refund should you cancel.

      • donga100 on 27/12/2014 - 17:08

        That's right carwashhair, $330 is deducted from your refund if you cancel before departure. If you cancel after departure you will likely receive nothing or just the unused taxes.

  • simonyzy618 on 24/12/2014 - 09:06
    +1

    Thanks for sharing this!

    Has anyone found MEL-HKG return fare of $686? I tried a few dates and nothing is under $1000…

    • 87percent on 24/12/2014 - 13:36

      did november 2nd to november 23 and got $688.82

  • ddxsamx on 24/12/2014 - 11:04
    +2

    Thanks for sharing!

    Guys, remember a lot of the multi stop trips are like an extra $50-$100!

    I did

    Syd to HK,
    HK to JP,
    JP to HK and
    HK to SYD for $800!! the JP return trip is nearly the same as a weekly CityRail ticket!!

    • t3t5ujin on 24/12/2014 - 15:46

      How do you add multi stop trips?

      I can't find it ?!?!

    • moooooooo on 24/12/2014 - 15:51
      +1

      $748 = Melb to Tokyo return

      $755 = Melb to Tokyo, then Osaka to Melb.

      Obviously your own expense to get from Tokyo to Kyoto to Osaka via train but for $6-7 extra, it saves a lot of backtracking if you want to see both Tokyo and Kyoto.

  • [Deactivated] on 24/12/2014 - 11:15

    Thanks…great deal
    BTW….how to select more days on stop over?

  • moooooooo on 24/12/2014 - 13:06
    +1

    I note this fare does not allow you to select seats - you're at the mercy of whatever's left 48 hours before the flight. Unless someone knows of a trick?

    • futaris on 24/12/2014 - 14:10
      +3

      Have oneworld status?

      • moooooooo on 24/12/2014 - 18:57

        That would be nice. Alas, I fell out of status a couple of years ago. Too many cheap airfares on different airlines makes for good holidays but poor loyalty. :-)

    • the69thhokage on 28/12/2014 - 18:20

      Booked at a travel agent and their system allowed seat selection and I got to pick exit row seats but it came up as seat requested but unconfirmed but it's something though at least.

  • Scot on 24/12/2014 - 13:25
    +1

    Does anyone know of any good deals in reverse order ie Hongkong to Sydney?

    • kirk7 on 25/12/2014 - 21:57

      Scot, reversed deals you will need to monitor the CX HKG website. Good luck but I've seen great deals before.

  • kirk7 on 25/12/2014 - 21:56

    From experience. All flights ex. SYDNEY uses the upgrade A330 so it's all reclining rather than the hardshell seats which slide forward. For this price it's usually only a couple times a year. Quite rare still with the Chinese ports and Asian stop overs.

    This is one of the best airlines in the world as rated by Skytrax and etc.

  • twocsies on 26/12/2014 - 00:47

    Cathay Pacific has the policy to not sell online seats for infants under 2. To buy directly through Cathay Pacific requires buying the tickets over the phone, which would incur a $39 per person "Booking and Ticketing Service Fee".

    But I found that currently, BYOJet has a special of no booking fees on Australian international departing flights. I was able to book the desired adult plus child ticket through BYOJet and indeed it was $15 cheaper. Also free to pay with a credit card.

    I found that it is slightly cheaper to book through BYOJet and in my case I saved around $130 because we were able to avoid the offline purchase fee. I do note that the change/cancellation fees are not transparent on BYOJet and could be higher than the $50 change and $330 cancellation charged by Cathay Pacific.

  • oldrocker on 30/12/2014 - 20:54

    This is a great fare to HK. Anyone has used this as a way to fly HK to EU and back at a reasonable fare?

  • oldrocker on 31/12/2014 - 15:02
    +1

    Has anyone flown Cathay Pacific Adelaide to Hong Kong in recent times? If so, any comments on the seats, i.e. whether they have the non-reclining hard-shell type? cheers

    • MrBillions on 03/01/2015 - 12:21

      I'd like to know too. The hardshell seats are a big turn off for such a good airline.

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