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A day after Cathay Pacific revealed its new Business seat (Aria suite), Amex has launched a new targeted offer for spending with the Hong Kong based carrier in which it’s offering a $175 statement credit on bookings made for travel originating in the United States.
Spend $1,000 and get $175 back with Cathay Pacific
Headline Details
Earn a one-time $175 statement credit after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $1000 in one or more purchases online at cathaypacific.com by 12/31/2024. Flight must originate in US and be charged in USD to qualify.
Key Terms
- Enrollment is limited.
- Eligible Card Members must first add offer to Card and then use same Card for qualifying spend.
- Limit of 1 statement credit per eligible Card Member account.
- Offer valid for purchases made directly with Cathay Pacific Airways online at US website cathaypacific.com or through the Cathay Pacific Airways US App.
- Offer valid only for purchases where Cathay Pacific Airways is the merchant of record.
- Flight must originate in the US and be charged US dollars in order to qualify.
- Excludes the following: (i) purchases in-person at the airport, lounges, and Cathay Shop online, (ii) purchases on-board flights for food, beverage, and WiFi, (iii) standalone hotel bookings and car rentals, (iv) purchases through third parties or affiliated agents, and (v) charges for pet fees, port service fees and animal hold fees, (vi) duty-free pre-flight orders, Marco Polo Club Service Center, air ticket reissuance, travel insurance, revalidating an air ticket issued by another airline and Asiamiles.com.
- Offer valid only on purchases made in US dollars.
- Offer only valid on purchases made directly with the merchant.
- Offer not valid on purchases made using third parties, such as resellers, delivery services, or other intermediaries.
- Please allow 90-days after 12/31/2024 for the statement credit(s) to be posted to the Account, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase.
See your targeted offer for full terms and conditions.
Quick thoughts
It’s a shame that, as usual, another good Amex offer for airline spending is being limited to departures from the US, but this is still a pretty good offer for which to be targeted.
$1,000 isn’t much to spend on air travel (if you’re a family or booking a premium cabin) and when you add in the fact that the spending requirement doesn’t have to be met in a single transaction and that you only have to book and pay (not fly) by the end of the year, this becomes an offer that should be relatively easy to use.
As we’re seeing this offer on every Amex card that we hold (business and consumer), this is clearly not a narrowly targeted offer, and as our cards include the Platinum Card® from American Express, a lot of readers should be able to pair the $175 saving with the 5 points/dollar that The Platinum Card® from American Express offers on up to $500,000 of spending made directly with airlines or flights booked through Amex Travel (1 point/dollar thereafter – terms apply).
That would be a haul of at least 5,000 points which we value at $75.
Bottom line
American Express is now targeting select cardholders for a saving of $175 on bookings made with Cathay Pacific. Make sure you read the terms and conditions of the offer carefully before you book (not all spending with the airline will qualify to trigger the credit) and make sure you book using the US version of the Cathay Pacific website or the statement credit will not be triggered.
