New Qatar business sale from £976 – good deals, Avios and 560 BA tier points

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• Aceman says:

  11 Oct11 October 09:26

  When does the current promo end for one person booking? I need to get to MEL in January…

  • Elijah says:

    11 Oct11 October 09:39

    Bring your factor 50 mate as you know we get 40 plus days

    • Wally1976 says:

      12 Oct12 October 09:58

      Snow and hail when I was there on Christmas day 2006! And then there was the cricket…oh dear.

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 11:18

    Not sure, as it doesn’t seem to be linked to any sale.

• Ian says:

  11 Oct11 October 09:53

  On the promo page they seem to be advertising companion fare to Canberra for 1350 from London. Anyone had any luck finding that fare?

  • Polly says:

    11 Oct11 October 10:03

    Think that’s economy for 2 pax

• Ben says:

  11 Oct11 October 11:13

  OT: The travel insurance that comes with the Amex Platinum card only covers you for holidays purchased with the card itself? My insurance needs renewed in Dec and it works out pretty cost effective to take out the Amex Plat – except if it doesn’t cover existing bookings (made with BA Amex and also another credit card). I’ve read the T&Cs and it sounds like only what is bought and paid for using the Plat card is covered. Is that right?

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 11:15

    It covers existing bookings. Anything paid with another Amex-issued Amex is also covered.

    If you paid with a non-Amex credit card then you are not covered for little stuff, eg you can’t claim £200 if your flight is 4 hours late. You ARE still covered for all the serious stuff.

    • will says:

      11 Oct11 October 14:30

      On that topic, I had a finnair flight delayed by 16 hours from shanghai to london (missed connection in HEL so finnair put me up in a hotel there and first flight out in the morning). Delay due to chinese ATC now allowing finnair to depart shanghai. Finnair rejected claim under EU261, I booked on an amex-amex and was a plat card holder at the time, could I have claimed £200 for this? It was in April, I’m assuming I’m too late to claim now?

      • Rob says:

        11 Oct11 October 15:02

        It might be one of those where you are allowed to spend £200 during your delay, but it has to be on the Plat card? Honestly can’t remember. You’d need to download the policy document.

      • Alan says:

        11 Oct11 October 15:26

        If you were delayed en route and had paid on Amex-issued Amex then you could have paid for costs the airline weren’t meeting. Not something you can claim after if you didn’t incur costs though (they refund rather than pay a cash sum). I keep Plat T&Cs in my Dropbox and saved offline to my device when travelling! (actually ICC Dollar cover as that doesn’t have same stipulation re paying with Amex).

  • Genghis says:

    11 Oct11 October 11:16

    Any Amex issued Amex covered for cancellations etc. For serious medical stuff you can pay on any card. Work through the maze of definitions in T&Cs.

    • Ben says:

      11 Oct11 October 11:30

      Thank you both. We’re away for a month Dec/Jan and my existing John Lewis cover (which was fantastic when I had to claim for a Zika related re-route last year) ends while we are away and I’m doing the maths on whether to get the additional Plat benefits or stick with what I know works.

      Some of the regional flights were booked using my Clarity card to avoid additional costs from paying in local currency. Same for many of the hotels that I’ve pre-paid.

• Nick Burch says:

  11 Oct11 October 12:12

  I’m seeing the headline Stockholm to Brisbane price also on Adelaide and Perth for April at least, with the QRDeal code applied.

  Qatar also seem to have deals with Qantas and Virgin Australia for onward flights to smaller Australian airports, so I can price up Stockholm to the Gold Coast or Sunshine Coast in Queensland for about the same as Sydney or Melbourne, which is unusual for onward flights to regional cities. I suspect, but didn’t test, that other regional airports may be the same.

  Qatar don’t seem to be flying direct to Brisbane as of April (I think it might not start until something like May/June?), but if you route through Perth you can get the Qantas longhaul A330 for the Perth to Brisbane leg.

• Adrian says:

  11 Oct11 October 13:39

  My wife and I had the luxury of the double bed in the q suites on the last leg of our AKL trip from DOH to CDG, it was the only time I have ever wanted a flight to be longer. The old 777’s were old but still better than BA CW, the 787 was great and the 1 day old A7-BEK q suites were dreamy. Food and service was hit and miss and ranged from excellent to ordinary. I’ll be doing my 4 BA flights and giving QR my other flights from now on as they are that much better and ex-eu is miles cheaper than BA. Ex-eu isn’t for everyone but it suits us (no children), time rich, cash poor. Thanks again Rob for opening up the world of business travel to us poorer folks.

  • Ben says:

    11 Oct11 October 15:01

    We try to use ex-EU as a reason to visit somewhere new, treat it as a little bit of an adventure. Even with a 6 month old, we’re still doing things the same way (he needs to get used to it!). We’re trying AY long haul at Christmas, making a change from QR. Our only recent BA CW experience (UUA’d from Y+) were lacking in so many different ways. I have a 2-4-1 voucher to use, which will only be for F flights somewhere.

• Chris says:

  11 Oct11 October 16:24

  Any thoughts when the next sale will be? Stab in the dark I know, but have a holiday planned for July 18. Black Friday perhaps?

  • Polly says:

    11 Oct11 October 17:11

    One appeared last Jan when we were in Nam, so we promptly booked up for HKT for next month. Think they happen about 4 times a year. The Scandis are cute. They will only pay Y for personal travel and J for biz when it’s paid for. Thus when we fly ex eu, the back of the plane is heaving, but the front almost empty. Thus the scandi sales needed to fill up those lovely flat beds.

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 18:05

    Probably 3 weeks after this one ends, knowing Qatar! You can never be sure what destinations will price the best though.

• Adam m says:

  11 Oct11 October 17:47

  If you have a 18hr stopover in Doha, can we all go out into the city. Have booked a hotel nearby.

  What happens to ththe luggage, as we’d obviously like to collect them.

  • James R says:

    11 Oct11 October 18:43

    You did call Qatar and redeem the *free* hotel didnt you?

    If you did that, your visa is sorted for you and I think once your in your hotel your free to do whatever you want.

    If you booked your own (firstly I would try and cancel it as its an unnecessary cost) I think you need to apply for a temporary entry permit. I think its pretty painless though.. check on the Qatar site.

    • Adam m says:

      11 Oct11 October 19:35

      Trip isn’t until April 18. You can oh,y apply for a transit visa 30 prior to travel.

      • Andrew says:

        11 Oct11 October 23:31

        Visa is no longer required for UK passport holders visiting Qatar for a holiday or stop over.

• K says:

  12 Oct12 October 01:11

  Do you know if the sale can be used outbound to Singapore and return from Phuket – or must be same out and return?

  • Polly says:

    12 Oct12 October 12:52

    Yes but it’s best to phone up to sort it.. we went out to SGN last year and back from KUL. You may be able to sort it by multi city. And usually for a bit more maybe £100 plus you can return directly back to LHR.

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