Originally Posted by
OWRTW
Do you mean restricting the A bucket to RTW tickets?
I mean QR often limits availability in the Alpha ("A") bucket. QR uses the A bucket internally for discount first class fares, and so QR tends to keep the numbers in it tightly capped.
For instance, the availability for Friday two weeks for now is [as seen from an office in London],
Code:
Frequency
Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes
QR 1306 0 CAI DOH 320 F F4 P2 A1 YL BL HL KL ML LC VC SC NC QC TC OC WC
23/09/16 1:10 23/09/16 5:25 94% / 10m
0 Connections
QR 1304 0 CAI DOH 332 F F4 PL AL YL BL HL KL ML LC VC SC NC QC TC OC WC
23/09/16 13:00 23/09/16 17:15 56% / 28m
0 Connections
QR 1302 0 CAI DOH 77W Daily F6 P2 AL YL BL HL KL ML LC VC SC NC QC TC OC WC
23/09/16 19:10 23/09/16 23:25 75% / 19m
For QR 1304 and QR 1302, we have AL, meaning alpha class is full but open to wait listing.
(There is no mechanism to restrict what kind of fare uses the bucket, except by modifying the fare rules. The fact that the AONE* products use the same bucket as discount first class fares is unfortunate.)
Originally Posted by
OWRTW
The majority of flights between DOH-CAI only have A as their premium cabin. The same goes for DOH-DXB.
We agree that QR renames its premium cabin as "first class" on some regional middle east routes. QR also uses Foxtrot ("F") and Papa ("P") classes as a first class buckets on these (and other) routes. Fares that book into F or P are usually more expensive than fares that only permit booking into A.
The AONE* fares do not allow booking into F or P on QR. On QR, only A, D, L or Y may be used (in that order of preference).
Code:
>$LB3
003 CAICAI 09SEP16 QR GBP 7597.00 AONE4 STAY---/12MBK-A
FARE CLS EXPLANATION BOOK CODES
-------- ---------------------- ----------
AONE4 FIRST CLASS AROUND THE WORLD FARES A
AONE4 APPLIES FOR ROUND TRIP FARES
BOOKING CODE EXCEPTIONS
VIA QR A REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE
VIA QR D REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE
VIA QR L REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE
VIA QR Y REQUIRED
If A on a middle east regional flight is full, and there is no D class, then you will be offered L or Y class instead.