QR: ORD-DEL biz $2575
May 14, 2020, 9:43 am
#1
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QR: ORD-DEL biz $2575
Looks like you need to travel Sun-Wed, but it's wide open on those days of the week. With Qatar's new generous change policy, you can change the destination within 5000 miles at no cost, so you could go to Tokyo, Bali, Maldives, (you fill in the blank) for this price. You should still earn miles based on the new itinerary.
May 14, 2020, 10:16 am
#4
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Looks like you need to travel Sun-Wed, but it's wide open on those days of the week. With Qatar's new generous change policy, you can change the destination within 5000 miles at no cost, so you could go to Tokyo, Bali, Maldives, (you fill in the blank) for this price. You should still earn miles based on the new itinerary.
May 14, 2020, 10:31 am
#5
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May 14, 2020, 10:41 am
#6
Join Date: Sep 2017
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For those asking, their new policy is to not charge the fare difference if you change dates or cities within 5000 miles of the original destination, starting city must be same country as original. Can cancel and get 110% of your booking as voucher for the future.
May 14, 2020, 10:45 am
#7
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Looks like you need to travel Sun-Wed, but it's wide open on those days of the week. With Qatar's new generous change policy, you can change the destination within 5000 miles at no cost, so you could go to Tokyo, Bali, Maldives, (you fill in the blank) for this price. You should still earn miles based on the new itinerary.
May 14, 2020, 10:46 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2019
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If that is the case then there are some funky ticket you can make up that would be much cheaper then they should. You could buy a cheap ticket to BKK and change it for SYD as it is only 4600 miles away and has QR flight
May 14, 2020, 10:53 am
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May 14, 2020, 10:53 am
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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The theory of this does not square with reality and I'd advise a huge amount of caution in doing this. Read the comments for wherever you first saw this idea. Also, this is a pretty obnoxious thing to post, and that's coming from someone quite familiar with the trick-it thread, which, if anything, is where this belongs.
May 14, 2020, 11:21 am
#14
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: DK
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After making an actual dummy booking. My first statement is indeed correct. As the flight is still operational. I am not entitled to a change of destination or even a free change. Just trying to rebook the same route couple of months later would involve a 400 USD change on a 1700 USD ticket. ARN-BKK
Last edited by NextWhiteDeath; May 14, 2020 at 11:58 am Reason: added new infomation
May 14, 2020, 11:31 am
#15
Join Date: Apr 2012
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This makes sense. If you book Paris-India and they cancel the DOH-DEL flight, they'll let you rebook to TYO, BKK, CAI, <5000 miles etc. without a fare difference. But only if they cancel the flight.. if you initiate the change, they'll waive the change fee but you are responsible for the fare difference.