QR & BA partnership commencing Monday 2 September 2013!
Oct 1, 2013, 3:53 am
#136
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Its definitely 30th, with BA and AA getting priority access, possibly as a trial to iron out issues before the 30th.
Oct 1, 2013, 10:19 pm
#140
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Qatar has now changed its booking classes, as summarised here, including changing Z to I. The BA.com page for earning on non-OneWorld parner airlines remains unchanged, with Z earning but I not.
Let's home that changes pretty quickly (nudge nudge), as it will affect travellers both before and after the OW integration.
Let's home that changes pretty quickly (nudge nudge), as it will affect travellers both before and after the OW integration.
Oct 2, 2013, 2:57 am
#142
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Qatar has now changed its booking classes, as summarised here, including changing Z to I. The BA.com page for earning on non-OneWorld parner airlines remains unchanged, with Z earning but I not.
Let's home that changes pretty quickly (nudge nudge), as it will affect travellers both before and after the OW integration.
Let's home that changes pretty quickly (nudge nudge), as it will affect travellers both before and after the OW integration.
I am sure that BA will eventually update it's earning chart for QR. AA did this on September 23 when the partnership between the two airlines started.
Oct 2, 2013, 3:46 am
#143
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I still have had no joy trying to book a BA flight using my QR miles. It tells me that BA dont fly the route that I want to book, which is odd as it is LON-EDi and there is availability.
Oct 2, 2013, 8:07 am
#145
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QR flights now loaded on BA.com for redemptions. You may need to call the call centre to confirm.
Also not everything is necessarily there: I just swapped BA LHR-DXB in Oct with QR LHR-DOH-DXB just to try it out. But DOH-DXB sector wasn't showing on BA.com and there was once seat available LHR-DOH. Call centre found the connection (I was going to pay otherwise) and all set and booked.
Also not everything is necessarily there: I just swapped BA LHR-DXB in Oct with QR LHR-DOH-DXB just to try it out. But DOH-DXB sector wasn't showing on BA.com and there was once seat available LHR-DOH. Call centre found the connection (I was going to pay otherwise) and all set and booked.
Oct 2, 2013, 9:45 am
#147
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I wasn't able to book online about an hour ago (flights were showing but wouldn't price), but it worked on the phone.
Seat reservations seem a little odd ... apparently the first rows were reserved, the phone agent couldn't access them. Once booked and armed with PNR I put it in on http://www.qatarairways.com/ and could shift seats further forward. Odd.
EDIT: BA.com also has issues with the QR cabins, for instance on MUC-DOH there are only Economy and Business cabins (787 operated), and from DOH to MCT only Economy and First, yet BA.com shows this (apologies for the cut-and-paste):
Seat reservations seem a little odd ... apparently the first rows were reserved, the phone agent couldn't access them. Once booked and armed with PNR I put it in on http://www.qatarairways.com/ and could shift seats further forward. Odd.
EDIT: BA.com also has issues with the QR cabins, for instance on MUC-DOH there are only Economy and Business cabins (787 operated), and from DOH to MCT only Economy and First, yet BA.com shows this (apologies for the cut-and-paste):
Last edited by shorthauldad; Oct 2, 2013 at 9:50 am
Oct 2, 2013, 9:55 am
#149
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For comparison, for MCT-LHR in J on BA metal the total taxes/fees/charges would be £503 for the same family group (btw, I realise LHR is further to travel, but not that much further...)
Oct 2, 2013, 10:00 am
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