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Qatar sale: Stockholm to Auckland, business, for £1500 to December – & earns 600 BA tier points

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I dropped this in as an extra article because I didn’t anyone booking the Copenhagen to Auckland fare (£2,300) that I wrote about in our main Qatar Airways sale feature today without seeing this.

As mentioned in the comments to that article there is an exceptionally good business class fare between Stockholm and Auckland currently available.

This is not part of the main sale and is valid for travel until mid December.

It comes out at 17,368 Swedish Krona:

…. which is £1,522 return.

You must use the promo code MASTERCARD – outlined on this page of the Qatar site – to get this price.  It is a couple of hundred pounds more expensive otherwise.

The fare rules appear to be:

Book by 3rd May

Complete travel by 15th December (10th December if using the MASTERCARD promo code)

Minimum stay 5 days

Maximum stay 1 month

No travel 27th June to 27th July or 1st August to 15th August

Ticket is cancellable for a penalty of US$800 (double check this during the booking process – whatever the Qatar site shows is what counts)

You should earn 600 British Airways tier points for this itinerary which is enough for a British Airways Silver card – although you would still need to have taken 4 cash British Airways flights during your current tier point year before you are upgraded.

Between Stockholm and Doha you get a brand new Boeing 787 – I reviewed that business class product here and the official Qatar 787 page is here.  Between Doha and Auckland you will get an older Boeing 777 – I reviewed that business class product here – but if you very lucky and travel late in the year it might have been refitted with the amazing new QSuite.

Remember that British Airways will no longer check through baggage to other airlines.  If you are transferring on the same day from London leave enough time to collect your luggage, go landside and recheck it.  Coming back, Qatar Airways should check it through to London even if that is on a separate ticket.

The Qatar / Stockholm offers page is here.  Full details of the Mastercard promo code are here.

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Comments (58)

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  • Sebastian says:
    27 Apr27 April 19:57

    Is there anything to SYD?

    • Qfx says:
      27 Apr27 April 20:40

      Go have a look and report back 😉

    • JamesR says:
      28 Apr28 April 08:30

      I booked SYD for Nov a few weeks ago. It was down as a promo fare but it wasn’t advertised when I spotted it. I paid around the £2,200 mark Ex-Stockholm.
      Beware the very long layover on the way out!

  • Alex W says:
    28 Apr28 April 04:24

    Having just done the Qatar 787 and 777 yesterday I think I preferred the 777. The bed was more comfortable and nicer layout if travelling as a couple.

  • Louise says:
    28 Apr28 April 07:03

    We’re flying in October. Is that late enough in the ear for Qsuites? 🙂 I’m guessing probably not!

    • JamesR says:
      28 Apr28 April 08:27

      Auckland isn’t set so far to be one of the first to have the qsuite on its route.. but things can change. Personally I think it would make sense given that they are using a 777 for one of the longest flights in the world, it seems strange to have your oldest (in some people’s opinion worst) product on it.
      Having said that, with a flight that long you want space.. and the 777 cabin I’d say feels much more open than the others. If your travelling as a couple than it’s absolutely fine.

      • Lou says:
        28 Apr28 April 10:24

        Having done very little travel outside cattle class, the current offering looks amazing anyway! I’m looking forward to it regardless

        • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
          9 May9 May 14:32

          Personally, I prefer the 777 if you’re travelling as a couple. Loads of space (four windows for most window seats) and a really comfy seat.

  • Lux says:
    28 Apr28 April 07:26

    Note, you will also need to pay by MasterCard.

    It’s the only option you’ll be given on the payment screen.

  • HayMow says:
    28 Apr28 April 08:16

    NB. there are extended date restrictions for the MasterCard discount – but you can combine eg. sale fare out without MC discount, sale fare with discount back, as you just get shown the fares that are available to you…
    “Blackout dates (travel not allowed):
    22nd June -01st July 2017 and 15th August – 10th September 2017 on Qatar Airways operated flights worldwide.
    14th July -29th July on Qatar Airways operated flights from Europe.”

  • HayMow says:
    28 Apr28 April 08:22

    Anyone know.. if you can only travel on certain dates but are prepared to pay sale fare out without MC discount (and to use sale plus MC discount on return leg) – would it cause any issues to book as two one-ways? Wondering if could be worthwhile to do, so could pay on BA Amex for outward leg for significantly more Avios, but pay on MasterCard (Tesco so a LOT fewer Avios) for the return. TIA

    • Polly says:
      28 Apr28 April 08:46

      Haymow, try pricing it up yourself as two one ways, think it might price up way more than the return fare. Let us know what you find too.

      • HayMow says:
        28 Apr28 April 10:02

        Thanks Polly – I was actually asking more about any known potential problems, hence saying ‘issues’ rather than pricing – had been wondering if any disadvantages to 2 separate tickets if say there was a problem with one direction, or something I might not have thought of. … as it is, when I checked the outward fare alone it was crazily higher (eg. double or triple) vs. even the return fare!

  • aliks says:
    28 Apr28 April 09:50

    Slightly OT

    There is no way I can maintain Gold status this year, but I am happy with a “soft landing” back to Silver. However, I’ve been using reward flights all year, so I have only 2 cash bookings on BA. Do I need to make another 2 cash bookings to get the soft landing?

  • Concerto says:
    28 Apr28 April 12:27

    And it I use the Iberia card, what would that get me? Possibly Silver at Iberia Plus? I have very little desire to use BA or the BAEC from now on.

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