Nov 19, 2013, 3:20 pm
Last edit by: Prospero
Covid-19 Update:
For further information on AA awards see:
HELP DESK: MileSAAver / SAAver Award Availability - Help, Assistance & Discussion
and
AA oneworld and Other Airline Partner Award information, rules (2015 on)
N.B. Upgrades on QR book into fares not granted EQD/EQM by AA. If you're upgraded on QR, be prepared for pushback from some AA agents. You may have to submit a formal request with accompanying documentation reflecting you purchased an eligible fare class.
NOTE:AA has removed most EY and QR award access from aa.com due to a glitch booking these:
If you experience difficulties with the AA reservations system, you may be able to book by calling AA Australia (+61 2-9101-1948 ) then press 4 - or the New Zealand number (+64 09-308-4014) as an alternative - although the call center is actually in Suva, Fiji (South African agency Mindpearl) - as they can often see the inventory more reliably, and you can book.
NOTE: USA Canada travel on QR will earn EQ miles etc. in accordance with the fare class purchased.
Links:
Link to AA.com Qatar miles earning etc.
AA miles earning on QR changed 1 May 2016 (Link):
Minimum miles guarantee applies.
Checking QR award availability:
You can check QR availability on AA's site, BA's site, QF's site, www.awardnexus.com (which pulls from BA and/or QF), or the KVS tool. (A certain number of searches are free to FlyerTalk members at AwardNexus; click the "more signup options" link under the green Purchase button to sign up as a FlyerTalk member.)
When checking QR award availability, you have to check each segment individually. Both BA and QF can generate very misleading information if you try to check QR award availability all the way through [xxx-(DOH)-yyy] in one step. Be aware AA can only book 330 days out, even if you see availability farther out.
Awards on QR may not be visible to AA agents if a multi-segment itinerary is requested; broken into individual segments will generally reveal availability, however.
As well, AA Australia or New Zealand (actually MindPearl in Fiji) can often see and book AA awards on QR US-based ones might not be able to.
From danger: For AA awards, Economy is X, Business is U, First is Z. NOTE: Those with Z (First) awards may see "Z (Business Class)" shown on the QR website; this is a known glitch.
As well, QR sells intra gulf two class service as First and Economy, as AA does domestically. This can cause some issues with a Business flight including a Gulf "First" flight potentially incurring an F award redemption.
From hotelmotel: "Got my QR PNR from AA. Popped over to QR and selected seats." (AAdvantage award.)
Days of the week: To/from the USA, especially in business class, Qatar often only offers awards seats for Mon..Thu departures, not Fri..Sun departures. So makes sure you check different parts of the week, and not just always weekends (if you're not finding anything on weekends).
NOTE: At DOH / Hamad International Airport, lounges as follows:
Qatar Airways Al Safwa First Lounge (not a oneworld lounge): only accessible to those flying First Class on Qatar or oneworld airlines and QRPC Platniums flying in ticketed Business (not oneworld Emeralds flying other lower classes of service)
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Lounge (not a oneworld lounge): only accessible to those flying Business Class on Qatar or oneworld (not oneworld Sapphire flying lower classes of service)
Oryx Lounge: Third party lounge.
Qatar Airways HIA First Class Lounge (oneworld lounge): First Class ticketed customers, Emerald members, as well as their accompanying guests, travelling on Qatar Airways and other oneworld member flights.
Qatar Airways HIA Business Class Lounge (oneworld lounge): First and Business Class ticketed customers, Emerald and Sapphire members, as well as their accompanying guests, travelling on Qatar Airways and other oneworld member flights.
Arrivals Lounges (not oneworld lounges): only accessible to those arriving in First or Business Class on Qatar Airways (not oneworld Sapphire flying other oneworld airlines or other classes of service)
See FT: QR Lounges at HIA
Selecting Qatar Airways Seats
If you want to assign a seat after booking an award, you should first try the Qatar website or app. If you experience issues, please try a partner site like Royal Jordanian, Malaysia Airlines, or Sri-Lankan. You can also reach out to the QR Twitter team to fix your record in order to be able to select seats on their own site.
- Sapphire+ status pax are temporarily allowed to use the Al Mourjan Business Lounge
- Only tickets issued on QR 157 stock are eligible for the Extending Our Commitment (EOC) rebooking policy
For further information on AA awards see:
HELP DESK: MileSAAver / SAAver Award Availability - Help, Assistance & Discussion
and
AA oneworld and Other Airline Partner Award information, rules (2015 on)
N.B. Upgrades on QR book into fares not granted EQD/EQM by AA. If you're upgraded on QR, be prepared for pushback from some AA agents. You may have to submit a formal request with accompanying documentation reflecting you purchased an eligible fare class.
NOTE:AA has removed most EY and QR award access from aa.com due to a glitch booking these:
From One Mile at a Time (link)
Bottom Line
For the time being you’ll have to call American if you want to ticket AAdvantage awards on Etihad & Qatar that aren’t for travel to & from the US or Canada. It makes sense that American took these awards “offline,” and now it also makes sense why so many passengers have been having issues with checked bags on awards.
Bottom Line
For the time being you’ll have to call American if you want to ticket AAdvantage awards on Etihad & Qatar that aren’t for travel to & from the US or Canada. It makes sense that American took these awards “offline,” and now it also makes sense why so many passengers have been having issues with checked bags on awards.
NOTE: USA Canada travel on QR will earn EQ miles etc. in accordance with the fare class purchased.
Links:
Link to AA.com Qatar miles earning etc.
AA miles earning on QR changed 1 May 2016 (Link):
Minimum miles guarantee applies.
Checking QR award availability:
You can check QR availability on AA's site, BA's site, QF's site, www.awardnexus.com (which pulls from BA and/or QF), or the KVS tool. (A certain number of searches are free to FlyerTalk members at AwardNexus; click the "more signup options" link under the green Purchase button to sign up as a FlyerTalk member.)
When checking QR award availability, you have to check each segment individually. Both BA and QF can generate very misleading information if you try to check QR award availability all the way through [xxx-(DOH)-yyy] in one step. Be aware AA can only book 330 days out, even if you see availability farther out.
Awards on QR may not be visible to AA agents if a multi-segment itinerary is requested; broken into individual segments will generally reveal availability, however.
As well, AA Australia or New Zealand (actually MindPearl in Fiji) can often see and book AA awards on QR US-based ones might not be able to.
From danger: For AA awards, Economy is X, Business is U, First is Z. NOTE: Those with Z (First) awards may see "Z (Business Class)" shown on the QR website; this is a known glitch.
As well, QR sells intra gulf two class service as First and Economy, as AA does domestically. This can cause some issues with a Business flight including a Gulf "First" flight potentially incurring an F award redemption.
From hotelmotel: "Got my QR PNR from AA. Popped over to QR and selected seats." (AAdvantage award.)
Days of the week: To/from the USA, especially in business class, Qatar often only offers awards seats for Mon..Thu departures, not Fri..Sun departures. So makes sure you check different parts of the week, and not just always weekends (if you're not finding anything on weekends).
NOTE: At DOH / Hamad International Airport, lounges as follows:
Qatar Airways Al Safwa First Lounge (not a oneworld lounge): only accessible to those flying First Class on Qatar or oneworld airlines and QRPC Platniums flying in ticketed Business (not oneworld Emeralds flying other lower classes of service)
Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Lounge (not a oneworld lounge): only accessible to those flying Business Class on Qatar or oneworld (not oneworld Sapphire flying lower classes of service)
Oryx Lounge: Third party lounge.
Qatar Airways HIA First Class Lounge (oneworld lounge): First Class ticketed customers, Emerald members, as well as their accompanying guests, travelling on Qatar Airways and other oneworld member flights.
Qatar Airways HIA Business Class Lounge (oneworld lounge): First and Business Class ticketed customers, Emerald and Sapphire members, as well as their accompanying guests, travelling on Qatar Airways and other oneworld member flights.
Arrivals Lounges (not oneworld lounges): only accessible to those arriving in First or Business Class on Qatar Airways (not oneworld Sapphire flying other oneworld airlines or other classes of service)
See FT: QR Lounges at HIA
Selecting Qatar Airways Seats
If you want to assign a seat after booking an award, you should first try the Qatar website or app. If you experience issues, please try a partner site like Royal Jordanian, Malaysia Airlines, or Sri-Lankan. You can also reach out to the QR Twitter team to fix your record in order to be able to select seats on their own site.
Qatar Airways / QR: Redeem AA Miles for Award (master thd)
Mar 1, 2018, 8:02 am
#106
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Anyone on here successfully booked middle Q Suites? I got the award through AAdvantage, but they can't book middle suites and the Qatar Airways agent I ringed up said they'd only be available day of departure. That seems fishy to me since I can see that they do get booked up via ExpertFlyer.
Just wanting to check before I spend hours on the phone.
Just wanting to check before I spend hours on the phone.
Mar 1, 2018, 12:23 pm
#107
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: WAS, LAX
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 1,330
There's been a fair bit of discussion of this here. My conclusion is that it seems to very much depend on route. Non-LHR seems easy to book center seats, available via online manage booking as well as via QR phone agents. In contrast, LHR seems to have a policy of not being bookable except at check-in (or perhaps close to departure). Quite frustrating.
Has ANYONE successfully redeemed AA miles for Q Suites and gotten middle seats before day of departure?
Mar 3, 2018, 12:08 am
#108
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 51
Just put an award on hold for JFK-DOH-BOM with JFK-DOH on QR 702 so I should hopefully have the QSuite. Two questions.
1) Can I get my Qatar PNR while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
2) If so, can I use that Qatar PNR to select a seat while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
I still have to wait a few days before I can commit to booking this trip, but per Expedia 10A and 10K are the only two windows left (not sure how accurate that is). I really want to get one of those window seats instead of 9B or 9J.
Thanks in advance!
1) Can I get my Qatar PNR while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
2) If so, can I use that Qatar PNR to select a seat while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
I still have to wait a few days before I can commit to booking this trip, but per Expedia 10A and 10K are the only two windows left (not sure how accurate that is). I really want to get one of those window seats instead of 9B or 9J.
Thanks in advance!
Mar 3, 2018, 9:21 am
#109
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,483
Just put an award on hold for JFK-DOH-BOM with JFK-DOH on QR 702 so I should hopefully have the QSuite. Two questions.
1) Can I get my Qatar PNR while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
2) If so, can I use that Qatar PNR to select a seat while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
I still have to wait a few days before I can commit to booking this trip, but per Expedia 10A and 10K are the only two windows left (not sure how accurate that is). I really want to get one of those window seats instead of 9B or 9J.
Thanks in advance!
1) Can I get my Qatar PNR while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
2) If so, can I use that Qatar PNR to select a seat while the award is still on the 5 day hold?
I still have to wait a few days before I can commit to booking this trip, but per Expedia 10A and 10K are the only two windows left (not sure how accurate that is). I really want to get one of those window seats instead of 9B or 9J.
Thanks in advance!
Mar 4, 2018, 4:46 pm
#111
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Ala.
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 70
Booking Directly on Qatar, Advice Needed RE: AA Miles
Mods, please feel free to merge if necessary.
This is my first time booking directly on a foreign carrier but the price is unbeatable. Traveling ATL-DPS in discounted biz, R coded fare. The questions is, will I receive EQM and EQD on AA for this flight? When booking, I was prompted to input my AA ff. I have it on a 24hr hold. It’s for travel in late June-early July. Many thanks, in advance.
This is my first time booking directly on a foreign carrier but the price is unbeatable. Traveling ATL-DPS in discounted biz, R coded fare. The questions is, will I receive EQM and EQD on AA for this flight? When booking, I was prompted to input my AA ff. I have it on a 24hr hold. It’s for travel in late June-early July. Many thanks, in advance.
Mar 4, 2018, 5:02 pm
#112
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,605
From https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...ines/qatar.jsp
Award miles will be earned at 1 mile per mile flown
EQMs will be at 1.5 miles per mile flown
EQDs will be at 0.2 EQDs per mile flown
ATL-DOH-DPS is approximately 12,334 miles one way, so one way you should earn approx
12,334 award miles
2,466 EQDs
18,501 EQMs
Award miles will be earned at 1 mile per mile flown
EQMs will be at 1.5 miles per mile flown
EQDs will be at 0.2 EQDs per mile flown
ATL-DOH-DPS is approximately 12,334 miles one way, so one way you should earn approx
12,334 award miles
2,466 EQDs
18,501 EQMs
Mar 4, 2018, 5:55 pm
#114
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Ala.
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 70
From https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...ines/qatar.jsp
Award miles will be earned at 1 mile per mile flown
EQMs will be at 1.5 miles per mile flown
EQDs will be at 0.2 EQDs per mile flown
ATL-DOH-DPS is approximately 12,334 miles one way, so one way you should earn approx
12,334 award miles
2,466 EQDs
18,501 EQMs
Award miles will be earned at 1 mile per mile flown
EQMs will be at 1.5 miles per mile flown
EQDs will be at 0.2 EQDs per mile flown
ATL-DOH-DPS is approximately 12,334 miles one way, so one way you should earn approx
12,334 award miles
2,466 EQDs
18,501 EQMs
Mar 7, 2018, 2:34 pm
#116
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 12
IAD - DOH availability
is there an award shortage for Qatar? I cannot find any availability on BA's site for for award availability in J from IAD to DOH from random dates throughout the year. I wanted to book 2 J seats for my brother via IAD-DOH-MLE. Thanks in advance!
Mar 8, 2018, 6:04 am
#117
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: TPA
Programs: WP
Posts: 372
Has anyone experienced mileage request for QR flights being denied? Flew QR last month and one segment was denied for mileage request with the reason being that segment was credited to QR frequent flyer program although I don't have a frequent flyer account with QR and my AAdvantage number is attached to the booking. Should I contact QR to get this mileage request corrected or AA?
Mar 8, 2018, 6:13 am
#118
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: RDU <|> MMX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, SK EBS
Posts: 12,483
Has anyone experienced mileage request for QR flights being denied? Flew QR last month and one segment was denied for mileage request with the reason being that segment was credited to QR frequent flyer program although I don't have a frequent flyer account with QR and my AAdvantage number is attached to the booking. Should I contact QR to get this mileage request corrected or AA?
Mar 8, 2018, 8:40 pm
#119
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Exp, United Silver, Delta Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 280
Any one have trouble getting exp desk to book awards departing post march 25 th on on QR.
i just off and the agent said they cannot book any QR tickets after March 25th even though they are OW patner.
i just off and the agent said they cannot book any QR tickets after March 25th even though they are OW patner.
Mar 8, 2018, 8:46 pm
#120
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Qatar has in the past often only made flights in J to/from the USA available for awards for Mon-Thu departures, never for Fri-Sun departures.