Bits: Qatar Airways selling UK-Dubai for £975 in business class, new BA Innsbruck flight

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• Callum says:

  25 Jun25 June 18:11

  Had booked EDI-LHR-DXB for £1243 plus 38.5k in Avios CW. Saw this, got same dates priced at £1k over xmas, luckily I was in the 24 hr window so got full refund from Ba plus all avios back, and then booked this, looking fwd to Qatar business on 787, thanks Raffles for all your hard work with the site 🙂

• JacarandaSpa says:

  26 Jun26 June 15:43

  Thought I’d wait for the Heathrow ones, hope they do it now as all the regionals appear to have gone (worried face!).

  • Rob says:

    26 Jun26 June 16:24

    Plan was to launch it tomorrow but things could have changed.

    • JacarandaSpa says:

      26 Jun26 June 16:47

      Expedia had “special” fares with Qatar yesterday (£1018 from Heathrow) but I pontificated because it was only on the A330 and couldn’t work wether they would be on lie flat or angled.

• Talay says:

  27 Jun27 June 09:08

  OT and sorry to appear daft but just what do I get if I rush to earn BA status points ?

  I usually fly out to Asia long haul and have been using Etihad for the last few years largely because of the (then) very generous 3x and 4x mileage accruals, free chauffeur and a pretty good product.

  Well, as the mileage bonuses have largely dried up and the pricing is all over the place and with me doing more Europe routes then I have the opportunity to a) use BA Club Europe and b) Qatar (BA Club World product does not inspire on my route).

  So from my calculations, I would lose my chauffeur, lose my status (temporarily), have to pay more for Club Europe (I own the company) than an alternative, have to stick to Qatar or BA but would but woul get BA status which offers just what on Qatar and elewhere ?

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    27 Jun27 June 09:15

    Only major Silver benefit – oneworld lounge access and free BA seat selection

    Only major Gold benefits – book ANY seat on ANY BA flight for double Avios, Galleries First lounge access, book Row 1 in Club Europe

    However, you will get Silver for just 1 Qatar trip to Asia (well, near enough – 560 of the 600 tier points) so you don’t need to move much to BA.

    • Talay says:

      11 Jul11 July 19:02

      As I contemplate moving off Etihad (and their family account which I find useful) do you have a matrix of how many flights in business are required to get a free flight in business ? I know it would not be absolutely accurate but it is a single data point which would be useful.

      I just redeemed one on Etihad and paid around £200 in fees whereas the Avios redemption on the Amex 2 for 1 cost me about £1050.

      What I did notice on Etihad was that when the cash fare went down, the amount of points required to redeem the free ticket went down. In my case from circa 280k to a straight 200k which was a more than pleasant surprise.

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