Originally Posted by
fbrj
There is another way to search for QR avios flights, without shifting the total required over to QR beforehand. I just leave a few in my QR account for searching purposes.
Providing you are registered as a QR frequent flyer and have a few avios in your QR account - you search first for the cash flight you want and once you have identified that (while logged in to QR) an option using avios pops up and away you go! You can then continue searching for QR avios flights for different routes/dates etc.
You can get total avios and cash costs even if you have nothing like the number of required avios.
I was looking for the same LHR/DPS flight recently, again would prefer to book via BA due to communication. Nothing on the BA website currently as only offering the BA flight to Doha and there is no avios availability. I have a Qatar account with the grand sum of 66 miles in it so was able to check availability and there were a few suitable flights but obviously can only see availability and bot be abe to book. So annoying as BA seem to want to keep you on their metal for the london/ Doha sector and show no CW seats and for obvious reasons would far to prefer Qatar on the first leg. When I am ready to book I might try ringing up BA to see if they can see any QR availability.