Amazing business deals (Avios earning) from Qatar Airways – Maldives £907, Singapore £837

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• JoshBosh says:

  12 Jan12 January 05:40

  The Australian routes would actually earn 600TP’s as the DOH-MEL/SYD route is long enough for 160 each way.

• Boi says:

  12 Jan12 January 06:33

  We were looking to book BA with two 241s @ 500 000 Avios + £3500 taxes. We can get same dates with Qatar for £6100.

• James says:

  12 Jan12 January 06:45

  What’s the best method to find the cheapest dates?

• TomTom says:

  12 Jan12 January 07:08

  Check out the reviews for gotogate. There seem to be lots of complaints.

  • Jonathan says:

    12 Jan12 January 07:28

    It’s asymmetric though, do you post positive comments when you have a good experienc? Web reviews are disproportionately complaints even if they may only make up 0.5% of the overall users.

    As an example we’ve booked a couple of times to Mauritius through Southall Travel which get terrible reviews online, but assuming you get the tickets booked correctly what else do the travel agent do? We’ve not had any issues.

    • Zoe says:

      12 Jan12 January 07:52

      I used them for a hotel in Sri Lanka a few years ago. They did eventually get annoyed with the number of 3V transactions I was doing to pay down the balance.
      Kenwood Travel were very helpful though once they understood I wasn’t money laundering.

      • Jason says:

        12 Jan12 January 08:42

        I’ve used both southall and Kenwood and had no problems. Found a better agent though price wise 🙂

    • JQ says:

      12 Jan12 January 13:06

      I think the problems arise when you want to make changes/cancel. These agencies are also unhelpful when there are schedule changes by the airline.

• RobC says:

  12 Jan12 January 07:16

  Booked Oslo to Bkk return yesterday for £608 using gotogate. Flights have booked into I and I was able to login to qatar’s website and choose my seats. Gotogate has worked wonders for me everyone else on the FT thread about that fare. Was a good 200 + pounds cheaper than booking direct! Thai islands here I come!

  • Danksy says:

    12 Jan12 January 21:29

    Haha yes me too… What dates are you flying out? I’m 23rd November…

• Mycity68 says:

  12 Jan12 January 07:17

  Hi, is there a benifits in joining Qmiles for this promo instead of sending my miles to BA? Sorry can’t see what miles I would earn and the redemption rates using Qmiles

  • Polly says:

    12 Jan12 January 08:11

    Depends on how many times you will use QR in the future. We moved away from QMiles a few years ago, as BAEC had family earning so we could all accumulate them in one account. Even when I had loads of qmiles, I still had to buy extra to upgrade my OH to J, which was v annoying as I didn’t have enough in my ac to even upgrade myself. They didn’t allow me to use mine, they charge you to gift them or you just buy them to top up. Their c s is like talking to 12 yr olds, useless, take days to reply to you. By email.
    If you are using BA more for other routes, then maybe stick with them as they def are more flexible, for the USA and RFS. With QR you are mostly going the other direction.

    • Mycity68 says:

      12 Jan12 January 08:31

      Thanks Polly

• Bill says:

  12 Jan12 January 07:41

  Can you still earn BA tier points and avios if booked via gotogate ?

  • Clive says:

    12 Jan12 January 07:50

    Yes you can Bill

    • Bill says:

      12 Jan12 January 07:52

      Thanks Clive.

• Clive says:

  12 Jan12 January 07:54

  So this year is my BIG Hawaii 50 so thought I was clever and at T355 booked EVA ex AMS. Up pops this deal so looking at the cancellation policy on my tickets and thrashing out the numbers we have cancelled and booked with Qatar.

  Used Goto Gate and are now flying Business 787-380-380-787 ex OSL. Positioning flights booked as well so now just need a hotel overnight at OSL (will hit the duty free on arrival). connections are nt fantastic. We have about 3 hours out and 6 back but will give us time to explore the lounge.

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