Help between BA Avios or Cathy Asia miles booking

[dreamflyer1]

Hi Guys

I could really use some help,

I found a one way business class flight from HGK – DBX.

On Cathy pacific, the price is 45,000 miles + £160 ish in tax. However on BA executive, the same flight is 66,000 avios + 330 ish in tax.

All my points are in avios, but i feel the Cathy option is better as it is less miles and taxes (so less cash)

Is there an option to use my avios to use 45,000 miles or can I somehow transfer avios to Cathy so I can use the 45,000 miles option

Really would like some feedback
Thank you
Scott

[memesweeper]

You cannot transfer from BA to Cathay. You can transfer Amex, HSBC or Marriott (and probably others) to Cathay.

[Royback]

I think you can buy marriot at a discount atm

[dreamflyer1]

@memesweeper @royback thank you for replies. Would BA match the avios amount if I called them or is that not an option. I just don’t want to end up paying more taxes and using more miles.

Thank you

[mzb]

Not an option @dreamflyer1. That’s just not how things work, every frequent flyer programme sets its own pricing (both in terms of amount of points, as well as taxes/fees they wish to charge).

[dreamflyer1]

@mzb thank you, I understand. Seems a shame that I transferred all my points into BA, from Amex. Also I am fairy new to the points world so please forgive me for my limited knowledge.

[zapato1060]

@dreamflyer1 we’ve all started from the bottom. Yes unfortunately you have no choice now to but to get more MRs or look for a different way.

[aq.1988]

Also, one bit of advice for future reference is to only transfer your MR from Amex to the airline when you are ready to book.