Cathay allasia pass

It's $999 plus tax here
http://www.cathay-usa.com/offers/aap/subdefault.asp I never tried it
personally but the bigest downside the way I understand it, is every
flight goes through HK so for instance to get from Bangkok to Jakarta
you fly first to Hong Kong, wait around the airport for however long
it takes to get a conecting flight and then fly all the way from Hong
Kong to Jakarta. Kind of a hard way to get from BKK to JKT and could
cost you almost 2 days if timing worked out bad. Also other then Hong
Kong, you can visit each city only once.



On 13 Nov 2003 00:30:58 +0100, wrote:

I am planning a trip to several countries in Asia. I can book an
all asia pass with Cathay for US$1350 which supposedly allows unlimited
travel for 90 days.

Can anyone share their experiences with this pass?

I'm wondering if it would be better to get the cheapest flight to
BKK and then book airfares as I need them. I want to visit the
Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand at a minimum. Other places I'm
interested in are India, Cambodia, maybe China. The all Asia pass
doesn't include these; I probably will want to spend a few weeks in
each place anyways. $1350 sounds close to what my total might be if
I just booked airfares as I went, assuming I go to three countries:

$700 + $650

Does this sound about right?