Qatar change of flight time.
Jul 16, 2017, 4:43 am
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Qatar change of flight time.
I am due to fly AMS to HND and Realised that Qatar has changed the AMS flight from 16.45 to 21.40. The original booking had a 6hr layover and now this has been reduced to 1.40hr. The arrival time to HND remain unchanged.
Do you guys know how flexible Qatar would be to change the dates of my flight? My plans have changed so I am trying to find a way to change the dates of the flight at a minimal cost. I bought the flights during a Qatar sale so they in R bucket.
Do you guys know how flexible Qatar would be to change the dates of my flight? My plans have changed so I am trying to find a way to change the dates of the flight at a minimal cost. I bought the flights during a Qatar sale so they in R bucket.
Jul 16, 2017, 4:50 am
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They would not be flexible at all. Why would they (unless you have a flexible ticket)? The time change does not trigger a change of dates because you are will within MCT in DOH (you'd make it in half the time). If you need to change your dates, you'll have to pay.
Jul 16, 2017, 5:07 am
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dolceguess4 I am afraid that there is nothing you can do since the schedule change actually shortens your journey time and it is still within the Minimum Connection Time (MCT) at DOH.
With regard to date changes you need to examine the Fare Rules sent as an attachment to the Booking Confirmation E-mail. These rules are very specific to your reservation and may include such things as 'Changes not permitted'.
With regard to date changes you need to examine the Fare Rules sent as an attachment to the Booking Confirmation E-mail. These rules are very specific to your reservation and may include such things as 'Changes not permitted'.
Jul 16, 2017, 10:41 pm
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I do not agree with the above 2 posters.
QR also changed one of my flight times with a shorter connection in DOH. I called up the reservations desk and asked to be put in a different flight due to a planned conference call during the layover. Flight was reissued and booked into J class (originally was D) at no cost.
QR also changed one of my flight times with a shorter connection in DOH. I called up the reservations desk and asked to be put in a different flight due to a planned conference call during the layover. Flight was reissued and booked into J class (originally was D) at no cost.
Jul 17, 2017, 5:44 am
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You can always try, but as far as I can tell QR is under no obligation to change the flights. It would IMO have been differently if one only left the next day (meaning an additional night in AMS), if the new itinerary would've arrived later or if the first flight would've left earlier.
That said, OP only gets a definitive answer if he rings QR up and asks. Given that OP is in R (Bizz), QR may show more leniency. I doubt however that OP will be able to move the flights by much. There will (at best) be some wiggle room for the outbound, but not much for the inbound as it hasn't been affected by the schedule change).
That said, OP only gets a definitive answer if he rings QR up and asks. Given that OP is in R (Bizz), QR may show more leniency. I doubt however that OP will be able to move the flights by much. There will (at best) be some wiggle room for the outbound, but not much for the inbound as it hasn't been affected by the schedule change).
Jul 19, 2017, 11:12 pm
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Agreed. In my experience, QR agents are quite formulaic on the impact of time changes: less than two hours is really hard to get them to do anything unless there is an effective MCT issue, but over 2 hours they typically will allow changes within reason.