Dr. HFH

If it was just an aircraft change, you wouldn't expect to receive a notice.


I had CMB-DOH-PHL roundtrip for the holidays in December/January. When the PHL flights were retimed, it affected both my outbound and inbound; and I was permitted to change both. Changed both to BOS, which is where I was actually going. Saves me the PHL-BOS-PHL on AA, $300-400.

soy

Had the change to the return leg (PHL-DOH) only, but they let me make wholesale changes to the trip.
Both legs now changed to BOS, also moved the dates (by 1 day) to ones that were more expensive when I first booked, plus new schedule means I can use QR+ free night rather than having a 8hr layover in DOH airport. Only downside is that I am no longer on the UL A330 (new airline for me) as it seems that the codeshare is no longer on QR.com.

Thought about routing Q-Suites thru JFK but did not fancy having to get separate flights JFK-BOS with the family, plus I like the A350 J seat in any event. With luck Q-Suites might turn up on my CMB flights

All in all I am very happy, my original great deal was made even better due to this change

gary_nj

I just happened to be looking at my flights and noticed that QR662 (DOH-CMB) is now being operated by one of the leased LATAM planes for my reservations in June and July. So the biz seating on this 359 is 2-2-2, unlike the native QR airplanes.

Lawyergirl

Has anyone positioned out of Singapore to make the 03:15 flight to DOH? Does UL allow you to check the bags all the way to the US? Also, would the 4.5 hour wait at the lounge in CMB be terrible?

Abd

They do check bags through all the way to the US/ your final destination. The Srilankan lounge at CMB is very good with a decent quiet area with recliners and a complimentary massage amongst other facilities. Be aware that UL lounge is only accessible whilst traveling in Business class with UL.

soy

Actually the UL lounge (Serendib Lounge) is accessible whilst traveling in Business class with a OW airline (I used it flying QR J).
There is a separate lounge for Y pax

island82

My DOH-CMB at the end of August has been switched to QSuites, but of course that can change between now and end of August

frebay

I just checked my Oct flight and it's q-suites as well!

njfan07

I'm returning PHL-CMB next week and then have a separate ticket onward to BKK on Sri Lankan Air a few hours later. I was able to check one bag through at the UL counter for BKK-CMB-DOH without an issue but now I want to check 2 bags from PHL-BKK. Since Sri Lankan Air only allows 1 bag if checking in at CMB, will that limit me being able to check 2 bags all the way through to from PHL-BKK? Will QR attempt to collect an extra bag fee on behalf of UL?

nawlins

Due to the large schedule change on the December return Qatar allowed me to arrive/depart JFK in both directions instead of PHL and allowed a 21 day travel window change on only the flight affected by the schedule change.

DMPHL

They are quite generous with this when there is a big schedule change. Their rule is, apparently, that you can change to a flight within that time frame, and/or change to a flight leaving from either (a) Any QR destination in the same country OR (b) Any QR destination within 500 miles. So you could have even changed it to leave from LAX or YUL. Not particularly convenient, but they would have allowed it.

mster

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nawlins

I was affected by a significant schedule change PHL-DOH. I didn't dig deep into all the options available but this is what I was able to change:
1) Was able to change the destination to CMB-DOH-JFK-DOH-CMB. Did not check on changing the origin.
2) Was only allowed to have a layover in DOH less than 24 hours. Was able to change to a 23 hour 55 minute layover on the return.
3) Was not able to change the date not affected by the schedule change. Was given the option to change the return flight affected by the schedule change by +/- 21 days

mster

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escape4

I was able to change JFK to YUL before, so country exceptions can be made.