Cathay Pacific 2024 Elite Status Renewal Promotion

This promotion has ended; please review current/active promotions.

Cathay Pacific has made it easier for elites to renew their status for 2024 as it continues to build back its route network. The promotion is valid for members whose membership tiers expire between December 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024. With the offer, members can use lower thresholds than usual to renew or upgrade their status in 2024. Also, members can earn bonus status points with the promotion.

Here's how it works.

Promotion Overview

Credit: Cathay Pacific

• This offer is open to members whose status expires between December 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024.
• Only Silver, Gold, and Diamond members are eligible for the promotion.
• You do NOT need to register for the promotion; it will automatically apply to your account.
• The promotion provides lower status thresholds and the opportunity to earn bonus status points.
• Members who achieved status between April 1 and November 30, 2023 will still receive bonus points per the promotion.
• Mid-status benefits due to expire between December 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024 have been extended through December 31, 2024.
• Bonus status points should post to your account within one month of reaching status.

Promotion Status Earning Requirements

Typically, you need to earn the following number of status points to move between the tiers in the Cathay Pacific program:

• Silver: 300
• Gold: 600
• Diamond: 840

In addition, you need to keep earning these thresholds every year to renew your status. However, with the promotion, existing elites, Silver, Gold, and Diamond, can renew their status by reaching a lower threshold. And they will also receive bonus status points in some cases.

The promotion status requirements for Cathay Pacific Silver members are as follows:

The promotion status requirements for Cathay Pacific Gold members are as follows:

The promotion status requirements for Cathay Pacific Diamond members are as follows:

Silver Members Disincentive

In trying to differentiate between the status levels, Cathay has disincentivized Silver members from pursuing top-tier status with the promotion. Looking at the tables, once a silver member earns 600 status points, they will be upgraded to Gold and receive a bonus of 200 status points. However, that is where the promotion ends for them, and no matter what they earn after that, there are no easier status requirements or additional bonus status points to be earned. Therefore, if they went all out to earn Cathay points and picked up 1,200 status points, they would earn Diamond status with no extra bonus points.

Compare that with Gold and Diamond members who, if they earned 1,200 status points, would end up as Diamond members with 400 bonus status points in their account. This raises the question: What incentivizes Silver members to pursue anything beyond 600 points and Gold status? Perhaps Cathay will let us know.

Our Take

Any time a program makes it easier to earn or retain status, it is welcome news. Doubly so in the case of Cathay, which is operating a much-reduced network compared to pre-COVID offerings, reducing the opportunities to fly and earn status points.

Has this offer made you reconsider your elite status with Cathay Pacific? Let us know in the comments below.

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