Cathay Pacific Visa Signature Credit Card Review

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The Cathay Pacific Credit Card is the only card available to United States residents that earn Asia Miles directly. It offers a handful of benefits and has a solid earning structure that can net you a good amount of rewards, but there are plenty of better options available through transfer partners if you're looking to really rake in the miles.

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Rewards Rates

Earn 2 Asia miles per $1 spent with Cathay Pacific which includes purchases made on the Cathay website and purchases made in-flight.

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Earn 1.5 Asia miles per $1 spent on dining purchases worldwide.

1.5X

Earn 1.5 Asia miles per $1 spent on international purchases. This applies to all purchases made outside of the United States (in a currency other than USD).

Earn 1 Asia mile per $1 spent on all other purchases

Key Cardholder Benefits

During your first year of being a Cathay Pacific Credit Card holder, you'll receive complimentary Marco Polo Club Green Membership
As a Cathay Pacific Credit Card holder, you'll be able to save 10% on Asia Miles gift miles, mileage renewal, and mileage transfer fees online
When you redeem your Asia Miles for hotel, car rentals, or experience awards through travel.asiamiles.com, you'll receive a 10% redemption discount
Enjoy 2-day priority redemption for discount flight award booking tickets online from time to time

Annual Fees

The Cathay Pacific Visa Signature Card has an annual fee of $95.

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Calculate how many Asia Miles you can earn with the Cathay Pacific Credit Card and the cash value of the miles. Results can be compared side by side any U.S. credit card featured on the site.

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Family Cards

These cards are part of the same family and generally earn the same type of rewards.

Travel Cards

Travel credit cards are great for building rewards redeemable towards a wide variety of travel including airfare, hotels, car rentals, cruises, and more. Most travel cards also offer a range of benefits that can make your trips more enjoyable and save you money.

Cash Back Cards

Cash back is one of the most flexible form of rewards and most easy to understand. Rewards earned are worth face value and they can be used towards almost anything.

Business Cards

Put money back into your business by earning cash back, points, or miles on business expenses. Many cards also offer travel insurance, purchase protection, and more.

Airline Cards

These are the best credit cards if you're looking to use rewards towards award flights. Some of these cards also offer various benefits such as lounge access the ability to earn qualifying miles through spending.

Hotel Cards

If you're looking to use rewards towards free nights at hotels, these are the best cards for you. Many of these cards also offer great benefits such as annual free nights, complimentary elite status, and more.

No Annual Fee

If you're looking to minimize your immediate costs while still earning plenty of value, you may want to consider a credit card with no annual fee. Some of these cards also offer lower interest rates and balance transfer offers.

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Category Spending

Use this section to enter how much you plan on spending either monthly or yearly across different categories for each card listed.

You can click on the option button for access to a lot of useful tools you can use to quickly adjust spending for the calculator.

Change the order of the categories in the Category Spending section. This has an impact on cards that have spend limits and bonus caps on categories.

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Search for categories and click 'Add Category' to add it to the calculator. If you want to be more specific, you can specify domestic or international spend.

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The amount of rewards earned from card spending.

Rewards & Bonuses

If a card earns bonus points, miles, or cash back, it will be listed here. You'll be able to edit or toggle on/off most bonuses listed here.

Do note that some bonuses may be automatically calculated based on spend entered in the Category Spending section.

If you want to factor in an intro or welcome bonus, you can also do that here by entering it in the Extra Value field. You can click on View Offers when applicable to see current sign up bonuses for all top credit cards by category.

Extra Value

Use this field to add additional rewards to include in the calculation such as an intro or signup bonus.

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Use this field to add additional rewards to include in the calculation such as an intro or signup bonus.

Rewards & Bonus Total

The amount of rewards earned from card bonuses.

Total Rewards & Cash Value

This is the total of all points, miles, and cash back earned between Loyalty & Memberships, Category Spending, and Rewards & Bonuses.

You can view the average value of the rewards based on popular redemptions and the transfer of rewards to partners (where applicable).

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Average Value

This is how much we value the rewards earned with the card on average based on our valuations. Cards that may offer bonus/additional value are reflected here.

Transfers To Partners

Redemptions to do with transferring rewards to partner loyalty programs and redeeming them for high value (when applicable). These redemption values typically require knowledge of the best transfer partners.

Cash Back, Statement Credits

Redemptions to do with turning your rewards into cash back or using it as a statement credit to offset purchases made to the card.

Travel

Redemptions to do with using your rewards towards travel such as airfare, hotels, and car rentals (not including transfers to partners).

Gift Cards

Redemptions to do with using your rewards towards the purchase of gift cards.

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Currency Worth

Enter how much you value a single rewards point or mile in cents or regional currency equivalent (X.XX). The value of cash back cannot be changed.

Rewards Cash Value

The average cash value of rewards earned in the Grand Total section based on the set Currency Worth.

Monetary Bonuses

This section lists all monetary bonuses. This includes annual credits and top-tier benefits that can offer great monetary value.

If there's a perk or benefit missing that you find valuable, you can add how much you value it in the Extra Cash Value field.

Extra Cash Value

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Extra Cash Value

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Extra Cash Value

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Total Cash Value

The total cash value of all listed benefits plus the cash value of rewards earned.

Fees

With great benefits comes great annual fees. If a card has a fee that you have to pay annually (or monthly in rare cases), it will be listed here. You have the ability to change it.

If the card charges a fee for adding authorized users, it will also appear in this section.

Annual Fee

This is the fee you must pay annually to have the card.

Authorized User Fee

This is the cost to add additional users or supplemental cards to the account. Enter total amount of authorized users.

Total Card Value

This is the total cash value of each listed card when factoring in all rewards and all fees.

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Other Ways To Earn

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles is a direct transfer partner of several programs including American Express Membership Rewards. This makes it easy to earn Asia miles via intro bonuses and everyday spending.

Here are the list of programs that allow you to transfer points to your Asia miles account:

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Earning Rate Comparison

Want to know how the Cathay Pacific Credit Card earning rates stacks up against partner credit cards? The table below lists out the earning rates per $1 spent for all credit card partners so you can see where it stands.

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FAQ

Does the Cathay Pacific Credit Card have an annual fee?

Yes. The annual fee for the Cathay Pacific Credit Card is $95.

Can you earn Cathay Pacific miles using American Express credit card points?

Yes. American Express Membership Rewards points can be transferred to Cathay Pacific Asia miles at a rate of 1,000 AMEX points for 1,000 Asia miles.

Cathay Pacific Asia miles calculators

Check out all of our Asia miles calculators and calculate everything from how many miles you can earn with credit cards to the cash value of your miles based on redemption!

These calculators and guides are all about maximizing your spend and earning the most Asia miles per dollar spent.

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Cathay Pacific Credit Card Asia Miles Calculator

Input your monthly and yearly spend amounts into our tool to calculate which credit cards earn you the most Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and best return.

Use our Asia miles credit card calculators to estimate how many miles you can earn and the cash value of the card based on the spend amounts you enter, how much you value benefits, and annual fees.

Our calculators allow you to compare up to two additional credit cards side by side based on same or different spend. Plus, all spend amounts you enter in the Primary card's column rolls over to all credit card rewards calculators on the site!

Cathay Pacific Visa Signature Credit Card

Reminder: Don't forget that you can also transfer credit card points from partners to Asia miles which opens up over 15 additional credit cards you can use to earn miles!

If you're in need of Asia miles, you can transfer points from partner programs directly to your Asia miles account.