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I’m looking at booking LHR to DPS via Doha. I can selection a booking for 80000 Avios that includes a 13 hour stopover. Now there are earlier flights onto Denpasar but these are all coming up as 2x Avios for the shorter stopovers. If I was to booked the 1x redemption would I be able to change later on to an earlier flight by just paying the 25USD change fee? Or will I be charged the additional Avios?
Yes, but you would need availability at the standard rate to come up. Worth checking occasionally (or religiously every day if it’s important to you!) but if I booked that I would expect to be stuck with the long layover.
The other possibility would be if you are booking a long way in advance hope for a significant schedule change, and ask to change flights. I’m not sure how good QR are at that though – I’ve got nowhere trying to change flights with them booked through BA, but they might be more accommodating if you book directly.
I’m booking for October next year. Nothing major if not. Just trying to avoid the long layover as far as I can tell only allowed in the lounge for 6 hours. Also I think currently the other flights have Q Suites on the doh – dps leg so maybe that’s why redemptions are not as readily available.
We did the same as you and stayed in the lounge for 10 hours. On the way back it was about the same time as your layover.
We got an Uber to the Doha Pullman which wasn’t too expensive and had a nights sleep, shower swim in their pool and breakfast.
Uber was really cheap and easy.
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