Originally Posted by
painintheuk
Well, it looks like I have another awkward trip to try to get *A miles on. Everything going into DOH seems to be operated by Qatar Airways!
Any thoughts?
The only StarAlliance Airline operating into and out of DOH is LH.
Inbound to DOH:
Flight Frm Departs To Arrives Typ Meal Freq Begins Until OperatedBy
LH 618 FRA 11:15am DOH 6:10pm 343 O M..T.S. 26MAR07 27OCT07
LH 624 KWI 8:55pm DOH 10:10pm 333 R .T.T.S. 30OCT07 18DEC07
LH 622 BAH 9:25pm DOH 10:20pm 333 R .T.T... 26DEC06 04JAN07
LH 622 BAH 9:25pm DOH 10:20pm 333 R .T.T..S 07JAN07 22MAR07
LH 619 MCT 10:50pm DOH 11:10pm 343 S M..T.S. 26MAR07 27OCT07
Outbounds from DOH
Flight Frm Departs To Arrives Typ Meal Freq Begins Until OperatedBy
LH 623 DOH 0:35am BAH 1:20am 333 R ..W.F.. 27DEC06 05JAN07
LH 623 DOH 0:35am BAH 1:20am 333 R M.W.F.. 08JAN07 23MAR07
LH 619 DOH 0:25am FRA 6:05am 343 DS .T..F.S 27MAR07 26OCT07
LH 619 DOH 0:25am FRA 5:05am 343 DS ......S 28OCT07 28OCT07
LH 625 DOH 0:10am KWI 1:25am 333 R ..W.... 31OCT07 19DEC07
LH 625 DOH 0:10am KWI 1:25am 333 R ....F.. 02NOV07 19DEC07
LH 625 DOH 0:10am KWI 1:25am 333 R ......S 04NOV07 19DEC07
LH 618 DOH 7:10pm MCT 9:30pm 343 S M..T.S. 26MAR07 27OCT0
StarAlliance Electronic Timetable, 23rd December 2006.
You'll have to either connect in FRA for a direct, non-stop flight from there,
or
Suffer connections by going through one of the above intermediate cities.
I can't seem to get any timetable listing of direct stopping flights via (MUC or FRA) to DOH so I presume you can't buy flights that go through those cities but only touch down to refuel or let off a few pax.
-> The other alternative is as others have mentioned,
fly on a *A carrier to a nearby airport (BAH, DAM, DXB, KWI or even MCT) and try to catch a non-*A flight from there.