Which Credit Card Points Transfer To Cathay Pacific?

Find out which partner credit cards earn rewards transferable to Cathay Pacific and calculate which cards will earn you the most Asia miles.

Written By: Robert Flowers III

Updated On: 09-26-2024

Quick Overview

Handful of Options: Earn Cathay Pacific Asia Miles with over 10 credit cards from three partner programs in Canada.
Major Credit Card Partners: American Express Membership Rewards and RBC Avion Rewards are the top credit card partners for quickly earning Asia Miles.
Hotel Transfer Partner: Asia Miles can also be earned by transferring rewards from Marriott Bonvoy credit cards.

This page lists all Cathay Pacific credit card transfer partners and shows the conversion rates of partner credit card points to Asia Miles. Use our calculator to determine which Cathay Pacific credit card transfer partners will earn you the most Asia Miles based on your monthly spending.

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.

Want More Customization?

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:

Rewards Credit Card Directory & Calculator: Asia Miles

Any currencies you add to the tool will be selectable when entering spend into the Spend Categories section of the calculator.

Do note that any foreign currencies selected will automatically be converted to the card's default currency when calculating rewards.

Currency Controls

Currencies

Sections of the calculator allows you to choose a currency. You will be able to choose from the options below. If you want more options, add them!

Currency Conversions

This site's currency rates update once per hour. If you have a different exchange rate in mind for any of the added currencies, you can change the rate here.

Calculator Options

Year 1 or Year 2+?

Year 1 - Calculate how much you will earn in your first year of being a cardmember. Includes Intro Bonuses (if toggled on) and will use the free or reduced first year annual fees for any cards that have them.

Year 2+ - Calculate how much the card will be worth the 2nd year and onward. Automatically turns off intro bonuses and will ignore first year free/reduced annual fees.

Include Intro Bonuses?

If set to yes, intro bonuses will be included for a card's calculation ONLY IF you have met the monthly spend criteria based on what's entered into the tool.

Note: We do not have intro bonuses for all credit cards (mainly partners and popular credit cards), and we cannot calculate intro bonuses for some cards due to the complexity of some spend requirements.

Rewards Value

Input how much you value Rewards. This will be the value used in the calculator. Leave it blank if you want to use our valuation.

$0.0000 per point

Authorized Users

Some banks charge an additional fee to add family, friends, or employees to the credit card account. If you plan on adding authorized users to your credit card(s), you can enter that amount here.

Note: Some credit cards have a cap on how many authorized users you can add. While we do keep track of the fee structures, we do not keep track of caps. So be sure to check the rates and fees before applying.

Max of 100.

Income Maximum

Select if you're looking for credit cards based on your own individual income or if you're looking for credit cards based on the income of the entire household -AND- select the maximum income requirement you want listed in the results.

Income Type

Income Amount

Calculate Foreign Transaction Fees?

Many cards will charge you a foreign transaction fee when making purchases in a foreign currency. This is typically between 2.5% and 3% for most credit cards.

If set to yes, we will calculate the estimated fee for any spend entered into the calculator that is considered foreign. This amount will appear in the calculations as well.

Note: We do not have the foreign transaction fee rates for all credit cards.

Monthly/Yearly Spending

Add Categories

Search for categories and click 'Add Category' to add selected categories to the calculator.

Show selected categories

When On, only shows currently selected categories.

Show category descriptions

When On, shows the descriptions for each of the categories.

Results Will Appear Here

No Results. This is usually due to:

There's no good card options based on the spend entered.
The calculator is having a brain-fart and is not calculating rewards properly.

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Results

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.

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