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)
Apr 18, 2019, 12:59 am
#781
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 783
Just tried Qantas but no availability also...
Q, My search using AA displays about 11 x slots per day, are these slots actually ever available or just a plug in of flight information and the award availability never matched those 11 x slots shown as available?
I was up at 5.00 am today but everything I clicked on was unavailable except the usual 32 hours duration or an economy connection onward from DOH.
Trying to fly from LHR.
Apr 21, 2019, 7:42 pm
#783
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,467
Do you get substantial benefits from having both on the same itin?
Apr 21, 2019, 10:48 pm
#784
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: KHOU/KIAH
Programs: AA EXP | Marriott Bonvoy Titanium| Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 11,212
Sounds like the issue I'm seeing for a CVG-PHL-DOH-DEL itinerary. I can book CVG-PHL-DOH in J fine, but once I put the DEL segment at the end availability pretty much disappears. I've never booked an award through AA, so I don't know their normal rules / restrictions.
DOH-DEL is 2 class sold as J. It might just be sold out.
Apr 22, 2019, 12:39 pm
#786
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: DTW
Programs: Marriott Titanium, Delta Platinum
Posts: 18
I did that trip last year (to WDH), we just stayed there for a night and then went to Cape Town. They have a priority pass lounge at their small little airport. Not bad. We stayed at the Hilton in town and was blown away at how nice it was. Good lounge and rooftop bar too. Have fun! Oh yeah, we did Qatar Business class there with AA points. The 787 flight down was real nice. 
Apr 23, 2019, 12:47 pm
#787
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 6
Hi All,
I'm simply trying to find out how many AA miles it will cost me to book Moscow to Singapore via Doha on Qatar from July 4th to August 4th with a 3 night stopover at the beginning of the trip in Doha (if possible).
When I try to use the rewards search on BA, I can't find any flights on Qatar but only on BA or Japan Airlines.
Tried also looking on AA/Qatar's site but can't find the flights there.
Would the best bet be to call them up with the itinerary in mind to find out the mileage cost, or is there something I'm missing here in my search?
Thanks for the time.
I'm simply trying to find out how many AA miles it will cost me to book Moscow to Singapore via Doha on Qatar from July 4th to August 4th with a 3 night stopover at the beginning of the trip in Doha (if possible).
When I try to use the rewards search on BA, I can't find any flights on Qatar but only on BA or Japan Airlines.
Tried also looking on AA/Qatar's site but can't find the flights there.
Would the best bet be to call them up with the itinerary in mind to find out the mileage cost, or is there something I'm missing here in my search?
Thanks for the time.
Apr 24, 2019, 12:50 am
#788
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,467
Hi All,
I'm simply trying to find out how many AA miles it will cost me to book Moscow to Singapore via Doha on Qatar from July 4th to August 4th with a 3 night stopover at the beginning of the trip in Doha (if possible).
When I try to use the rewards search on BA, I can't find any flights on Qatar but only on BA or Japan Airlines.
...
I'm simply trying to find out how many AA miles it will cost me to book Moscow to Singapore via Doha on Qatar from July 4th to August 4th with a 3 night stopover at the beginning of the trip in Doha (if possible).
When I try to use the rewards search on BA, I can't find any flights on Qatar but only on BA or Japan Airlines.
...
Last edited by MaxVO; Apr 24, 2019 at 1:04 am
Apr 24, 2019, 2:22 am
#789
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
Why not just get QR to do the lap child ticket for the AA-booked award trip? Going to an airport or other ticketing desk to have it issued hasn't been a problem for me when needing to get a QR lap child ticket for a trip involving an AA-booked award trip on QR.
Apr 24, 2019, 7:33 am
#790
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: DFW
Programs: AA 1M
Posts: 31,469
Concerned about being sent back to AA as they are the ticketing carrier.
Apr 24, 2019, 4:35 pm
#791
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,913
Will either one of these airlines or AA be issuing your luggage tag? Also, I understand that the last airline on your itin will be responsible for dealing with any delivery issues. Knowing that from the luggage tag, its nemesis might be motivated to be "less careful" in handling it.
Do you get substantial benefits from having both on the same itin?
Do you get substantial benefits from having both on the same itin?
Apr 24, 2019, 7:09 pm
#792
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Singapore
Programs: Show me the points!
Posts: 1,224
What is consensus re: intra middle east flights where QR shows Z phantom space on AA? Are these flights ever bookable? Because it seems as of now there is NO premium cabin space bookable DOH-AMM.
Apr 25, 2019, 6:29 am
#793
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 6
So basically that means there's no reward availability on Qatar then until after October 2019, correct?
Apr 26, 2019, 10:26 am
#794
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold
Posts: 539
I just booked a one-way CMB-DOH-JFK award ticket in J and there were $140ish in fees. This seems quite high for an award ticket, is this what people have experienced? Is there anyway I can see a breakdown in the fees? It's not broken out in the receipt.
