Originally Posted by friskygeek

So as you know there are currently two flights daily between IAD-DOH. One that leaves at 2100 (QR708) and another that leaves later in the night. The one that leaves later is the 359 equipment, without Q Suites. This is because it leaves DOH at a later time, and all the connections from the subcontinent (India, Pakistan, etc) arrive into DOH in the early morning DOH time, so most people take that earlier connection, which is why they run the larger 350-1K Qsuite aircrafct on that leg.

i can tell you that in the past 2 years, I mustve flown the IAD-DOH flight more than 12 times on QR708... I travel back n forth between DC and Karachi a lot... And this was the first time ever they had to make the aircraft change. O Its only this time around that I picked the later flight because I couldnt make my usual flight. Originally even the later filght was scheduled to be in the 350-1K.

So TLDR: If you fly QR 708 - you will get a Q Suite aircraft (99.999999% guaranteed). If you fly QR 710, there's a chance it'll be the non- Qsuite aircraft, especially if you fly mid-week like I do, and those mid-week flights are usually light on passengers.

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