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Sydney to Hong Kong $750 Return on Cathay Pacific

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Sydney to Hong Kong $750 Return on Cathay Pacific
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JeCCo on 11/11/2011 - 14:19 cathaypacific.com (2771 clicks)
Last edited 11/11/2011 - 15:30

Sale is in response to the similar Qantas sale for $759 published here - http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/56820

Received notification of the sale via CX contact.

Conditions:

· Departures SYD HKG SYD only
· Departures 03Feb-31Mar12 & 16Apr-20Jun12
· Sales 11Nov to 15Nov11
· O class fares
· Flight restriction to CX162/161 only

Cheaper fare, no A380 (CX flies A330's on this route), however no (highly unlikely) chance of industrial action stoppages either ;)

EDIT: Also CX's website does not charge extra to pay online via credit card unlike Qantas ($30 fee)

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  • roshodgekiss on 11/11/2011 - 14:23

    Touche, Qantas.

  • kolorijo on 11/11/2011 - 14:30

    Nice, keep it coming =)

  • pandaroll on 11/11/2011 - 14:45

    EDIT: Nevermind! I wonder if this deal will be advertised?

    • B_S_D on 11/11/2011 - 14:49

      I did a search for May and it worked for me.

  • Jacku on 11/11/2011 - 14:55
    +1

    Damn just booked Qantas. Hope there are no strikes during my flights :(

  • moocher on 11/11/2011 - 15:08
    +1

    Here's the direct link to the promotion

    • JeCCo on 11/11/2011 - 15:30

      Thanks - updated post

    • aggregate on 11/11/2011 - 15:35
      +2

      Have you flew in an A380 before? Economy class is literally the same as any planes, but with more people in there. Takes twice as long to get off the plane and collect your luggage

    • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2011 - 15:36

      It is hardly intelligent to question the maintenance of HAECO

    • syl on 11/11/2011 - 16:52

      Both airlines are shit
      but if i have to pick.. cathay for sure.

      Qantas was gd bk in the 90s
      now theyre just crap

      moved their repair centre to phillipines was their biggest mistake.

    • joannatan on 11/11/2011 - 18:12
      +1

      when the last time u heard cathay got near missed accident? and when the last time you heard bad news about qantas? surely you never fly with cathay, so you never know about good and bad service

  • the player on 11/11/2011 - 15:35
    +3

    been on cathays A330's, the seats dont incline, only slide forward, couldnt get a good sleeping position, my neck felt broken after the flight.
    other than the seats, cathay is excellent

    • antzz on 11/11/2011 - 16:06
      +4

      i would not want to fly with planes which seats incline!! i would love the one that recline fully flat though

    • kirasuran on 11/11/2011 - 16:35
      +2

      yeah tried it. i'm not a person that likes to sit for long periods of time (i cant even game for say 3+ hrs)

      the sliding seat is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad.

  • vickster on 11/11/2011 - 16:30
    +4

    Thanks OP! Much rather fly with Cathay than Qantas considering the latest events. Plus the service was really good, from memory.

  • hkboy on 11/11/2011 - 16:49

    Wooot hooo

  • anarky on 11/11/2011 - 17:11

    Melbourne to HK soon?

  • jammy2006 on 11/11/2011 - 17:26
    +5

    As mentioned seats on Cathay DO NOT recline, they simply slide forward and force you into a slouch. Good for day flights as no one will recline onto you and you can enjoy watching the personal TV. However, bad for night flights.
    IMO, Qantas' A380 Economy seats are much better then Cathay's. The latest seat i've found to be very comfortable, and ven have a netted foot rest. The A380 has similar levels of entertainment too - in fact Qantas' A380 uses the same Latest Panasonic Avionics AVOD system with a 10.6" 720p HD seatback display as Cathay's. Both have almost limitless choices of Videos and Music. However, Cathay may have may have more variety of Asian videos.
    In terms of service - Cathay is rated much higher then Qantas. Although not making up for it, Qantas' A380 has a self serve economy bar with soft drinks, cookies and fruit.

    Regardless of recent events my preference between Cathay/Qantas to HK if flights were the same price would be Qantas for a night flight, and Cathay for a day flight. In fact I'm already booked on a Cathay day flight to HK during that time period, bought the ticket before the sales.

    • deeevan on 11/11/2011 - 18:16
      +3

      +1 to this. A Cathay HK-SYD night flight was one of them most painful flights I've experienced. And I'm quite short. For the poor guy next to me, all the reclining seat did was slide his knees into the seat back.

      QF A380 (seats still so shiny and new) > QF A330 > CX A330

      Bargain +ed for the price and lack of CC fee

    • retiredfeline on 12/11/2011 - 09:51

      Hmm, I traveled CX several times recently on night flights and had no problems sleeping with the sliding seats. Individual preference I guess.

      But then I've learnt to sleep anywhere: planes, trains, cars, buses, cricket, work. :)

      • joannatan on 12/11/2011 - 13:09

        you still can slide the seat, it is not fixed like on the train seat

    • skepticality on 12/11/2011 - 13:07

      I agree. Cathay Pacific seats are pretty shit.

  • Fishy on 11/11/2011 - 17:27
    +1

    For International flights, CX in flight service is better from my experience. With these two deals, I'd choose QF since I have never flown A380 before and would get my frequent flyer points. It should be enough to get one domestic flight. Points from CX would be useless for me.

    • achw on 11/11/2011 - 17:48

      You still get qantas ff points flying with cathay (and also status credits) through the oneworld alliance. You just miss out on any bonus points if you have ff status (silver/gold/platinum).

      • jammy2006 on 11/11/2011 - 18:55

        Many Airlines do not give you points on their Sale/Deep Discount fare types.
        An 'O' class Cathay Pacific fare does not qualify for any QFF points at all, but may qualify for for Asia Miles/Marco Polo club. Qantas' sale fares to/from HK however, do earn QFF points at standard economy rate (1x rates), and status credits at the rate of 0.5 economy.

        Upon Checking, eligible economy points earn fares for Marco Polo on CX are as follows
        Y/B/H/K/M/L/V. If the booking class is 'O' as above, it appears you'll get no points on Marco Polo as well.

      • Fishy on 12/11/2011 - 08:41

        I totally forgot CX is in one world. It looks like CX doesnt give points to QF for this flight anyway.

  • INFIDEL on 12/11/2011 - 01:52

    Just for fun I looked up cheapest HK flights (1 way, not direct & take ages!) Makes this return deal look great. $201 from Melb $260 from Syd $280 from Gold Coast plus bags, food etc
    http://adioso.com/au/sydney-au-to-hong-kong-direct
    Jetstar 7 Mar 26h30m!!! (Syd-Melb $59 Melb-Singapore $111 Singapore-HK $90)
    Also AirAsia can be cheap via KL. Gold Coast-KL-Singapore $211
    Cheapest: asked friends if they had tickets they could not use - got a free (double) HK return.

    • X200T on 12/11/2011 - 18:01

      I like these multi stop ;) haha

  • furic7 on 12/11/2011 - 02:17

    any charge for changing the flight date?

    someone please kindly answer… ^^

  • shortgum on 12/11/2011 - 02:54

    CX is definitely better than Qantas regardless pricing.

    • joannatan on 12/11/2011 - 12:59

      union mentality, need to protect qantas brand, they always support qantas, what ever happen to qantas.

  • keylow on 12/11/2011 - 20:10
    +3

    LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OMFG JEFF ALL UR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE U DID IT MAN. Congrats! Nice price btw

  • Thanhalang on 14/11/2011 - 00:08

    When i put in possible dates the price of 1148 appears. Anyone else having this issue? Or knows what dates I should put in to get $750 return.

    • SSJX on 15/11/2011 - 12:48

      Departures 03Feb-31Mar12 & 16Apr-20Jun12

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