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Old Feb 1, 2026 | 5:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Cazmantis
I booked a flight from Perth to Doha with Qatar, and I'll be flying on Virgin Australia metal, in business class with my baby. The Qatar app can't show me the seat map and informs me I'll need to choose seats at check in. I'm a little worried as I'm not even sure if bassinets exist on this flight, and if they do I'm concerned check in will be too late to secure a basinet. The flight is on a Boeing 777. Does anyone have any info about basinet availability and if it would be possible for me to request ahead of time? I'm not even sure if I would contact Qatar or Virgin Australia! Thanks in advance :-)
Most definitely not VA metal.
Will be VA marketed (flight number) VA operated, by a (sham) QR wet lease arrangement. The flight will also have a QR codeshare flight number..
The AU govt has declined QR requests to operate more flight from the major AU airports.

Are you buying from VA or QR? What flight numbers? Codeshares can be problematic
Would be better to have a real QR flight, purchased from QR when wanting something out of the basic.

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