Cathay Pacific's All Asia Pass 2005 back again - C$1499

Hi Folks:

Great deal for $ 1499 - more destinations added this time.

Click link for more info.

Cathy Pacific 2005 aLL aSiA pAsS - Link

cheers

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Great discussion about this deal from the last time it was offered:
http://forums.redflagdeals.com/showthread.php?t=63530

I went in 2002 and visited Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and China in a three week trip.

Originally Posted by gmark2000

Great discussion about this deal from the last time it was offered:
http://forums.redflagdeals.com/showthread.php?t=63530

I went in 2002 and visited Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and China in a three week trip.

I'm interested in doing this as well. I wonder if you can share some of your experience with us.

Did you have to pay extra for all the airport that you landed in? Was it hard to get tickets to where you want to go? Once you bought the deal, can you just go to the airport and go or do you have to plan your trip before hand?

From site:

# The All Asia Pass fare does NOT include applicable government taxes and any passenger facility charges or security charges. Also, airport departure taxes or fees in the USA, Canada and Asia are not included in the price of your All Asia Pass tickets. Each time you depart one of the All Asia Pass destinations, each traveler will be required to pay the airport departure tax shown as well as the insurance surcharge. Please note that these taxes are subject to change without notice and they may vary slightly from what is shown due to currency fluctuations.


# The following are the required taxes for U.S. residents. Prices are per person and are in U.S. dollars.
(Note: taxes are subject to change without notice):

1. U.S. government taxes are comprised of the following: $28.20 International Departure/Arrival Tax, $7.00 Immigration (INS) Fee, $5.00 Customs User Fee, $2.50 September 11th Security Fee, $4.95 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Fee, $3.00 JFK or $4.50 SFO/LAX Passenger Facility Charge.
2. Foreign airport departure taxes that must be paid in advance (taxes must be calculated on your Ticket Purchase Form and included in the payment to Cathay Pacific) for each departure from the airport specified are:
- Hong Kong $16.00 (please note that this tax is paid for departure only from the Hong Kong Airport), the Hong Kong Security Service charge of USD $4.50 (Q) must also be collected for every departure and transit via the Hong Kong Airport,
- Adelaide $59.00, $29.00 for children,
- Beijing $11.00
- Brisbane $53.50, $26.50 for children,
- Cairns $60.00, $30.00 for children,
- Delhi $5.00,
- Fukuoka $10.00, $5.00 for children,
- Karachi $7.00,
- Kuala Lumpur $12.00,
- Melbourne $51.00, $21.00 for children,
- Mumbai (Bombay) $5.00,
- Nagoya $8.00, $4.00 for children,
- Osaka $26.00, $13.00 for children,
- Penang $12.00,
- Perth $49.00, $19.00 for children,
- Seoul $24.00,
- Shanghai $11.00,
- Singapore $12.00,
- Sydney $63.00, $33.00 for children,
- Taipei $10.00,
- Tokyo $20.00, $10.00 for children.
- Domestic departure tax for flights between Kuala Lumpur and Penang $2.00.
3. Foreign airport departure taxes that must be paid direct to the airport authority or to the Cathay Pacific check-in agent each time you depart the airport specified are:
- Auckland $15.00,
- Bangkok $13.00,
- Cebu $11.00,
- Colombo $12.00,
- Denpasar (Bali) $12.00,
- Hanoi $14.00,
- Ho Chi Minh City $12.00,
- Jakarta $12.00,
- Manila $11.00,
- Surabaya $9.00.

# The following are the required taxes for Canadian residents. Prices are per person and are in Canadian dollars.
(Note: taxes are subject to change without notice):

1. Canadian government taxes are comprised of the following: $20.00 Air Travellers Security Charge and the NAVCAN surcharge $30.00. Departures from Toronto must pay $16.05 or from Vancouver B.C. $16.05 airport improvement fees.
2. Foreign airport departure taxes that must be paid in advance (taxes must be calculated on your Ticket Purchase Form and included in the payment to Cathay Pacific) for each departure from the airport specified are:
- Hong Kong $19.00 (Please note that this tax is paid for departure only from the Hong Kong Airport), the Hong Kong Security Service charge of $6.00(Q) must also be collected for every departure and transit via the Hong Kong Airport,
- Adelaide $72.00, $36.00 for children,
- Beijing $14.00,
- Brisbane $64.00, $28.00 for children,
- Cairns $72.00, $36.00 for children,
- Delhi $6.00,
- Fukuoka $11.00, $6.00 for children,
- Singapore $16.00,
- Karachi $9.00,
- Kuala Lumpur $15.00,
- Melbourne $61.00, $25.00 for children,
- Mumbai (Bombay) $6.00,
- Nagoya $9.00, $5.00 for children,
- Osaka $31.00, $16.00 for children,
- Penang $15.00,
- Perth $59.00, $23.00 for children,
- Seoul $31.00,
- Shanghai $14.00,
- Singapore $16.00,
- Sydney $76.00, $40.00 for children,
- Taipei $12.00,
- Tokyo $24.00, $12 for children.
- Domestic departure tax for flights between Kuala Lumpur and Penang $2.00.
3. Foreign airport departure taxes that must be paid direct to the airport authority or to the Cathay Pacific check-in agent each time you depart the airport specified are:
- Auckland $20.00,
- Bangkok $18.00,
- Cebu $17.00,
- Colombo $18.00,
- Denpasar (Bali) $18.00,
- Hanoi $22.00,
- Ho Chi Minh City $16.00,
- Jakarta $18.00,
- Manila $17.00,
- Surabaya $12.00.
4. Cathay Pacific Airways insurance surcharge must be paid at the time of ticket purchase. A $2.00 airline insurance surcharge applies for each sector operated by Cathay Pacific Airways except for destinations to/from Hong Kong.

Why not buy it in US dollars? Cheaper.

Skip the all asia pass. Find yourself the cheapest flight to Asia. Once you get there, flights are so cheap that you can plan where you want to go as you do it. No limitations on travel time, no extra fee's or anything stupid. Stay someplace longer or shorter as you go. Combined cost of: flight from Toronto to Bangkok, bangkok to phuket, bangkok to siam reap, siam reap to luang prabang, vientiane to hanoi... all under 1600. Can get cheap flights to from china as well. The more expensive ones are HK and Japan.

My 2 cents.

Originally Posted by clarke1866

Skip the all asia pass. Find yourself the cheapest flight to Asia. Once you get there, flights are so cheap that you can plan where you want to go as you do it. No limitations on travel time, no extra fee's or anything stupid. Stay someplace longer or shorter as you go. Combined cost of: flight from Toronto to Bangkok, bangkok to phuket, bangkok to siam reap, siam reap to luang prabang, vientiane to hanoi... all under 1600. Can get cheap flights to from china as well. The more expensive ones are HK and Japan.

My 2 cents.

Agree. But all you can eat buffet is always attractive to some Same applies to all you can fly.

Originally Posted by edmondt

Agree. But all you can eat buffet is always attractive to some Same applies to all you can fly.

What? So you're saying this All Asia Pass is like an all you can fly type deal? That's pretty awesome! I thought there was a limit or something. Cool-cool!!!

~V79~

also don't forget that you can't accumulate AA points flying the all asia pass. That's worth of about 10-15% of the ticket value.

Originally Posted by cathy pacific

Adults 55 and over, students and children are eligible for a USD $100 / CAD $200 discount.

It looks like students can get it for $1299CAD plus applicable taxes

Originally Posted by Toni

It looks like students can get it for $1299CAD plus applicable taxes

Um...perhaps you can only be entitiled to either the Student Discounted or the CyberTraveller. Eirther one...I'm not sure though.

looks interesting to me, maybe I'll be able to afford to go (money/time) in 2007 if they still offer it

Originally Posted by clarke1866

Skip the all asia pass. Find yourself the cheapest flight to Asia. Once you get there, flights are so cheap that you can plan where you want to go as you do it. No limitations on travel time, no extra fee's or anything stupid. Stay someplace longer or shorter as you go. Combined cost of: flight from Toronto to Bangkok, bangkok to phuket, bangkok to siam reap, siam reap to luang prabang, vientiane to hanoi... all under 1600. Can get cheap flights to from china as well. The more expensive ones are HK and Japan.

It's good advice to shop around to see if you can get a cheaper deal somewhere else. But if you want to go to HK or Japan as part of the trip, this deal is hard to beat. Also Cathay is one of the best airlines around.

I totally think flying Cathay is worth the extra $ vs. the cheaper airlines that may make you stopover like United. The service and food, and your own tv in economy on Cathay is just so much better than AC or UA or AA that there's no comparison, especially on a long haul flight. Yes, for students etc., probably saving as much $ as possible is wiser but if you are good at planning, have a limited amount of time for travel anyway, got a steady job and can afford to splurge a little, this is way better. Makes sense trip experience wise.

Plus, all those little airlines in Asia have a LOT more problems you don't want to deal with. It's not like flying easyjet in Europe.

Just my opinion