Bits: new Avios-earning Qatar business deals from £836 (£1660 Oz), Business Traveller deal

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• Kathy says:

  27 Sep27 September 12:13

  Are there generally any trip duration rules for Qatar sales? Been having a play just to try and compare how much it would have cost me if I’d gone for a Qatar sale fare instead of booking with avios, but I’m struggling to find sale fares on any dates that would have allowed for my trip duration.
  So I’m wondering if there’s an unspoken 2-week rule on these sale fares that it’d be good to flag.

  • Rob says:

    27 Sep27 September 12:50

    There probably is – the issue is that they may file different rules for each country and it is too painful to go through them all, especially as it involves using the ITA Matrix tool to get at them.

• Nathan says:

  27 Sep27 September 12:18

  Still holding out for another amazing deal to BKK, hopefully in the Jan sale they run each year! Got it for around the £850 mark ex-eu previously!

• Anna says:

  27 Sep27 September 12:35

  OT: Amex. I applied for a supplementary card on a Gold MR account back in the summer, the offer was 3000 MR points. 4 weeks later I chased up the points and was told it would take 60 days, just asked again today and told 90 days! Is this Amex trying to keep accounts open for longer and reduce churning?

  • MarkH says:

    27 Sep27 September 13:38

    When I added a supp card on my gf’s PRGC back in July the points posted within a couple of days so not sure why they are giving you the run around

  • steven laity says:

    27 Sep27 September 18:52

    I had the same. Applied for supplementary card for 3000 bonus was told it would arrive in 10 days. 3 weeks later still no card or points. Rang and chased up and said they had no record of it. So did again with them on the phone then.
    Still waiting on points and been given similar time frame as you

  • Steve-B says:

    27 Sep27 September 19:31

    I’ve chased twice recently – once via the call centre and once via chat. On both times I was told 60 days.

• Ant says:

  27 Sep27 September 13:43

  Booked flights to auckland and back from Sydney and on the way back we have 12 hrs in Doha. Is it possible to leave the airport? Do we need a visa? This will be mid February. Thanks

  • AndyR says:

    27 Sep27 September 15:49

    They have free visa on arrival at the moment.

  • Diego says:

    28 Sep28 September 06:30

    and if you stay 12 or more hours you get a free 5 start hotel stay (usually valued around 150GBP) if you fly business (4 star in economy)

• Genghis says:

  27 Sep27 September 16:31

  I’d be wary of leaving any balance there. IMO cash now is better than the prospect of a good avios deal later / balance being removed.

• Clive says:

  27 Sep27 September 17:01

  AMS – BKK is fairly wide open with BA in CW for £1256. Throw some Avios at it to lower the price further if required.

  https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#search;f=AMS,ZYA;t=BKK,DMK;d=2018-04-14;r=2018-04-21;sc=b;q=flights

• Scallder says:

  27 Sep27 September 17:47

  OT (as bits): Tesco are now giving an extra 1 clubcard point per £4 spent when using Pay+ (previously PayQwiq) until 14th January

• Vin Schmallhausen says:

  27 Sep27 September 19:25

  Do you get the GHA Status for the duration of the subscription? Ie a 3 year sub = 3 years status?

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