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Other than Asia Miles, Cathay Pacific also owns the Marco Polo Club, a four-tiered paid frequent-flyer program for Cathay Pacific and Oneworld member airlines flights. Marco Polo Club members are automatically enrolled as members of Asia Miles. [3] As of 2020, the program has over 11 million members and over 800 programme partners worldwide. [4]
Cathay Pacific – Asia Miles / Cathay (Previously Marco Polo Club) (Partner programs: AAdvantage, [11] Avios, [9] [10] Mileage Plan, [12] Miles & More [2]) HK Express – Asia Miles / Cathay (previously Fortune Wings Club and reward-U )
Cathay Pacific was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell. The airline celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2016. As of March 2024, its major shareholders are Swire Pacific with a 45% stake, Air China with 30% and Qatar Airways with 9.9%. Cathay Pacific is one of the founding members of Oneworld.
Cathay Dragon shared two loyalty programmes with its parent company, Cathay Pacific: The Marco Polo Club (The Club), a loyalty programme, and Asia Miles, a travel reward programme. [50] Members of The Club are automatically enrolled as Asia Miles members.
An airline alliance is an aviation industry arrangement between two or more airlines agreeing to cooperate on a substantial level. Alliances may provide marketing branding to facilitate travelers making inter-airline codeshare connections within countries.
When miles expire, Aeroplan offers to restore the miles for a fee of $30 plus $0.01 per mile, which in some instances has resulted in charges of several thousand dollars for high-mileage members. Members have argued that Aeroplan had already been paid for the miles through the selling partner by virtue of the retail pricing and by fees charged ...
In September 1998, American Airlines, British Airways, Qantas, Canadian Airlines International and Cathay Pacific announced the creation of a rival alliance, oneworld. Non-aligned airlines maneuvered to form their own partnerships.
China Eastern Airlines's frequent-flyer program is called Eastern Miles (simplified Chinese: 东方万里行; traditional Chinese: 東方萬里行). Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines, China Eastern subsidiaries, are also parts of the program. Eastern Miles members can earn miles on flights as well as through consumption with China ...