Jan 8, 2018, 4:04 pm
Last edit by: ermen
- Sale period: 9 until 16 January 2018.
- Travel period: 9 January until 10 December 2018. All travel must be completed by 10 December 2018.
- Blackout dates: 9 June until 10 September 2018
Best Fares
Ex Asia
CMB-FRA/CDG/GVA return for c.US$1600
CMB-FRA/CDG/GVA ARN-HKG for c.US$1675
Ex Europe
HEL-BKK-HEL (B787 & A380) for €1080 (min 2 pax)
QR Travel Boutique Sale Jan 9 - Jan 19 (extended)
Jan 9, 2018, 8:32 am
#136
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,526
Jan 9, 2018, 8:39 am
#137
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 26
Here's a link to last year's thread >
[PREM FARE GONE] CONSOLIDATED QR 2017 Travel Festival Fares
Don't be fooled by some of this year's "sale" prices.
[PREM FARE GONE] CONSOLIDATED QR 2017 Travel Festival Fares
Don't be fooled by some of this year's "sale" prices.
Jan 9, 2018, 8:41 am
#138
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold
Posts: 8,404
1. Google Flight is not necessarily up-to-date. Better to just have a phone call with that friend and have him/her look up flights directly on QR and avoiding the "I saw this on Google Flights"-"Can't price it on QR" back and forth.
2. If the friend is not traveling the transaction is possibly going to be redflagged by anti-fraud mechanism and you'll have to send in payment card information and other documents, a process that, according to reports by some, is rather annoying.
Just my .02
Jan 9, 2018, 8:42 am
#139
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 26
You might be able to save up to 15% off on some destinations from LHR using promo code FLYMOREQR
https://www.qatarairways.com/en-gb/o...-discount.html
https://www.qatarairways.com/en-gb/o...-discount.html
Jan 9, 2018, 8:49 am
#141
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,526
Indeed. Switzerland fares showed Rubels at some point, it has been fixed now though...
Jan 9, 2018, 9:20 am
#144
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,577
Jan 9, 2018, 9:22 am
#145
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Executive Club (Silver), Le Club Accor (Silver)
Posts: 680
I'd be interested in the answer to this too. Last year, I booked a promo CAI-DOH-HKG/KUL-DOH-LHR with the outward legs in economy and return legs in business. It was an excellent fare and met my needs exactly, as I was flying with someone else on the outward. But I can't for the life of me remember how I did it! It might just have been luck with the outward flights having no J inventory left, I suppose.
Jan 9, 2018, 9:30 am
#147
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: LHR / LCY / DXB
Programs: QR Silver / BA Silver
Posts: 324
Tried UK-based OTAs, none were able to do it without pricing each flight as a one-way. Looking to book an ARN-KUL run but the only arrivals for the return leg into ARN arrive at night, no connecting flights to get me back to the UK... will have to put up a night (ie. extra costs) if I wanted to go ahead with it. 
Jan 9, 2018, 9:31 am
#148
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AAdvantage EP
Posts: 14
Got lucky last year with the 1800 J fare to SIN. Have to go back again and was hoping this sale would have similar prices in J. Looks like the lowest price tickets in J are coming in around 15k for the same trip I made last year on my travel dates. Doesn’t look like there are any good J deals this year. I noticed a significant price increase in J fares after the Q Suite was announced. Any chance that J Fares will show up later? Right now only Economy appears to be on sale. I only saw a premium fare from DFw to katmandu for 1300. No other premium fares announced ex-US yet.
Jan 9, 2018, 9:33 am
#149
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tampa, FL
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Delta Platinum
Posts: 1,732
This is far from a "Global" sale. J is blacked out all summer and not even available ex-US. Yesterday showed JFK to Katmandu for $1390 but it's gone today (tried to book yesterday, but only found $14k fares). These prices are no real bargain. Most routes have similar prices readily available on other airlines. Last year's sale was great, but since that sale, all QR's "sales" have been quite pitiful for those of us in the States. Looks like very few real "sale" fares out there this go around.
Jan 9, 2018, 9:42 am
#150
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 204
This price never existed. It was shown on the boutique page if you select DFW and premium fares only, but it was never actually reflected in the fares--at least none that I saw and I reviewed every date on the calendar.