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Old Jul 23, 2021, 7:53 am
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Qatar (QR) Award Booking and Availability (Available 7/29/2021)
AS frequent flyers supposed to be able to book Qatar flights with AS points in August. Anyone heard A) a specific date? B) details on AS points cost on QR flights?

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Old Jul 23, 2021, 8:15 am
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Yes. My inside sources say booking will begin on 9/31, slightly behind schedule. Award chart would mirror AA and there is unlimited stopover.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 10:54 am
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My inside sources say a delay to February 30th and one BILLION miles. They also want to knife fight and asked me for money for more Night Train.
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by AndyKehn
Yes. My inside sources say booking will begin on 9/31, slightly behind schedule. Award chart would mirror AA and there is unlimited stopover.
I assume you mean 8/31 since there are not 31 days un September. So do you think US-Europe awards will allow a connection in Doha or will they be priced separately?
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by AndyKehn
Yes. My inside sources say booking will begin on 9/31, slightly behind schedule. Award chart would mirror AA and there is unlimited stopover.
Will that be for all OW airlines or just a few select airlines?
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Old Jul 23, 2021, 1:22 pm
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
I assume you mean 8/31 since there are not 31 days un September. So do you think US-Europe awards will allow a connection in Doha or will they be priced separately?
I strongly suspect the nonexistent date is intentional.

Asking FT randos “hey, there’s no official announcement yet, gimme what you got” is likely to produce snark…
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 5:09 am
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 8:00 am
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Well, I hope these are a mistake...
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 8:04 am
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no stopover...

correction:

US-middle east and africa can stopover at Doha
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 8:24 am
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LOL my attempt at sarcasm was actually right on. Better book those CX and JL rate fast before AS harmonizes its tables. USA-DOH-MLE for 82.5K is not a bad deal if you can stopover at DOH. However I'm seeing a lot of 200k rate instead of 82.5k and this development of dynamic pricing for partner is worrisome.
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 9:30 am
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I wouldn't be too worried about the "variable" pricing; it has more to do about saver vs non-saver space.
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 9:35 am
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The $1700 fare SEA - DOH - BOM looks so much more attractive now!
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 9:37 am
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The $1700 fare SEA - DOH - BOM looks so much more attractive now!
I gave in and got SEA-DOH-ATH rt with a long layover for 1900. Such a deal.
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 9:41 am
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If there is Saver availability, awards are offered at reasonable prices (e.g., Y-42.5K/J-85K US to Middle East). If there’s no Saver availability, it's crazy town pricing.
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Old Jul 29, 2021, 11:01 am
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Awards to Europe don't appear to be available despite availability on SEA - DOH, DOH - Europe individual legs. Let's hope this is an error.
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