Do I need a separate refund request for seats or lounge passes after Cathay 24-hour cancellation?

Do not stop at the ticket cancellation confirmation. Cathay identifies a separate online refund-request route for advance seat reservations and lounge passes associated with an eligible member cancellation. Reconcile the flight and each extra separately so that a ticket refund is not mistaken for completion of the entire purchase return.

What this answer depends on

  • An eligible Cathay member twenty-four-hour cancellation with advance seat reservations or lounge passes in the same booking.
  • Under the eligible member cancellation benefit, taxes and fuel surcharge are included in the flight-booking refund.
  • Advance seat reservation fees and lounge-pass fees in the same booking require the online refund request form described on the benefit page.
  • The member benefit excludes hotel, insurance and package purchases made with the flight; those are not established as refundable by the ticket benefit.

Important exceptions

  • Other extras can have different servicing routes, and this page does not generalize the seat/lounge procedure to every service. Eligibility for the underlying member benefit must be established first. Refunds from hotels, insurers or package providers require their own terms and handling.

What to do next

  1. Complete the eligible flight cancellation through Manage Booking and retain that confirmation. The ordinary refund form is not a substitute for the benefit’s required ticket-cancellation route.

  2. List separately purchased seats and lounge passes from their receipts. Link each to the canceled booking and the traveler who purchased it.

  3. Follow the official benefit page’s online refund form for those extras. Request only the items covered by that route and retain the submission reference.

  4. Compare the eventual payment returns with the flight receipt and each ancillary receipt. Take any missing item back to the relevant request, rather than submitting a second cancellation of the flight.

  5. Eligible cancellation confirmation, seat and lounge receipts, booking reference, payment breakdown and ancillary refund reference.

More booking questions

Does the flight-refund email prove the lounge pass was included?

No. Check the separate ancillary request and payment record.

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Does the benefit automatically refund a hotel booked with the flight?

No. The published benefit excludes those non-flight purchases.

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