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Frequent flyer benefits

Enjoy airport lounge access, priority boarding, and other oneworld Priority benefits with your status

oneworld Alliance airlines

Travelling the world is easier than ever with the oneworld Alliance. As a member of Cathay, you will earn Status Points that contribute to your status whenever you fly in eligible classes with any oneworld member airline.

To help you understand how the Status Points system works, we’ve created a Status Points and Asia Miles calculator.

You can also earn and redeem Asia Miles with all oneworld member airlines. Visit the Asia Miles website to find out more about how to earn and redeem your Asia Miles.

oneworld member airlines

  • Alaska Airlines
  • American Airlines
  • British Airways
  • Fiji Airways
  • Finnair
  • Iberia
  • Japan Airlines
  • Malaysia Airlines
  • Oman Air
  • Qantas
  • Qatar Airways
  • Royal Air Maroc
  • Royal Jordanian
  • SriLankan Airlines

oneworld benefits by status

Diamond, Gold and Silver members will also receive priority services with oneworld member airlines – a coloured symbol on your Cathay membership card shows your oneworld status: Emerald, Sapphire or Ruby.

Cathay membership status Silver Gold Diamond
Corresponding oneworld tier status Ruby

Ruby		 Sapphire

Ruby		 Emerald

Ruby

Benefits with oneworld member airlines

  Silver / Ruby Gold / Sapphire Diamond / Emerald
Preferred or pre-reserved seating Yes Yes Yes
Priority standby and wait-listing Yes Yes Yes
Priority check-in Yes

(Business Class counter)		 Yes

(Business Class counter)		 Yes

(First Class counter, where applicable)
Priority boarding No Yes Yes
Business Class lounges, regardless of class of travel No Yes Yes
First Class lounges, regardless of class of travel No No Yes
Guest lounge access No 1 1
Extra baggage allowance1 No 15 kg2 or 1 pc3 20 kg4 or 1 pc5
Fast track at security lanes No No Yes

(where applicable)
Priority Baggage6 No Yes Yes
  1. Not applicable to British Airways "Hand Baggage Only" fares.
  2. Applicable on international or domestic itineraries using baggage allowance “weight” system, in addition to the ticketed Economy allowance. 
  3. For flights using the baggage allowance 'piece' system: in international itineraries, up to a maximum of two checked bags is allowed – one additional bag (up to 23kg) is applicable when the ticketed allowance is one bag, or one checked bag (up to 23kg) is applicable when there is no ticketed allowance; in purely domestic itineraries, one checked bag (up to 23kg) is applicable when the regular ticketed allowance has no free allowance.
  4. Applicable on itineraries using baggage allowance “weight” system, in addition to the ticketed-cabin allowance.
  5. Applicable on itineraries using the baggage allowance “piece” system, in addition to the ticketed baggage allowance.
  6. Not applicable to flights marketed and operated by British Airways.
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