Originally Posted by
Gobber
Scandinavia-DOH-SouthAsia, 535 eur, return in Economy now. It's bare bones. Are you talking bare discounter pricing levels without the food or baggage? no chance
Please don't even mention no-baggage/no-seat-reservation on here, they might be listening, and take you seriously !
I fly regularly between the UK & Thailand, two of QR's biggest markets where they've been adding extra flights/capacity recently, and have just today booked (for example) LHR-BKK-CNX end-June, returning mid-September, for £539 on Thai International. The cheapest flights available on QR, with an extra stop along-the-way and using LGW which they're discounting to fill three new daily-flights, currently costs £683 with most alternatives using LHR costing significantly more.
BA offered their no-seat/no-hold-luggage option to Bangkok over Christmas at £420 return. And remember that's non-stop, like Thai International, past the Middle-East ! In exchange for the stop/change half-way, Qatar really ought to be under-cutting the direct-flights, wouldn't you agree ?
I'm genuinely glad you're finding good prices out of Scandinavia, however with Qatar out of the UK & Thailand you really have to look long-and-hard to find fares which are even vaguely competitive, and as-a-result they're flying with poor load-factors. Their on-board product is good, their pricing simply isn't, so they're driving business away when they really cannot afford to.