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

is this only including the flight? any deals on places to stay? do u guys recommend staying in hostels in asia? are they dirty?

Ball park guide to GuestHouse prices from my experiance in SE Asia 2004. Two of us went so cost was divided by 2, numbers below are price for the room. We usually stayed where we had our own shower/ bathroom. You can do better or worse, selection is incredible. Our mistake was not bargaining enough, the best method is silence, ask to see the room, then don't talk for a bit and look dejected. "OK for you, 8 dollars."

Thailaind - 10-20 CDN
Laos - 5 - 10 CDN
Vietnam - 10 - 20 CDN
Cambodia - 10 - 20 CDN

PS There are some hostels, but why? You can get your own room for so cheap.

What are some of the better discount carriers if you were to fly down on airmiles and wanted to do short hops while down there?

Anyone have any experience with these discount carriers as far as being ontime, etc?

Thanks, and posted!

As mentioned, I went in 2002. I had my travel agent make all the plans here in Canada, but I believe you can make up your itinerary on the fly if you use Hong Kong as the base for all the flights to and from.

I didn't do the hostel thing but I used www.asiahotels.com to find the best deals for hotels.

Thailand was a bargain in everyway. It was hot as hell there though.

cx used to be good, but i go on it many times a year....and it's done so many cut backs that it's not good now. and for the huge price increases on their ticket.....it's no wonder ppl are going back to air canada for their non-stop flight to hk without a stop at alaska. the best airlines....2 actually that i've been on and will recommend are singapore and all nippon. unfortunately, they do not consider toronto a good enough city to build a hub in, which is very understandable.

Damn no japan/taiwan only and only 3 weeks

If anybody's interested in this pass, I highly recommend downloading the standalone timetable program from the Cathay site and playing around with the flight times. YOu'll save alot of time (and bank alot of zzzzzzs) by good planning of routes!

Originally Posted by carwfloc

If anybody's interested in this pass, I highly recommend downloading the standalone timetable program from the Cathay site and playing around with the flight times. YOu'll save alot of time (and bank alot of zzzzzzs) by good planning of routes!

Thanks for the tip. It works great!

The rules say you have to originate from HK for all travel but it also talks about being able to stopover in a city on your way to another. I'm confused. Does it mean I can go from HK to Tokyo to Taipei to Seoul to HK?

Originally Posted by WalnutCrunch

Thanks for the tip. It works great!

The rules say you have to originate from HK for all travel but it also talks about being able to stopover in a city on your way to another. I'm confused. Does it mean I can go from HK to Tokyo to Taipei to Seoul to HK?

When I took it in 2004 I took the following flights without problems.

Toronto-Hong Kong-Kuala Lumpur (connection same day)
Singapore-Bangkok (few days later)
Bangkok-Hong Kong (few days later)
Hong Kong-Osaka (few days later)
Tokyo-Hong Kong (few days later)
Hong Kong-Seoul (few days later)
Seoul-Hong Kong (few days later)
Hong Kong-Toronto (few days later)

You are allowed open jaws meaning you fly into one city but your next flight is from another city as long as you make your own arrangements to go between those cities.

Originally Posted by AL3X

Damn no japan/taiwan only and only 3 weeks

You can extend it for more than 3 weeks for an extra fee which is really quite reasonable.

hmm do you get the miles on every flight?? meanign if i fly YOW-PEK then decide to goto japan or something, do i get miles for all the sections or only the first two?

i would rather stick with AC since i can upgrade to business

The price in US is 1099, in Cdn$ is 1499,
If we pay in US$ , convert rate today is 1.2326~1.2319, about
Cdn$1353.86~1354.6274.
Is it the way it go?

Originally Posted by old_old_7

The price in US is 1099, in Cdn$ is 1499,
If we pay in US$ , convert rate today is 1.2326~1.2319, about
Cdn$1353.86~1354.6274.
Is it the way it go?

AFAIK you can only do this if you're willing to fly out of one of the U.S. airports that Cathay Pacific serves. If you want to fly out of either Toronto or Vancouver I believe you need to pay the Canadian prices

It looks like they removed Beijing from the list, just like they apparently did last year.