Qatar Airways unveils a new economy seat – which looks good

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• Flying Misfit says:

  7 Mar7 March 09:07

  OT – Has anybody managed to use the 25 off 40 Amex code on Amazon recently?
  Expiry date was extended to 31 March but also says first 8000 odd users to use code.

  I think there was some talk about it being fiddly to apply in recent times but cannot get it to apply.

  • Shoestring says:

    7 Mar7 March 09:30

    Used mine long ago – but if they extended the date to 31st March it’s still available

    Try a dummy basket of *ONLY* sold-by-Amazon items where you go over £40 on (say) 3 different items (ie £120+)
    Don’t forget to link your Amex card and use at least 2 MR points to part pay
    and use the code

    You’ll be able to cancel before buying but it’ll tell you if you can get the code working

    • Flying Misfit says:

      7 Mar7 March 14:20

      Cheers Harry

      Ticked all those boxes but just wouldn’t apply… got on chat and 25 squid applied there and then … along with the 6 for 50 gift card top up.. so result and sorted in 5 mins over chat

      • Shoestring says:

        7 Mar7 March 17:20

        result!

        yep I had £25 from dear old Chat in similar circs, get the right agent and don’t act stroppy & they are good as gold

• Oli says:

  7 Mar7 March 09:23

  https://headforpoints.com/hfp/qatar-airways/ redirects to malware/spam website http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-7094841-10791350 …? Tried this on different devices and different browsers now with the same result!

  • Rob says:

    7 Mar7 March 10:36

    That isn’t a spam site, it is the Qatar home page with our tracking code at the front. It works just fine on my iPhone.

• nock says:

  7 Mar7 March 09:36

  cancelled my SPG amex today and have cleared balance owing.
  In my account, card is displayed as cancelled with zero balance.

  anyway know how long I should wait to apply for new amex (BA)? Do the systems take a while to update?

  I already hold a PLAT and 2 other CC’s from amex, hence wanting to cancel the 3rd CC before getting the BA one

  • BlueHorizonuk says:

    7 Mar7 March 10:02

    I don’t think there is a limit anymore so you can apply when you want

  • Thomas Howard says:

    7 Mar7 March 10:24

    Couldn’t you have referred yourself the BA card from the SPG for a 9000 point bonus?

    • Grant says:

      7 Mar7 March 10:27

      Yes, but assuming nock has some referrals left then they’d be better referring from Plat for 18k MR points.

• SimonW says:

  7 Mar7 March 09:46

  O/T – AMERICAN EXPRESS PROMOTION CREDIT of £5 hit my Amex Plat today. I can only think this is the elusive PayPal £5 credit from last year….

• James says:

  7 Mar7 March 10:01

  OT – I used my 2 complimentary lounge club passes which come with the Amex Gold Credit Card. If I cancel the card and reapply in 6 months time, will I receive a new Lounge Club card with an additional 2 complimentary passes or do I have to wait a year for that?

  • Shoestring says:

    7 Mar7 March 10:03

    2 new passes

    • Michael says:

      7 Mar7 March 10:52

      I never received the two new passes – just seemed to get added to my current lounge club card.

      • Shoestring says:

        7 Mar7 March 17:29

        yep, correct, they get applied to your existing Lounge Club card if it’s within date so don’t bin it when you cancel Gold

• Jonathan says:

  7 Mar7 March 10:06

  Re: Qatar economy seats being “ultra-slim”. Does that mean they’re like the new BA ET seats on the densified Airbus/Ryanair/EasyJet? If so I’d rather sacrifice some legroom/take an aisle seat than develop a pressure sore thanks!

  • Rob says:

    7 Mar7 March 10:38

    Looked very similar.

    • Alan says:

      10 Mar10 March 16:23

      Hmm not great – fine for 2h or so but pretty uncomfortable after that.

  • flyforfun says:

    11 Mar11 March 11:40

    Just back from a 4 sector trip on Cathay’s A350 who have similar seats. It’s interesting the article doesn’t say what the width of the seats will be, because in Economy, that’s just as important as leg room. Cathay’s 350 is 3-3-3 and 18″ width. It has the 2 trays as well as storage areas when the small tray comes out.

    The negative for the seat is that you feel every time the person behind you goes in their seat pocket or opens a tray table.

    The big positive is their innovative 6 way head rest that they don’t seem to tell people about. The 2 wings open outward and have a leather strip supporting your head. As a normal side sleeper, this made it excellent for me being on my back.

    Their TV is HD and had some sort of shielding on it so that its not obtrusive to the next passenger, unlike when they use their personal devices.

• Grant says:

  7 Mar7 March 10:26

  Do they ever run similar promotions in the UK?

  • Kiran says:

    7 Mar7 March 11:15

    They used to run them every year or so but I haven’t seen any since 2013.

• Neil says:

  7 Mar7 March 10:32

  Delta is 1 option but I would personally would set up a Qantas account. You can always top it up via Marriott if needed

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