2026 marks the 80th anniversary of Cathay Pacific. The airline’s official WeChat account has launched an exclusive “mile-share” promotion, which may be worth a look. There’s no residency requirement but you must have a Wechat account to sign up.
- Promotion period: 6 February to 31 March
- You need to obtain credits by earning Cathay miles through designated channels
- Earning 1 credit allows you to immediately claim 80 miles
- Earning 5 credits qualifies you to share a pool of 3 million miles
- If at least 3 of those credits come from the “Bay Area partners”, you can also share an additional pool of half a million miles.
There is a cap on the shared portion. The theoretical maximum you can earn from this promotion is 3,580 miles.
There are nine earning categories in total. Each partner can only be used once, and each category can earn up to 2 credits. The promotion is targeted at the Chinese market so if you don’t live in China, only few of the qualifying categories / partners are relevant:
Flight
- Flying Cathay Pacific or any partner airline (2 credits)
Travel
- cTrip (a Ping An transfer partner)
- Trip.com
- Badazhou
Payment
Shopping
- Hua Run Tong (a Ping An transfer partner)
Because of the partner limitations, this promotion is not as easy to complete as many previous offers. Given China’s population and the number of people who actively chase promotions, the final number of miles each participant receives may not be particularly meaningful, so it’s probably not worth forcing it.
That said, for such a major 80th anniversary milestone, it’s unlikely Cathay only runs a promotion for their Chinese members, so it may be worth waiting to see whether there are follow-up offers that can be stacked.
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