Qatar Airways flight sale starts today – save an extra 5%

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• Ian says:

  9 Jan9 January 10:53

  If you are booking with Qatar you should have in mind their steep (very steep) cancellation fees USD450 and even uglier no-show policy USD880

  • Rob says:

    9 Jan9 January 10:54

    Any sort of refund on a deeply discounted sale fee is a minor miracle …..

    • Ian says:

      9 Jan9 January 10:57

      Rob the issue is not with the refund, that is very common and acceptable that the fare is non-refundable. The issue is with the no-show policy. Charging USD880 for no-show is a bit much no?

      • PJ says:

        9 Jan9 January 11:23

        Search on flyertalk before thinking they’re going to fine you like this, they only “charge” USD880 if you miss a flight and wish to use your credit towards a rebooking. It’s basically an enhanced cancellation fee

  • Joe B says:

    9 Jan9 January 10:58

    Yeah – however they do do their £10 hold for 72 hours thing, which can be quite good if you cant decide straight away

    • Ian says:

      9 Jan9 January 11:07

      True, but if for some reason (that isn’t covered by travel insurance) you can’t travel you end up with a very expensive bill. Don’t get me wrong I love Qatar service, but I think this policy is a bit too much. I couldn’t even imagine the outcry if BA was to do this or a UK train company…

      Related, Amex has some offers which might be handy to complement Qatar’s sale

      Trailfinders
      Spend £1,000 or more, get £100 back

      Etihad
      Spend £800 or more, get £100 back

      American Express Travel
      Spend 200 get £50 back

  • Adam says:

    9 Jan9 January 12:45

    I’ve always wondered how this actually works. Are you saying that if you don’t turn up or try to cancel they are going to charge you money.

    How can they even do this? It’s not like they can just put it through on your credit card. Anyone with experience with this would be good. Thanks.

    • Sam says:

      9 Jan9 January 15:04

      I believe the fee comes into play once you try and rebook the ticket

    • Relaxo says:

      9 Jan9 January 19:09

      I was a no show last year and I have not been billed any cancellation charges, so must only be for re-booking….which Im not sure why anyone in their right mind would do anyways.

• Chris says:

  9 Jan9 January 11:07

  OT : the Hilton Triple Avios (BA/Iberia) offer states if is for stays up until the 31st Jan.

  What happens is my stay is from 28th to 2nd Feb?

• Nick G says:

  9 Jan9 January 11:09

  With Titan on an A320 will there be difference over Y in terms of on board ie sepereate cabin blocked middle seat etc?

• Rob MC says:

  9 Jan9 January 13:18

  Has anyone managed to use the 200 off 600 spend on amex travel using flights?

• Keith says:

  9 Jan9 January 13:54

  O/T anyone now how many MR points do you get with a referral from Plat -> Nectar?

  • Cate says:

    9 Jan9 January 13:58

    k18

    • Keith says:

      9 Jan9 January 14:37

      Thanks 🙂

• Tracy says:

  9 Jan9 January 14:08

  O/T looking to book my first lloyds voucher flights. Husband and I have one each. We want to fly EDI or GLA to New York in Sep or Oct at a push. Obviously we want to pay as little in avios and £’s for business class, keeping avios and £’s down more important than dates lol. Would like a little advice re. cheapest dates (peak/off peak), airplane type, day/night flight etc. Have flown AA and United direct from Scotland before but never flown VIA London. Thanks

  • Anna says:

    9 Jan9 January 14:22

    Apart from choosing off peak dates there’s not much you can do with the pricing. You’re stuck with BA flights from London with the Lloyds voucher, so the fees will be largely the same whichever flights you choose. The only slight difference is if you get the connecting flight on the same booking, it will cost no avios but there is an extra cash element. If you book it separately, it will be the usual RFS price.

    • Tracy says:

      9 Jan9 January 14:34

      Thanks Anna, will book the connection on the same booking. Just need to look for availability now.

      • Anna says:

        9 Jan9 January 15:07

        You should be fine with availability to New York. Just avoid Oct half term period as it will be peak avios pricing.

      • Anna says:

        9 Jan9 January 15:11

        Also, if you prefer to fly down to London the night before your NY flight for peace of mind, you can do that on the same booking, just choose the earlier date and click the box to add a stopover and continue the next day. If it’s all on one booking you can check your hold bags through and just hang onto your hand luggage overnight. We do this so as to be not starting too early and being too tired to enjoy the lounge and flight properly!

      • Tracy says:

        9 Jan9 January 15:25

        We want to do a long weekend so don’t really fancy adding an overnight in London, will just have a looong journey via London. Almost on the verge of letting the lloyds vouchers expire so i can fly direct……

• JamesB says:

  9 Jan9 January 15:24

  OT: Virgin West Coast follows BA in ditching the Daily Mail
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42621425

• Cate says:

  9 Jan9 January 16:46

  Norwegian ? 🙂

  • Cate says:

    9 Jan9 January 18:26

    ;-P

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