No Award Seats for Nov 2019 in Business Class to Doha from any US Gateway
Jan 24, 2019, 8:48 am
#1
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No Award Seats for Nov 2019 in Business Class to Doha from any US Gateway
I am trying to book 1 Award Seat from any US destination to Doha in Business Class using AA Miles and they are simply blocked out for the whole of November and December. Economy is wide open though. Also, I can get a seat in Business Class all the way up to Oct 31st, but from 1st Nov onwards, everything is 0.
Can someone here tell me if this is the norm and Qatar Airways does not open any Business Class seats in Awards category for November/December? OR
Do I need to wait a little more for the award availability to open?
It's hard to imagine that all Seats are already taken almost 10 months in advance while Sep/Oct is still available.
Any insight into this based on past experience is greatly appreciated.
Can someone here tell me if this is the norm and Qatar Airways does not open any Business Class seats in Awards category for November/December? OR
Do I need to wait a little more for the award availability to open?
It's hard to imagine that all Seats are already taken almost 10 months in advance while Sep/Oct is still available.
Any insight into this based on past experience is greatly appreciated.
Jan 24, 2019, 10:46 am
#2
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Just one data point and just one theory, FWIW.
Jan 25, 2019, 8:48 am
#5
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I guess I was lucky as I was able to book 2 business seats from ORD -DOH-SIN on December 1, 2019 to DOH and December 2, 2019 to SIN using AA miles. I booked them on the first day they were available on AA.
Jan 25, 2019, 10:22 am
#6
Join Date: Apr 2006
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I don't know if normal or not -- but my experience was that I booked Sept 2019 flights (DFW-DOH-DPS) right at the 11 month mark via AA phone agent back in Oct `18. I only searched for one seat as that is all I needed. i could see the award availability via sites like awardnexus, but I had to wait until AA could see them since I was using AA miles
Jan 26, 2019, 2:58 am
#7
Join Date: May 2006
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Posts: 133
Singapore has three flights a day so availability is better. I booked two in J a couple of days ago. But coming into Australia Qatar seem to have stopped releasing them.
Jan 26, 2019, 2:58 am
#8
Join Date: May 2006
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Singapore has three flights a day so availability is better. I booked two in J a couple of days ago. But coming into Australia Qatar seem to have stopped releasing them.
Feb 7, 2019, 9:54 pm
#9
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 9
I am trying to book 1 Award Seat from any US destination to Doha in Business Class using AA Miles and they are simply blocked out for the whole of November and December. Economy is wide open though. Also, I can get a seat in Business Class all the way up to Oct 31st, but from 1st Nov onwards, everything is 0.
Can someone here tell me if this is the norm and Qatar Airways does not open any Business Class seats in Awards category for November/December? OR
Do I need to wait a little more for the award availability to open?
It's hard to imagine that all Seats are already taken almost 10 months in advance while Sep/Oct is still available.
Any insight into this based on past experience is greatly appreciated.
Can someone here tell me if this is the norm and Qatar Airways does not open any Business Class seats in Awards category for November/December? OR
Do I need to wait a little more for the award availability to open?
It's hard to imagine that all Seats are already taken almost 10 months in advance while Sep/Oct is still available.
Any insight into this based on past experience is greatly appreciated.
This is beyond frustrating!!!!!
Feb 8, 2019, 8:30 am
#10
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I cant find anything either. I am trying to connect thru Doha to the Middle East and any US Gateway I put it is simply nonexistent. There are tons of economy seats but I worked hard this past year to travel in biz. Is it possible if I book an award travel ticket in economy that I can later upgrade to business?
This is beyond frustrating!!!!!
This is beyond frustrating!!!!!
Feb 8, 2019, 11:16 am
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Feb 14, 2019, 11:57 am
#12
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You are absolutely wrong. This has changed recently by AA. Please read the latest terms and conditions before stating something to be false as these change more often than you think.
Feb 14, 2019, 2:13 pm
#13
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Feb 16, 2019, 6:02 pm
#15
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It has not changed. An award with the same origin, destination and airline will have the redeposit fee waived if upgrading the class of service. Feel free to refer to: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...el-etc-11.html if you have any further questions.
Anyways, here is the real and correct information from the AA Website (This wording has changed recently. In the past, there was no fee associated with upgrading)
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...ard-travel.jsp
Check the section: Changing Flight and Upgrade AwardsChanges that require a different award type
- Changes to the itinerary which involve different AAdvantage awards than originally ticketed require a reinstatement of the original award ticket, payment of the applicable award reinstatement fee, and a new award ticket issued
- The award reinstatement fee will be waived for Executive Platinum members using miles from their account
Last edited by DFWsakp; Feb 16, 2019 at 6:03 pm Reason: add more info