Comments on: Reminder: Free Cathay Pacific Tickets To Hong Kong Will Be Raffled Away TODAY 8:00 PM EST (U.S.) & 9:00 PM EST (Canada)

By: John

John — Thu, 18 May 2023 18:02:25 +0000

“Due to popular demand, we have already reached our ticket limit in the United States. This offer is now closed. The flight tickets are sponsored by Hong Kong International Airport”.

By: Lady London

Lady London — Thu, 18 May 2023 11:48:44 +0000

Conditions and whether you need a code vary by country. I joined promptly at the start time. Within 10 minutes got a countdown from 5 mins through to 1 minute before being let in to book. It counted down the seconds in my last minute. Then at 40 seconds to being let in to book, suddenly I was at the back of the queue again with about 1 hour to wait. I waited. Waiting time varied and reduced and I never got nearer than about 19 mins again. I kept being pushed back to the end of the queue (over 1 hour) again. To get in early, be told you’ll be let into the booking page, watching it count down to only 40 seconds then this experience…

Either Cathay Pacific was letting “Friends and Family” of staff into the queue in priority over those already waiting, or they were prioritising status as our country instructions were we had to log in before booking. Either way, their queue management was definitely not first come first served like they said.

i researched well and it was a big time waste as only when the queue opened did they also show other conditions and a restricted period to fly. I could adapt my flying date but then this.

Cathay had a friend before this promotion and now they don’t due to the nontransparent way they ran this. Now I’ll book with other airlines first.

By: mo

mo — Wed, 17 May 2023 22:54:45 +0000

In reply to rp17. Similar experience, cleared the que but no code to be found anywhere.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 17 May 2023 22:53:17 +0000

BS… never recieved the code and nothing was prompted even with being signed in. Went all the way to the end with the exception of entering my cc # so I wouldn’t be charged the 1500. Seems like no one recieved a code

By: rp17

rp17 — Wed, 17 May 2023 22:41:27 +0000

In reply to skyler. Literally, after waiting in two 40-min queues I got in but when I went to book there was no discount code anywhere. I even went all the way up to the payment confirmation page for an LAX flight (at the time the other three were noted to full) and nothing... no discount code anywhere. What a waste of time.

By: Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby

Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby — Wed, 17 May 2023 22:34:42 +0000

In reply to Peter. I don't know of anyone who was able to book something and now only LAX is left. I'm keeping this open for data points only.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 17 May 2023 22:15:31 +0000

In reply to Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby. How many lines did you have to wait? I'm on my 4th one...

By: Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby

Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby — Wed, 17 May 2023 22:02:17 +0000

“Due to popular demand, we have already reached our ticket limit in Canada. This exclusive ticket offer is now closed.”

By: Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby

Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby — Wed, 17 May 2023 21:57:39 +0000

In reply to skyler. There is no discount code until you clear the queue.

By: skyler

skyler — Wed, 17 May 2023 21:51:04 +0000

In reply to Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby. i'm logged in but how do we find teh dsicount code ? to book

By: Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby

Sebastian @ LoyaltyLobby — Wed, 17 May 2023 21:45:46 +0000

In reply to mo. It now displays: Message last updated: 18:40 PST All available tickets departing from "BOS" have been exhausted. Tickets departing LAX, JFK and SFO are still available.

By: timewasted

timewasted — Wed, 17 May 2023 21:35:17 +0000

In reply to mo. Joke of a promotion. Very poorly executed, CX

By: JD323

JD323 — Wed, 17 May 2023 21:29:38 +0000

In reply to mo. same

By: mo

mo — Wed, 17 May 2023 21:13:14 +0000

Waited in queue for 40 minutes, my turn comes up and there was no code anywhere. Only normal paid bookings. What a joke.