American Airlines & Qatar Announce Codeshare Partnership + AA Exploring DOH Flights
Feb 25, 2020, 6:17 am
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American Airlines & Qatar Announce Codeshare Partnership + AA Exploring DOH Flights
Looks like they're getting back together with a codeshare.
Notably. AA "will begin exploring the addition of service from the U.S. to Doha."
Newsroom - American Airlines and Qatar Airways Sign Strategic Partnership Deal and Codeshare Agreement - American Airlines Group, Inc.
Notably. AA "will begin exploring the addition of service from the U.S. to Doha."
Newsroom - American Airlines and Qatar Airways Sign Strategic Partnership Deal and Codeshare Agreement - American Airlines Group, Inc.
Feb 25, 2020, 8:01 am
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Pending government approvals, American will place its code on select Qatar Airways nonstop and connecting services to and from the U.S. and Qatar Airways' hub in Doha, allowing American’s customers to access new destinations in the Middle East, East Africa, South Asia and South East Asia that are not currently served by American.
Feb 25, 2020, 8:03 am
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Feb 25, 2020, 8:24 am
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QR awards don’t relate to codeshares in any way, as awards are always on the operating airline’s flights. Whether QR makes more award space available as the Parker-Al Baker and AA anti-Middle East airline rhetoric die down.
Feb 25, 2020, 8:26 am
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Feb 25, 2020, 9:48 am
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I am glad they are doing this... lets hope this brings back some better prices, especially out for ATL for me, where DL is controlling the price.
(it always seems that the sales to outside the US are any other city except ATL)
(it always seems that the sales to outside the US are any other city except ATL)
Feb 25, 2020, 10:15 am
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I am all for better prices. The skeptics in me think otherwise (hope this won't be true).
Edit to add: I also like this arrangement.
Last edited by allset2travel; Feb 25, 2020 at 10:16 am Reason: Edit to add
Feb 25, 2020, 10:23 am
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Last month I flew DFW-DOH-ADL, for about half of what AA or QF wanted between the US and Australia in business.
I find it interesting that AA is exploring flights between the US and DOH. After flying on QR, then a week later flying AA (DFW-LHR), I had to eventually concede that I just couldn't even compare the two. The aircraft, service, and food on QR were all just so much better...then the DOH airport and lounges, well nothing in the AA system even comes close. They might possibly have a chance if AA runs something that QR doesn't, like CLT-DOH. But otherwise once someone flies on QR, they'll never want to go back to AA
