Cathay Pacific Asia miles is a direct transfer partner of two major credit card rewards programs: RBC Avion Rewards and American Express Membership Rewards. You can also earn points using Marriott Bonvoy credit cards and transfer those rewards to Cathay Pacific.
Cathay Pacific credit card transfer partners
RBC Avion credit cards
RBC Avion Elite points can be transferred to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles at a 1:1 ratio. This means that every 1,000 Avion Elite points you transfer to your Asia miles account will give you 1,000 Asia miles.
This makes the RBC Avion Rewards program an excellent choice if you're looking to earn flexible travel rewards transferable to Cathay Pacific as well as other airline partners such as American Airlines and British Airways.
Here are the RBC Avion credit cards that earn Avion Elite points:
AMEX Membership Rewards credit cards
Membership Rewards points can be transferred to Cathay Pacific Asia miles at a rate of 1,000 AMEX points for 750 Asia miles. This ratio isn't as good as RBC's 1:1, but it is possible to earn lots more points with AMEX per $1 spent than with most of RBC's credit cards which mostly earn at a flat rate — so it somewhat evens out.
Here are the Membership Rewards credit cards you can use to earn Asia miles:
Marriott Bonvoy credit cards
Marriott Bonvoy points can be transferred to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles at a 3:1 ratio. This means that every 3,000 Marriott Bonvoy points you transfer to Cathay Pacific will give you 1,000 Asia Miles.
On top of that, Marriott will throw in a bonus 15,000 points for every 60,000-block of points you transfer in a single transaction. This comes out to an additional 5,000 Asia Miles which means that a 60,000-Marriott Bonvoy point transfer to Cathay Pacific would net you a total of 25,000 Asia miles which is pretty good.
Marriott offers two credit cards that you can use to earn points in Canada:
What's the best credit card for Asia miles?
Input your monthly and yearly spend amounts into our credit card finder tool to find out which credit cards will earn you the most Asia miles and best return per $1 spent.
Results will include all co-branded Asia miles credit cards and all Cathay Pacific credit card transfer partners. Results will show up to the top 20 cards.
This calculator uses our valuations, the intro bonuses we have in the database, and includes the maximum (calculable) bonuses for each card. If you want to have control over these options and much more, check out this tool:
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Listed below are the results based on what you entered into the tool above. These estimates are to help guide you towards making the best decision when it comes to picking up a rewards credit card.
You can click on "Show Calculations" to see a breakdown of how the rewards were calculated, click on the card itself to learn more/apply through our partners (big thanks if you do!), or click on any of the other links to learn more about the card and it's rewards.
Do note that some of the calculations are rounded so it is possible that the estimated values may be off by a point or two when added up.
Remember that this particular tool uses our point/mile valuations, the intro bonuses we have in the database, and includes the maximum (calculable) bonuses for each card. If you want to have control over these options and much more, slide over to the Rewards Credit Card Directory & Calculator.
These calculations should be used for illustrative purposes only.
FAQ
What's the transfer ratio of RBC Avion points to Cathay Pacific Asia miles?
Every 1,000 RBC Avion Elite points you transfer to Cathay Pacific will give you 1,000 Asia miles.
