Originally Posted by
leontief
Tried changing a December BKK ticket to KUL next year. Agent said a fare difference applied because BKK – KUL > 500 miles but I thought distance was calculated from DOH instead (i.e. DOH – BKK versus DOH – KUL). Is this no longer true?
Are you a QRPC member? Rules for members and non-members shown in post #1602 :
- Unlimited route change option is only applicable when your original travel has been impacted.
- All travel must be completed on/before 31 December 2021
- Qatar Airways will rebook you into the same cabin on the new route.
- Rerouting is possible free of charge on Qatar Airways operated flights where Doha (DOH) is the transit point or the origin and destination.
- If you are a Qatar Airways Privilege Club, you may change the original destination within the same country or same region.
- If you are not a Qatar Airways Privilege Club member, you may change the original destination within the same country or a 500 (five hundred) mile radius from the original destination within the same region
- If you are not yet a Privilege Club member, you can join Privilege Club, in accordance with the Privilege Club Terms and Conditions
- Regions are defined as Africa, America, Australasia, Europe, Far East, GCC (inclusive of Levant, Iran, Iraq), Indian Subcontinent
- Rerouting is not possible free of charge if the original booking was on a fifth freedom route not touching Doha (such as PNH-SGN and vice versa; GRU-EZE and vice versa).