I found tickets for my return via the midnight New York-JFK flight from Hong Kong (with a stop in Vancouver-YVR). Because I am connecting from a city in China using Dragonair, Cathay's regional Airline, the arrival into Hong Kong limited my return trip options on Cathay back to the US. I can take either the LAX or SFO midnight or daytime flights or the midnight JFK flight with a 90 minute stop in YVR. I booked the JFK flight for now to secure my seats and have a ticket home. I hope to change to the LAX or SFO day flights back to the US as that would mean less travel time and an extra night in China for me to enjoy. Here are my return flights:
I also accidentally stumbled upon the fact that Cathay Pacific (CX) revenue management releases their award inventory about once a week with a few changes during the week. I now know when they start to release seats each week. I found a Business seat on one of the LAX flights and called the Executive Platinum desk to change to that flight. I had a great conversation with Candice (based in Tucson) and got the changes made. I also got $2 refunded back to me since I was not transiting Canada and the LAX flight will most likely feature the new Cirrus Business seats. I hope I can get a First Class award seat before the trip. Here's my new outbound flights:
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