Bits: £787 in Business to Bangkok and other silly Qatar fares, Amex 2015 FHR brochure

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• Adam W says:

  27 Mar27 March 06:22

  If this is the same QR deal as the one as posted on Flyertalk on Tuesday, it’s perhaps worth pointing out that tickets must be booked by the end of tomorrow!

  • Rob says:

    27 Mar27 March 07:49

    Thanks Adam, added in. I knew they ended tomorrow but for some reason it didn’t make it into the article!

    • Polly says:

      27 Mar27 March 09:19

      Also, don’t bother wasting your time searching for Asia after August! Back to normal prices from early September! Sadly, quite fancied an extra trip to Phuket in November !

      • James67 says:

        28 Mar28 March 07:32

        Polly, 2-3 weeks back I saw it for about £1090 with AY exARN and OSL. Turkish was also offering BKK exARN for just under £1000. Might be worth a quick look on skyscanner.

• erico1875 says:

  27 Mar27 March 08:09

  Slightly off topic, but re Qatar, I am flying on a business class Avios booking. 16 hr transit overnight in Doha..
  I read that Qatar put you up in a hotel for long transits.
  Will this apply to my reward booking?

  • DONE4 says:

    27 Mar27 March 08:34

    No, and it only applies if there is not a shorter connection (even if that connection is sold out).

  • Polly says:

    27 Mar27 March 09:12

    No, not reward bookings, but worth phoning the UK QR privilege club to ask them. Doubt it though. You can book their transit hotel for a fee, which allows you a transit visa, so you can go out and about during your stay over. Probably your best choice.

• Andy says:

  27 Mar27 March 08:40

  560 TPs for the Asian destinations is a decent haul too

• JamesWag says:

  27 Mar27 March 09:20

  Damn all you happy couples, what about us singletons 🙁

  • Adey says:

    27 Mar27 March 09:54

    What about threesomes!!!?

    Errr….. that’s wifey and child 🙂

    Adey

    • DAZ says:

      27 Mar27 March 13:51

      Good recovery that man. =O)

    • JamesW says:

      27 Mar27 March 14:37

      Easier to arrange once in Pattaya, I understand 🙂

• Neal says:

  27 Mar27 March 09:35

  Also, Finnair is selling £800ish business class tickets to Chongqing!
  Available from both Machester and London.

  • Mick says:

    27 Mar27 March 22:24

    what dates are these ???

• MartinT says:

  27 Mar27 March 10:07

  Thanks Raffles, that’s me and my wife booked to BKK in August, and flying out on my XXth birthday too 🙂
  Now to find a babysitter for a week!

• DAZ says:

  27 Mar27 March 10:44

  I have just booked 3 Business class flights from AMS to KL in the summer for £3100 with a decent stopover in Dohar at the IC. You can also get these prices on SkyScanner and it does show expedia etc. However I stuck with the Qatar site.

  Because of this I have cancelled my flights to Washinton DC this summer booked with avios and a BA 2-4-1 voucher and got it all back minus the cancellation cost. I’m now going to see what I can book prior to the “doom” date at the end of April.

  • PJH says:

    27 Mar27 March 12:30

    I’ve done similar, cancelled an Avios 2-4-1 to Dubai with BA and bought tickets with Qatar. However, rather than booking from AMS, under the same promotion I fly from Brussels and the fares are even cheaper – £667 Business Class for BRU-DOH-DXB return. Worth also noting that DOH-DXB is classed as First Class (A Bucket) and therefore you get access to the Qatar First Class lounge in DOH (although seats on the 787/330 on the route are in fact just the regular med haul business)

    • Rob says:

      27 Mar27 March 12:47

      Although I believe they have just downgraded the food to Business Class standard! What are they flying out of Brussels? If it is an Airbus or 777 I would pay the (minimal) extra for the 787 out of Amsterdam.

      • Jason says:

        27 Mar27 March 18:11

        It’s a 787 out of Brussels.

    • Matt says:

      27 Mar27 March 15:45

      Is the First Class lounge in DOH even open yet? Last I heard it was constantly being delayed – mildly annoying as I have a trip in QR First in April…

• Brian says:

  27 Mar27 March 10:45

  Off-topic, but then, this is a bits article….I’ve just learned that Finnair Plus points can be converted into Accor points at a ration of 7:1. Maybe this is common knowledge, but I found it interesting that you can convert airline points into hotel points – normally, it’s the other way round.

  Details of ths, and a special offer, at http://www.finnair.com/accor

  Might be a good way for some to up their status…

  • DONE4 says:

    27 Mar27 March 10:59

    Not worth it unless you value AY+ points under €0.0029 each. You can also transfer VS points to Hilton.

  • Rob says:

    27 Mar27 March 11:35

    It only works because of the status tweak – pretty awful deal otherwise for anyone who is not status chasing. What I don’t understand is why Accor does this with just one airline, and picks Finnair!

  • Kai says:

    27 Mar27 March 11:46

    It seems the bonus points don’t have to be transferred to Accor? Everyone could register for double miles then.

    7:1 is paltry, but it may be an easy way to extend expiry or reach the elite threshold.

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