Originally Posted by
lhrhappy
They ought to be able to make the change. Is your flight into DOH too late? Minimum connect time at DOH is 1h30 (although some airline agents will say 2h).
If the change doesn't result in a <2h connection, and you're able to find the award space on ba.com, I would call back and see if a different agent knows how to make the change. (That's just me, though.)
Nope, I have a very long layover in DOH so would welcome arriving earlier.
The award space wasn't the problem, she said it was booked as a "through fare" and so the two flights were connected, so the only way would be to cancel the entire fare and re-book. But I'm not taking the chance that the first trans-atlantic flight will be re-bookable if cancelled.
I might still try and call tomorrow though and see if someone else can get it through.
Originally Posted by
ArLin
Don't worry. We flew Qatar too to MLE and arrived 3:20 pm but didn't get on the seaplane until 4:42 pm. So we stayed at the Conrad Lounge after arriving at the MLE airport and before boarding the seaplane. They offer food at the lounge and they have a shower room too and an air conditioned waiting room.
Ah ok, that's great to hear! And they didn't seem concerned with the arrival at 3:20 pm? Like it was pretty straightforward to get the seaplane, and no risk of being pushed? I suppose if they are still running planes till well past 4 pm we should be ok. We'll be flying business as well and I think that is a shorter line through immigration...