How to Find and Book Cathay Pacific Aria Suites Using Points

Current Routes and Schedules

Cathay Pacific currently operates Aria Suites on six routes from Hong Kong with nine aircraft retrofitted as of October 2025. The limited fleet means not every flight on these routes features the new product, making seat selection crucial.

Current routes with Aria Suites:

• Beijing (PEK) – Flights CX334/335, up to daily service through October 25, 2025
• Frankfurt (FRA) – Flights CX289/288, select days now, then daily starting October 26, 2025
• London (LHR) – Flights CX255/250, daily service on an ongoing basis
• Melbourne (MEL) – Flights CX105/104, daily service
• Sydney (SYD) – Flights CX161/162, operating Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (CX161); Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday (CX162)
• Vancouver (YVR) – Flights CX888/889, three weekly departures on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays

A rare long-haul Aria Suites availability found using Roame

London offers the most consistent availability with daily service featuring the Aria Suite. Frankfurt becomes the second European destination with daily Aria Suite service starting late October 2025. Each aircraft takes approximately seven weeks to reconfigure, with plans to complete all 777-300ERs by end of 2027.

The Beijing route offers the shortest flight time at around 3.5 hours. Current schedules run through October 25, 2025, when the IATA winter timetable may bring route changes.

Finding availability on these premium routes can be challenging. That’s where Roame’s SkyView comes in handy. You can track real-time award availability across multiple airlines and set alerts for when seats open up. Head to Roame SkyView to start tracking availability today.

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How to Identify Aria Suite Flights

Check Google Flights for "Individual suite" designation versus "Lie flat seat" for older products.

On Cathay Pacific's website, look for "77J" aircraft codes and confirm 45 business class seats instead of 40. The seat map should show rows extending to row 14 and four seats in row 20, both unique to Aria configurations.

Remember that aircraft assignments may change before departure, so make sure to verify as your travel date approaches.

Aria Suite as Individual Suite in Google Flights

Award Availability Reality on Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific rarely releases premium cabin award space to partner programs these days. Recent searches found partner availability only on Hong Kong-Beijing, with long-haul routes much harder to find unless you are close-in.

Cathay Pacific Aria Suite Hong Kong to Sydney

Sweet Spot Redemptions

Pricing starts at 28,000 Asia Miles for Hong Kong-Beijing, 58,000 for Sydney, and 84,000 for London, while Vancouver costs 88,000 miles after an April 2025 increase.

If you want to fly Cathay Pacific business class, then the best way to redeem is via Cathay Pacific's own loyalty program.

Cathay Pacific Aria Hong Kong to Beijing

Booking Tools to help you find Aria Suites Availability

Use Roame to search multiple programs simultaneously up to 355 days ahead of the flight and set email alerts (10 email alerts) for new award seat releases. The timeline view reveals patterns in how Cathay releases inventory.

You can cross-reference with the flight numbers and routes I provided above and search directly on the Cathay Pacific website.

Set up award flight alerts for flexible date ranges and be ready to act quickly; premium space on popular routes disappears within hours of release.

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Final Thoughts

Start by creating your Cathay Pacific loyalty account early on to make sure there will not be issues transferring your points to a new account. Airlines are known to hold up points transfers when an account is too new.

Make sure you re-read our guide for the list of all routes and flight numbers flying the Cathay Pacific Aria Suites so you know how to set up your reward flight alerts.