The downside is that you’d spend a lot of time on planes, flying from Hong Kong to each additional city and back, then out again to the next one.īut the real question is whether the All-Asia Pass is the best way to ticket a multi-city Asian trip. The basic idea is attractive: As long as you’re flying as far as Hong Kong, you’d hate to miss out on such exotic destinations as Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, Osaka, Penang, and Seoul. The $1,329 Chicago price, however, is available for purchase only through July 31 it applies to just two additional cities, and does not earn frequent flyer miles. Buy flights from Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York until seat allocations are filled (no specific date) flights earn some frequent flyer mileage. cities and for weekend travel, extended stays, and flights to additional Asian destinations as far away as Dubai. Base pass prices apply to midweek trans-pacific flights add-ons are available from other U.S. The pass includes 40 “basic” cities from Sapporo in northern Japan to Beijing and Chengdu in China to Bangkok, Singapore, and Bali to the south.įlights are on Cathay or its affiliate, Dragonair. Add a third city and a fourth for an extra $351 each and complete travel within 21 days.
CATHAY PACIFIC ALL ASIA AIRPASS PLUS
The Pass price to visit Hong Kong plus two other cities from Los Angeles, New York, or San Francisco is the same-at $1,880-and, on a limited basis, $1,329 from Cathay’s newest Gateway at Chicago.
gateways, then fly out and back to up to four cities in eastern and southeastern Asia. Here’s the base deal: Fly to Hong from any of Cathay Pacific’s four U.S. The travel press usually picks this up and features it as a good deal, but is it really? The answer is, “sometimes yes, sometimes no.” Cathay Pacific announced this year’s version of All-Asia Pass: Buy one ticket, fly to Hong Kong and visit up to four other regional Asian destinations for a fixed price.
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