More £1,000 Qatar Airways business class fares to Asia launched

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• Idrive says:

  17 Jun17 June 06:21

  Good Morning All! Mmm do i need to get into action now? I need to travel in January but i reckon there will be more from now till autumn?It seems like tonight i am going to be busy!

• Phillip says:

  17 Jun17 June 07:16

  One thing I have struggled to find, is information on which A330-200s carry the upgraded business class with flat beds. Other than the fact that they operate to Barcelona, Osaka, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Phuket, even QR’s own seat maps still show only 165 degree recline. Nothing on qatarsource either, yet I know 7 of them have been refurbished!

• Macca says:

  17 Jun17 June 07:32

  You say to check the aircraft you’ll be flying on but how do you do this? Is it just a case of getting the flight number and putting it into a flight checker for the aircraft type?

  I booked reward tickets to Larnaca recently thinking they were full business class seats on BA after checking the flight number on Seat Guru, but it turns out the plane is a short haul variation of their long haul aircraft.

  Perhaps a post showing us tips for checking this sort of thing would be good when news is slow one day? Like you did with the ITA Matrix.

  • Phillip says:

    17 Jun17 June 07:41

    With BA, when you book a flight, during the booking process, you can click on the flight number to retrieve the aircraft type. Where an aircraft is used for both short and longhaul operations, with few exceptions, if you are booking Club Europe (which is what Larnaca is) it’s a shorthaul configuration, if you’re booking Club World it’s a longhaul configuration (if all goes to plan and BA doesn’t make a last minute substitution).

    FT Dashboard is a good source of historic information that can further clarify what you are likely to get.

    With Qatar, you aircraft type is clearly shown during the booking process. For 787s, 777s, A350s and A380s, it is fairly straight forward as they have a uniform product within the type group (787s, 350s and A380s have a fairly uniform business class product altogether). The A330s and A320s however are a mixed bag.

• Andy Venables says:

  17 Jun17 June 08:05

  The article says that you will earn Avios and BA tier points with these flights but when i enter the details on the Avios flight calculator it says zero for both.

  http://www.britishairways.com/travel/flight-calculator/public/en_gb

  Am i missing something?

  • bob says:

    17 Jun17 June 08:14

    Don’t forget that you need to book via the Qatar Airways website here to get these fares.

  • Clive says:

    17 Jun17 June 08:27

    Andy you will need to put in separate sectors ie LHR to DOH and then DOH to say BKK. It will then show the data

  • Danny says:

    17 Jun17 June 08:29

    You need to enter each sector/flight separately.

  • Nick W says:

    17 Jun17 June 08:36

    Andy V – On the BA flight checker, for One World flights with no BA codeshare you need to enter each sector separately eg LHR to DOH and then DOH to BKK. It will then show how many tier points and Avios you ill earn.

• neil says:

  17 Jun17 June 08:25

  Malaysian also have a business promo fare from Amsterdam to Bankgkok via KUL for 1051 pounds. Its valid over the christmas and new year period as well, unlike the Turkish and Qatar fares..

  • CV3V says:

    17 Jun17 June 09:43

    Just to advise (having done this trip) that it uses an old 777 with angled lie flat seat, not a great experience when you want some sleep.

    MAS often have some really good business class deals for trips that start/end in BKK, you can then build in stopover in KUL before continuing onwards (ie. multi city). Priced up a very cheap business class flight BKK – KUL – HKG in the past.

    • Polly says:

      17 Jun17 June 16:32

      We experienced the same, not great on a 12/13 hr flight, not flat beds. And I don’t think they plan on upgrading them either, unless someone knows more on that. Def would chose QR every time over MAS, even if I don’t agree with their employment ethics as reported in the times today!

      • James67 says:

        18 Jun18 June 06:42

        They have announced retofit of remaining longhaul fleet with full flat as part of restructuring. Also reported they are going to offer competitive prices for just the seat in both J and F, with baggage, miles etc being add ons. That could work for me if price is right.

• James67 says:

  17 Jun17 June 08:35

  Not quite as good as we have seen from Qatar, probably because we are moving into summer high season. Those booking far out might be better hedging their bets on an autumn winter sale.in hope of more £800ish sales.

• RDB says:

  17 Jun17 June 08:54

  Do Qatar offer any transit deals in DOH over 8 hours Buss class ?

  • adam says:

    17 Jun17 June 12:38

    They do offer a free transit hotel but the T&Cs are quite restrictive. If I remember rightly it basically comes down to whether the route you have taken has flights that could have had a less than 8 hour layover.

    for arguments sake, you fly London to Doha and land at 12.30 and then fly on to BKK at 21.30. You would only get the free room if there was no other combination of flights between London and Bangkok that had less than 8 hours. essentially, if they operate flights (irrespective of whether they were seats available) that could have done it in less time then your out of luck.

    hope that makes sense…..

    • mark says:

      18 Jun18 June 07:19

      You are correct, but it’s also down to the booking class code as well – not too bad as you can get a free tour of Doha to kill time..

      I personally pay the £16 visa and go and explore the city, done it a few times… quad biking next time 🙂

      • LM says:

        21 Jun21 June 20:29

        So I booked a return flight that has an 8h10m stop over in Doha.

        How can I find out if I will get a free hotel night? I’m landing in at just before midnight and the connecting flight takes off early the following morning.

        Thanks

        • LM says:

          21 Jun21 June 20:38

          Disregard that – I found this information, and will accordingly contact my local office

          http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/transit-accommodation.page

• BA Tier Point Runs | 2015 master thread - Page 198 - FlyerTalk Forums says:

  17 Jun17 June 09:56

  […] another QR sale, bookable for one person so not a 2-4-1 deal, as mentioned on HFP this morning. Earns 140+140+140+140=560 TPs Some example fares as noted on HFP: […]

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