Qatar Airways launches a new flash sale with double Qpoints

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• Paul says:

  9 Sep9 September 09:48

  Agreed – sale prices actually higher than my pricing a couple of weeks back. They need to do better to attract us back, reinstate the AM lounge access would be a start…

  • Terri says:

    9 Sep9 September 12:00

    After a first visit, I found 7 hours between flights overnight was a long time even with AM lounge access. They board an hour early so not enough time to get a room away from the airport and the airport hotel was very expensive in comparison.

    I thought the sleeping area in the AM lounge could double up as a theatre as the design amplified even the smallest of noises – all night a constant stream of people at the reception desk loudly asking for a sleep area – which were all booked out hours before.

    Also if you have the misfortune of then connecting to a 7am flight with reclining seats eg to Sofia – then another flight back to UK – it was not the best experience even with the AM lounge.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      9 Sep9 September 12:23

      The lounge is only great if its a short connection OR you’re on a TP run (ie die hard OR you’re actually stopping in Doha for a few days.

      for a trip with a partner who isn’t interested in TP a long connection is a recipe for disaster.

    • Guernsey Globetrotter says:

      12 Sep12 September 11:56

      Noise cancelling headphones are a godsend in this situation – a must have accessory for travel imho ! Mrs Trotter also wears hers at home if I’m snoring after enjoying myself too much on a night out 🙂

• Polly says:

  9 Sep9 September 12:56

  Won’t be buying at this price. Still don’t think we will risk ex EU just in case. Kicking ourselves we didn’t jump on a that inaugural AUK route on QR J flight. An absolute steal at the time. But think we had just got bk from Asia, so felt we couldn’t justify it.
  Little did we know the last 20 mths would materialise.
  Still hoping we can use our 241 F to SIN in November tho.

  • Paul says:

    11 Sep11 September 07:39

    Absolutely no chance am afraid. Singapore and much of Asia not ready to accept arrivals from plague island. The good news is you can kick it down the road by another year.
    My personal view is Asia travel off till Q2 2022 and only then if we have less than 10 deaths a day and control of infections. At almost 200 now that’s a tough ask as by end October there will be significant school/university/anti vaccination driven spike.

    • Harry T says:

      11 Sep11 September 23:57

      Singapore has vaccinated 80% of its population and intends to open up to international travel, as part of living with the virus. Their situation is not comparable to the majority of Asia, who have failed to vaccinate significant numbers and are being blitzkrieged by Delta.

      The UK will probably never be below 10 deaths a day due to how we count covid deaths and the fact that in a population of 70 million, a few people will always die of or with Covid. 100-200 deaths a day is hardly a catastrophe and won’t affect how other countries see us, travel wise. The most important factor is how well managed covid is in the destination country and how many of their population are vaccinated. So travel to Singapore from the UK within the next 6-12 months looks feasible, but Vietnam and Thailand are likely to be off the cards for a while.

      • Dubious says:

        12 Sep12 September 04:27

        PS.
        The Vaccination Flights between Singapore and Germany were announced in August for a start date in September, so any announcements of new routes (if any) during November would probably happen in October at the very latest.

      • John says:

        12 Sep12 September 06:46

        I don’t understand how they will know you haven’t been anywhere else in Schengen as long as you cover your tracks reasonably well (so perhaps use a burner phone etc…)

      • Rob says:

        12 Sep12 September 09:06

        Remember that many of the reported covid deaths are NOT covid deaths. If you get hit by a car 3 weeks after a positive test you are a covid death.

        • Alan says:

          12 Sep12 September 21:01

          The ONS estimate that this is offset by deaths occurring after 28days.

• Matthew Bell says:

  9 Sep9 September 13:00

  Can you convert Qmiles into avios?

  • Andrew says:

    9 Sep9 September 13:44

    No

    • Ed says:

      10 Sep10 September 23:28

      Yes via Accor?

      • neuromancer says:

        11 Sep11 September 11:33

        Their website says you can convert to Accor, however when I try to do it, I see “Activity not allowed”. Probably because I’ve earned just the 5000 bonus miles.

        • Sjors says:

          11 Sep11 September 14:42

          Promising miles which come with undisclosed limitations seems like a bait-and-switch to me.

        • Ian says:

          11 Sep11 September 17:06

          Hmm, would I be right in thinking HfP has taken a fee from QR to promote a scheme that involves handing over sensitive personal data in return for the promise of points, but which in fact come with restrictions that aren’t made clear before that data is shared? I can’t find any link in the article to such terms and conditions, but maybe I missed it?

        • Rob says:

          11 Sep11 September 17:44

          There are some restrictions on the 5k – I am guessing it is a standard Qatar intro bons thing. I actually tried this before the article ran just to check Qatar hadn’t been so stupid so we could have got them to stop it. Clearly they aren’t going to give you 5000 miles which you could instantly redeem for €20 x 1000 accounts. It’s the same as the Aegean promo.

        • Dubious says:

          12 Sep12 September 04:29

          And all you need is a name, email address and a date of birth. No other sensitive date needed

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