[PREM FARE GONE]QR Biz PSA-AKL 1373 EUR rt ai / OJ to FRA 1292 EUR
May 6, 2016, 5:15 pm
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I was able to get $1,600 EU round-trip from FRA. I'm thrilled with this. Will help with 2017 EXP status and I get to check a big one off the bucket list! Thanks OP.
May 6, 2016, 5:24 pm
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https://www.ausbt.com.au/qatar-airwa...uckland-launch
May 6, 2016, 7:03 pm
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Thanks. I spotted EDI-AKL rtn yesterday before the thread was posted, but for $2565 and, thanks to FT, I have now booked PSA-DOH-AKL // AKL-DOH-EDI for $1806 @ Easter 2017 through QR website. Happy days!
May 6, 2016, 11:01 pm
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After searching around for quite awhile I didn't see anything better for price & routing than PSA-DOH-AKL // AKL-DOH-FRA. Who really knows what aircraft they will have on the AKL route? Probably QR doesn't even know now as they are experiencing delivery date problems with Airbus. But this is a great fare and I pulled the trigger.
May 7, 2016, 2:16 am
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May 7, 2016, 3:29 am
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For anyone with any interest at all in getting to New Zealand, the choice would be the usual £3500+ with CX, NZ, SQ etc, or QR's promo £1022.
The exquisite torture of QR's 2-2-2 seating might be be a princess-and-the-pea test ... but I'm going can bear it and the faff of Pisa, with a few days in Berlin on the way back as a bonus for all that suffering
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The exquisite torture of QR's 2-2-2 seating might be be a princess-and-the-pea test ... but I'm going can bear it and the faff of Pisa, with a few days in Berlin on the way back as a bonus for all that suffering
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The DOH-AKL route is definitely the 777-200LR - the LR is a bit of a giveaway. I don't think the A380 has the range to do this flight - certainly not full, and not from the heat in Doha. In fact, I think the DOH-AKL is going to be the longest scheduled flight worldwide when it operates - and until SQ reinstates non stop SIN-NYC.
I'll be travelling with Mrs BBA so no problem with the 2-2-2. And really looking forward to spending almost two weeks in NZ over Easter next year. ^
May 7, 2016, 3:35 am
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Sure it does - it's one of the positive selling features of the aircraft, and something that figures pretty heavily in QR's network expansion. So the delivery delays mean a bit of a headache swapping the limited number of long-haul aircraft in the fleet to cope with that expansion. Something might have to give, but it could be frequencies rather than route sacrifice.
May 7, 2016, 3:39 am
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Sure it does - it's one of the positive selling features of the aircraft, and something that figures pretty heavily in QR's network expansion. So the delivery delays mean a bit of a headache swapping the limited number of long-haul aircraft in the fleet to cope with that expansion. Something might have to give, but it could be frequencies rather than route sacrifice.
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May 7, 2016, 3:47 am
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