Originally Posted by
creampuff
I've started a trial of Expert Flyer.... can't figure out how to look up fuel surcharges though.
For my RTW biz class trip. Seat availability is showing as zero in all classes and all fare brackets for the Qatar CPT-DOH flight. Any idea what is going on?
I had a problem when I was playing with the One World RTW booking tool getting any Qatar flights to come up also.
Edit - I also notice the poster above says QR fuel surcharges are high? It only makes economic sense for me to fly Qatar CPT-DOH-MEL if the fuel surcharges are about the same or less than Qantas JNB-SYD.
1. RE:QR flight availability, are you looking up individual segments or the CPT-xDOH-MEL connecting flights? I realized in my search that if I searched JNB-xDOH-MAD i got no D availability, but individual segment lookup had D9 and likely ran into married segment logic. I checked a random date CPT-DOH and there was availability in fare classes, what dates are you looking for? I had no problem getting AA to book individual segments.
2. The tool doesn't handle having QR as your first flight, that is an almost given.
3. Unless comparing to BA/AA/QF, yes QR fuel fines are high. However, when i went digging deeper via ITA I found that QR may not be as bad as I initially thought, instead of maybe $230 it is maybe $161. I still don't think these will exceed or come close to QF fines.