Update on travel restrictions for Cathay Pacific Passengers.

As travel advice and restrictions are changing at a very rapid pace lately, it is hard to keep up with all restrictions that are being imposed and those that might have been reported incorrectly and those that might have been cancelled or changed.

Cathay Pacific keep at very good list of updated travel restrictions for their destinations, below are the updated restrictions as per March 14th at 10:45 am Hong Kong time:

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Cathay Pacific suspends all flights to/from Japan

Japan has recently introduces strict travel restrictions for people traveling from Hong Kong to Japan, and as a result of this it seems like Cathay are canceling all flights between Hong Kong and Japan.

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Cancelled – a weekends getaway to Taipei, and a midweek break in Bangkok.

As I wrote about earlier, Cathay together with American Express has a promo for twin bookings, which I have taken advantage of, and booked a trip to Taipei, and also a trip to Bangkok. Total price for the two return trips was 3500 HKD, and this will give me 2700 Asia Miles, plus 7000 miles through the promotion.

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Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for January 2020

The Cathay Pacific Group has released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for January 2020 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2019.

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Cathay Pacific temporarily closes three Hong Kong airport lounges

Cathay Pacific has announced that they will temporarily close three of their lounges at Hong Kong International Airport.

The lounges closing will be The Pier First Class Lounge, The Bridge and the Deck Business class lounges.

This will still leave 3 lounges open for Cathay Pacific passengers, The Pier Business class lounge and the Wing First and Business class lounges.

The closure is due to a sharp drop in passenger numbers recently due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

Cathay said they would reduce their flights by 30% due to the virus outbreak, but….

It looks like they are cancelling a lot more. They also said they would reduce their capacity to Mainland China by 90%, and that seems to be accurate.

Aircraft parked at Hong Kong International Airport.
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Enjoy up to 20.000 extra Asia Miles

From now until January 31, 2020, enjoy incredible savings and earn up to 20,000 Bonus Asia Miles when you book two Economy Class round-trip tickets on Cathay Pacific or Cathay Dragon to selected destinations with your American Express® Cathay Pacific Elite Basic Credit Card at designated website. Choose from Taipei, Shanghai, Bangkok, Seoul, Fukuoka, Tokyo, London, New York or the new seasonal route Niigata^ and personalize your bundle from just HK$1,402 per round trip*.

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Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for December 2019

Cathay A350

The Cathay Pacific Group released recently the combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2019 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2018.

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10% bonus on transfer to Asia Miles.

Asia Miles new year promotion.

Asia Miles has a new year promotion on transfer of points from Credit cards to Asia Miles, if you do so during January 2020 you will get a 10% bonus. This is not an amazing deal, but if you anyways use most of your points on Asia Miles it might be a good idea to sign up for this – registration is required and can be done here.

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2020 look-ahead

As I have just completed my 2019 review, I am realizing how far behind I am in my collecting of memories of my travels last year, so this year I will really try to speed up the posting.

The Shells Spa and Resort, Phu Quoc

Although I have been able to complete some of the posts I was planning to, I see that the job ahead of me is quite tremendous, as I am just starting to realize how much time it takes to just make one post. Good thing is that I don’t have a lot of travels planned in the coming month, so I should have some time to try to get up to speed…

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