Cathay Pacific Anniversary Miles Rewards: Earn Up to 4,380 Bonus Asia Miles

Cathay Pacific is running an Anniversary Miles Rewards promotion from April 15 to May 31, 2026, giving members the chance to earn up to 4,380 bonus Asia Miles by completing six missions.

Registration is required through the official campaign page, and the promotion is open to all Cathay members residing outside Hong Kong.

If you hold Asia Miles in your account or have been looking for a reason to top up your balance, this is a low-effort way to stack bonus miles on top of whatever you were already planning to do.

Cathay Pacific Anniversary Miles Rewards

Each mission can only be completed once during the promotion period, and bonus miles are awarded per mission rather than per transaction.

Mission	Requirement	Bonus Miles
1	Complete one miles-earning or miles-redemption transaction	300
2	Complete transactions across two or more partner categories	1,000
3	Earn 8,000+ Asia Miles from payment partners	800
4	Earn 8,000+ Asia Miles from travel and lifestyle partners	1,000
5	Redeem 8,000+ Asia Miles	1,200
6	Find the hidden “80” in the Asia Miles by Cathay app	80
	Total	4,380

The promotion is structured around six partner categories, and most missions overlap so that a single transaction can count toward multiple missions at once.

Mission 1: One Transaction (300 Bonus Miles)

Complete any single miles-earning or miles-redemption transaction during the promotion period and you pick up 300 bonus Asia Miles.

You will likely complete this one automatically by working on any of the other missions. If you hold the Cathay World Elite Mastercard from Neo Financial, simply making a purchase on your card to earn Asia Miles would count.

Mission 2: Two or More Partner Categories (1,000 Bonus Miles)

Mission 2 rewards breadth. You need to complete transactions across at least two different partner categories during the promotion period.

Cathay Pacific groups its partners into the following categories.

Category	Examples
Payment	Credit card point transfers (RBC Avion, Amex MR)
Flights	Cathay Pacific and partner airline flights
Holidays	Hotels, car rentals, tours
Shopping	Cathay Shop, Airalo, partner retailers
Dining	Partner restaurants
Wellness	Partner gyms, wellness brands

The two easiest categories for Canadians are shopping and payment.

For shopping, buying an eSIM from Airalo through the Asia Miles partner page would earn you 100 Asia Miles per eSIM and count toward this mission.

For payment, transferring credit card points to Asia Miles qualifies. RBC Avion transfers at 1:1, while American Express Membership Rewards transfers at a less favourable 4:3 ratio (1,000 MR points = 750 Asia Miles). If you don’t yet have an Avion card, now is a great time to grab one with the current offer at a historical high.

If you go the payment route, consider transferring at least 10,000 Avion points to Asia Miles to complete Mission 3 simultaneously.

Mission 3: Earn 8,000+ Miles from Payment Partners (800 Bonus Miles)

Payment partners are essentially credit card programs that transfer to Asia Miles. You need to earn at least 8,000 Asia Miles from these partners during the promotion period.

The easiest way to do this is to transfer credit card points. However, the minimum transfer from RBC Avion to Asia Miles is 10,000 points, so you would need to transfer at least that amount.

Program	Transfer Ratio	Minimum Transfer
RBC Avion	1:1	10,000 points
Amex Membership Rewards	4:3 (1,000 MR = 750 Asia Miles)	~10,700 MR points (for 8,000 Asia Miles)

There is unfortunately no ongoing transfer bonus from RBC Avion to Asia Miles right now, so I would just transfer the minimum 10,000 and move on.

If you only have Amex, you would need to transfer roughly 10,700 MR points to generate the 8,000 Asia Miles required for this mission.

Mission 4: Earn 8,000+ Miles from Travel and Lifestyle Partners (1,000 Bonus Miles)

This is the toughest mission of the bunch. It requires earning at least 8,000 Asia Miles from Cathay Pacific’s travel and lifestyle partners, which covers every category except payment.

• Flights: Cathay Pacific and partner airline flights
• Holidays: Hotels, car rentals, tours
• Shopping: Cathay Shop, Airalo, partner retailers
• Dining: Partner restaurants
• Wellness: Partner gyms and wellness brands

Unless you have a couple of flights planned during the promotion period, it will be hard to hit 8,000 miles here. You can earn Asia Miles on Air Canada flights by crediting to Cathay Pacific instead of Aeroplan, but it takes a lot of flying. A one-way economy fare from Toronto to Vancouver earns roughly 2,078 Asia Miles on higher fare classes, or as little as 520 on discounted fares.

Smaller partner earning opportunities do exist, but they add up slowly. Car rentals through Hertz earn 500 Asia Miles per rental outside Asia (250 in Asia).

Budget also earns 500 Asia Miles per rental at participating locations worldwide.

Hyatt stays earn 500 Asia Miles per stay at participating properties, which include Hyatt, Hyatt Centric, Hyatt House, and Hyatt Place brands.

The eligible Hyatt brands are shown below.

I would probably skip this mission if it meant going out of my way to complete it. The 1,000 bonus miles are not worth forcing a bunch of transactions you would not otherwise make.

Mission 5: Redeem 8,000+ Asia Miles (1,200 Bonus Miles)

Instead of earning miles, Mission 5 requires you to redeem at least 8,000 Asia Miles during the promotion period. This is also a tough one, since it means spending down your balance to earn the bonus.

There is one important timing consideration. Cathay Pacific is implementing a devaluation on May 1, 2026, which will raise the cost of medium and long-haul business class awards. If you are planning a redemption, it may be worth doing so before the new pricing takes effect.

Here are a few redemption examples to consider.

Route	Economy	Business
Hong Kong–Bangkok	9,000 miles	28,000 miles
Hong Kong–Seoul	9,000 miles	28,000 miles
Hong Kong–Taipei	7,000 miles	16,000 miles
Vancouver–Hong Kong	27,000 miles	88,000 miles
Toronto–Hong Kong	38,000 miles	115,000 miles

If you happen to be in Asia, you are in a good position. A one-way from Bangkok to Hong Kong or Hong Kong to Seoul can be booked for just 9,000 Asia Miles in economy, clearing the 8,000-mile threshold for this mission with wide-open availability.

From Canada, a one-way economy flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong at 27,000 Asia Miles would obviously satisfy this mission, but that is a much larger commitment.

For more ideas, see our guide to 7 brilliant redemptions with Cathay Pacific Asia Miles.

Mission 6: App Treasure Hunt (80 Bonus Miles)

The lightest mission of the lot. Open the Asia Miles by Cathay app, find the hidden “80” somewhere in the interface, and you earn 80 bonus miles.

Important distinction here. You need the Asia Miles app, not the Cathay Pacific app. Because apparently one app for your loyalty program and another app for your flights makes perfect sense.

The treasures will appear at different moments during the campaign, so turn on app notifications and keep your eyes open. Honestly, downloading a separate app just for 80 miles feels like a lot of effort for very little reward, but if you already have it installed, it takes about two minutes.

It is a nod to Cathay Pacific’s 80th anniversary and takes about two minutes once you spot it.

When Will Bonus Miles Be Credited?

Bonus miles from this promotion will be credited by July 31, 2026 at the latest.

Eligible transactions must be completed within the promotion period (April 15 to May 31), but the miles earned from those transactions have until June 30, 2026 to post to your account. Crediting timelines vary by partner.

If you do not receive your bonus miles, you have until August 31, 2026 to notify Cathay Pacific.

Use This Promotion to Extend Your Asia Miles Validity

Cathay Pacific uses an activity-based expiry policy for Asia Miles. Any earning or redemption activity extends your entire balance by 18 months from the date of that transaction.

If your Asia Miles have been sitting idle and you are worried about expiry, completing even Mission 1 or Mission 6 would reset the clock. It is one of the quieter benefits of registering for this promotion.

Conclusion

If you were already planning to transfer points into Asia Miles or book a Cathay Pacific flight in the next six weeks, registering for this promotion is free upside.

My play would be an RBC Avion transfer of 10,000 points to clear Missions 1 and 3, plus buying an Airalo eSIM through the shopping partners for Mission 2. That alone is 2,100 bonus Asia Miles for very little effort. Add a redemption before May 1 and the two-minute scavenger hunt in the app, and you are at the full 4,380 bonus miles.

Just don’t sleep on the May 1 devaluation if you are planning to redeem. The promotion runs through May 31, but the award chart changes halfway through.