Qatar to fly to PHL
Aug 11, 2014, 11:37 am
#62
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Just booked four of us in business class for this flight as part of a return from the Maldives next spring break. I think the flight time for DOH-PHL is awesome as basically means one can sleep and wake up in the morning back on US time. Have a nice 1.5 hour connection on to US Air to get us back to RDU on landing too. Very happy to have this option ^
How are the breakfast options on the flight? I expect to try sleep for 7-8 hours and then enjoy a hopefully good breakfast
How are the breakfast options on the flight? I expect to try sleep for 7-8 hours and then enjoy a hopefully good breakfast
Aug 11, 2014, 2:09 pm
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Aug 11, 2014, 2:16 pm
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Fair enough, although the transit for flights from South India are long at DOH.
Aug 11, 2014, 3:03 pm
#67
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Aug 12, 2014, 10:29 am
#68
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Why would you connect in PHL if you are based in DFW??? There is a direct flight from DFW which allows reasonable connections. Or, as ma91pmh says choose any other city from which QR flies from the US if your destination is S. India.
Aug 12, 2014, 10:32 am
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More options and my folks are in PHL.
Aug 12, 2014, 11:35 am
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adding flights at roughly the same departure times as other nearby is not really adding more options as adding more of the same... what they did do is *actually* offer more options
sorry to bash on you on this one but it's an odd stance ... .somehow this flight is inconvenient because one guy who happens to pass through the airport because his folks live nearby and wants to fly to south india doesn't find it convenient? generally i think i am pretty good at spotting when something seems generally inconvenient for the intended audience and when it might not just work out well for me.
sorry to bash on you on this one but it's an odd stance ... .somehow this flight is inconvenient because one guy who happens to pass through the airport because his folks live nearby and wants to fly to south india doesn't find it convenient? generally i think i am pretty good at spotting when something seems generally inconvenient for the intended audience and when it might not just work out well for me.
Aug 12, 2014, 11:49 am
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adding flights at roughly the same departure times as other nearby is not really adding more options as adding more of the same... what they did do is *actually* offer more options
sorry to bash on you on this one but it's an odd stance ... .somehow this flight is inconvenient because one guy who happens to pass through the airport because his folks live nearby and wants to fly to south india doesn't find it convenient? generally i think i am pretty good at spotting when something seems generally inconvenient for the intended audience and when it might not just work out well for me.
sorry to bash on you on this one but it's an odd stance ... .somehow this flight is inconvenient because one guy who happens to pass through the airport because his folks live nearby and wants to fly to south india doesn't find it convenient? generally i think i am pretty good at spotting when something seems generally inconvenient for the intended audience and when it might not just work out well for me.
Aug 12, 2014, 11:58 am
#72
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I guess my comment was the flight time in the DOH-PHL direction is convenient in that it gives an overnight "red-eye" option that connects extremely well to the entire US Air network from PHL which is extensive. So I'm just pointing out it's a convenient flight time and that is not based on just my personal circumstances. But you seem to be saying the flight the other way is not convenient because of your own very narrow circumstances.
Aug 12, 2014, 12:34 pm
#73
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I'm looking forward to trying this flight time next month. I'll have a good meal in Al Mourjan so that I can go right to sleep after takeoff. Hopefully this will mean a good 8 hours of sleep or so and take some of the edge off of the jet lag.
It would be nice if one or two of the other US destinations had this departure time to give us more options. It looks like they all go at around 8 am and only PHL departs at 1 am. A little more balance would be nice.
It would be nice if one or two of the other US destinations had this departure time to give us more options. It looks like they all go at around 8 am and only PHL departs at 1 am. A little more balance would be nice.
Mar 10, 2015, 3:58 pm
#75
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These swaps may be just another example of aircraft (un)availability.