Bits: see the FA Cup 5th Round games with Emirates, Qatar Airways sale launched

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• John says:

  10 Feb10 February 04:57

  I think unless you desperately need to travel in the next 8 weeks you might as well hold out for another premium sale.

• Sandgrounder says:

  10 Feb10 February 06:01

  £1850 for two people CPH-BKK return in the Easter school holiday is pretty good value this close to departure.

  • Yuff says:

    10 Feb10 February 06:46

    I spotted £1645, from Oslo, just after school holidays. Not too bad as the krona has dropped about 5% since I booked in November.

  • Rob says:

    10 Feb10 February 11:15

    Good old Qatar, only they would sell for less via third parties!

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

      10 Feb10 February 11:40

      Makes sense to me – if you’re on an OTA then you’re being compared against other carriers. People who come directly to you are probably less price-sensitive.

      Happens all the time in retail finance.

      • Rob says:

        10 Feb10 February 13:34

        But the commission is no more than 1% – for anyone to undercut sharply must mean that Qatar has filed special fares for OTAs.

• Clive says:

  10 Feb10 February 08:00

  Morning Rob also in IST this week

  • Rob says:

    10 Feb10 February 08:42

    If you’re at the St Regis, or want to wander across from the Hilton if you’re there, there is a free champagne reception at 7pm in the bar!

    • Clive says:

      11 Feb11 February 06:42

      Only just saw this. Thanks but didn’t get back from Bursa until gone 9

• Liz says:

  10 Feb10 February 09:56

  OT what are the rules for checking in with Iberia if you don’t have any flight status – is it just 24hrs before as with BA? u

• Tony says:

  10 Feb10 February 16:46

  A word of caution for those considering buying Qatar Airways flights, as someone who bought tickets during the last sale. A few days ago I received a schedule update that our arrival into Male would be delayed by a half-hour. Unfortunately we had onward transport arranged from Male to an island resort, and after the schedule change won’t be able to make our transfer. The obvious solution would be to reschedule onto the next earlier arrival, which I would expect the airline to help us with.

  Unfortunately, if you read the Qatar Airways conditions of carriage, they offer zero guarantees other than trying to get you from point A to point B. I called their call centre, and was advised they only offer free rescheduling on delays of 2 hours or greater.

  My advice to you – don’t book any connecting flights with less than 2 hours buffer to allow for Qatar’s flexible scheduling. Unless of course you can afford to pay the non-sale fare difference after the fact, which would have been 3,000 pounds in our case. No thank you.

• Newbie says:

  10 Feb10 February 18:10

  Why is there no business class fares to a Melbourne? Is anyone aware of any good business fares or is it best to use miles to upgrade?

• John says:

  10 Feb10 February 18:38

  Thinking of booking flights from Amsterdam or Paris to Bangkok in May . Does anyone think it worth hanging on, or shall I take the prices on offer now which are pretty good from Europe . Amsterdam £1793 , Paris £2198 . I live nearer to Birmingham so options to get to Oslo are limited . Such a shame the UK prices are so high in comparison . With Birmingham flights starting soon at £3300 for two it is hard to justify not flying into Europe . Any thoughts would be appreciated !

  Raffles – Thanks for the great website . We do appreciate it .

  • Rob says:

    10 Feb10 February 19:08

    Very aggressive price out of Sofia on Qatar. Doha leg is an A320 but one of the two A320 variants run by Qatar has flat beds, interestingly, and I think that is what you get. How easy it is to get to Bulgaria to pick up the flight is a different question.

  • Polly says:

    11 Feb11 February 04:43

    John, I would do AMS now, as the most you might save would be another £100 pp, as it was in the last sale. It’s still a very good price with peace of mind. We have bought CPH HKT in the last sale, have a look at expedia.no or expedia.dk for even better prices, worth spending an hour or so browsing. We got the best price from expedia.dk. Such a shame, we agree that we must go to the EU for decent prices. But, it’s such a treat in the 121 config, you feel utterly spoiled, so worth the effort, we feel. Right up there with BA F. And you almost get to silver on BA 560 tier points pp.

    • John says:

      11 Feb11 February 05:46

      Thank you Polly for your input – much appreciated . If I book via Expedia am I still able to enter my BA exec number and benefit from Avios and Tier points ? . Wasn’t sure if you booked via a 3rd party ? I have just returned from Asia end of Jan with Qatar into AMS . I couldn’t agree more that the service and seat is well worth the inconvieniance

      • Polly says:

        14 Feb14 February 09:57

        Hi John,

        Only just saw this. Yes the inputting of your FF no is really only before you fly. Sincerely hope you got your TPs and miles from your Jan trip , QR is very useful for us OW folk. So yes book through whom you like, as I say we bought via expedia.dk, a bit of guess work with the language, but most expedia pages are the same layout. Just to be sure I ran an expedia.co.uk booking alongside on my OH. iPad to make sure I got the translation correct. But it’s all quite easy really. Others booked theirs via expedia.no with no problem around that time too.

        • John says:

          15 Feb15 February 20:11

          Thanks for your help Polly . All booked for May in the Sale !

• Alex W says:

  11 Feb11 February 04:36

  I can’t agree with the valuation of the Emirates box football tickets. At Arsenal a Cat B game would be £36.50 for me. 6000 points would not be a bargain to sit somewhere with no atmosphere and posh food. I would rather sit in the noisy section and spend a few extra quid on a chicken balti pie.

  • Rob says:

    11 Feb11 February 05:54

    You’re not in the box for 6,000 miles – those are general admission. The box is 25,000 to 40,000 miles per game but is not available for the FA Cup.

    In any event, as most people cannot actually buy Arsenal tickets on the open market, the ticket price for cash is relatively immaterial.

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