Cathay Pacific is about for its return to the Pacific Northwest.
The Hong Kong-based airline on Monday introduced it would deliver again nonstop flights to and from Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA) beginning subsequent spring.
It can mark the return of a route between Seattle and Asia that went away in the course of the coronavirus pandemic and by no means got here again — that’s, till now.
Cathay Pacific will deliver again its Seattle service to Hong Kong Worldwide Airport (HKG) starting March 30, 2026, with 5 weekly spherical journeys.
Instantly, the flight must be a well-liked possibility for vacationers with a stash of miles. Cathay Pacific is a accomplice of each American Airways and Seattle’s hometown airline, Alaska Airways.
Which means U.S. vacationers can redeem their airline miles on Cathay Pacific flights to Asia and past — together with one TPG staffer who already scored a business-class seat for subsequent summer time!
Plus, you’ll be able to switch factors from a number of main bank card applications to Cathay Pacific’s Cathay program, identified for its sturdy redemption worth.
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Here is extra in regards to the new flight and how one can seize an award seat for 2026.
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New flights between Seattle and Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific’s new flights from Seattle to Hong Kong will run every week — Mondays via Thursdays and on Saturdays, as soon as the service launches.
The provider will function its flights with its Airbus A350-900, which sports activities 38 lie-flat seats in its business-class cabin, plus 28 premium economic system recliners on high of 214 seats in the principle cabin.
Here is how the itinerary shakes out in the course of the spring, summer time and early fall of 2026:
- SEA-HKG: Depart 11:50 a.m., arrive 4:45 p.m. the following day
- HKG-SEA: Depart 1:30 p.m., arrive 10:10 a.m. the identical day
Seattle might be Cathay Pacific’s ninth North American vacation spot, and its first since launching nonstop service to Dallas Fort Value Worldwide Airport (DFW) earlier this 12 months.
Like DFW, Seattle is seeing fast development in its flight choices to Asia.
In 2025, airways have been set to supply 41% extra seats out of the West Coast hub than they did in 2024, owing partly to Alaska Airways and its merger accomplice Hawaiian Airways starting flights to Tokyo and Seoul, South Korea.
Suffice it to say that development is on observe to proceed in 2025, helped by Cathay Pacific’s opting to deliver again a short-lived flight to the Pacific Northwest that it launched in 2019 however canceled amid COVID-19 cutbacks.
“We’re excited to renew direct passenger flights to Seattle, reinforcing our aim to deepen enterprise and cultural ties between Hong Kong and a dynamic tech hub in america,” Cathay Pacific’s chief buyer and business officer, Lavinia Lau, mentioned in an announcement saying the information.
Reserving Cathay Pacific flights with factors and miles
We’re already seeing some engaging (however scattered) summer time 2026 redemption choices for this Cathay Pacific flight through its community of companions.
Accomplice awards
As a member of the Oneworld alliance, Cathay Pacific companions with greater than a dozen international airways — together with American and Alaska within the U.S.
Which means you’ll be able to e book award flights on Cathay Pacific utilizing your AAdvantage miles or factors from Atmos Rewards, the brand new joint loyalty program of Alaska and Hawaiian.
Appearing shortly Monday, TPG’s Clint Henderson scored a one-way, August 2026 business-class seat from Seattle to Hong Kong for 75,000 Atmos Rewards factors (plus $18 in taxes and charges).
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We additionally discovered business-class award area on American for as little as 70,000 miles, one-way.
This award area is actually not widespread, however if you happen to’re versatile on journey dates, you might be able to rating an important deal.
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
We must also level out: Cathay Pacific’s Cathay loyalty program additionally provides nice worth even to U.S. vacationers who seldom fly with the airline — and it is easy to earn Asia Miles when you’ve got versatile bank card factors.
You possibly can switch factors on to Cathay Pacific from American Specific, Bilt Rewards, Capital One and Citi.
You possibly can learn extra about easy methods to earn and redeem Asia Miles via the Cathay Pacific Cathay loyalty program.
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