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The reconfigured A332 comes in two versions, one is distinguishable by the 4th row being behind the galley and doesn't use the B/E Diamond seats. The second reconfigured A332 version uses the B/E Diamond seats and is not distinguishable from the seat map. For updated info, refer to the wiki on this thread.
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QR (Qatar) refurbished A330s with horizontal lie-flat business class seats

Old Oct 14, 2014, 9:17 am
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Old Oct 14, 2014, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by zehbra
I doubt there's any way to do that except if someone on here has access to their ac-plans.. but no idea how far back they actually assign specific aircraft.
So generally: Hope for the best (i.e.: a reswap to a better airplane ) Last minute swaps have been known to occur..

Anyway: best of luck!
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Old Oct 14, 2014, 10:31 am
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A lot of the frequent fleet swaps are to do with the downtime of the 787 which causes the reshuffling of aircraft. I don't see that changing unless the 787 reliability improves, or QR decide to have a very conservative 787 schedule with a couple of 787 always on back up which is not realistic.

Segra, do you have the date of the flight?
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Old Oct 14, 2014, 1:14 pm
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Hmm I wonder how the refurbished a330 economy class looks like? Does anyone have photos of the economy class?
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Old Oct 15, 2014, 12:21 am
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Originally Posted by N1Rotate
A lot of the frequent fleet swaps are to do with the downtime of the 787 which causes the reshuffling of aircraft. I don't see that changing unless the 787 reliability improves, or QR decide to have a very conservative 787 schedule with a couple of 787 always on back up which is not realistic.

Segra, do you have the date of the flight?
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Old Oct 15, 2014, 4:02 am
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segra,

The seatmap is showing the non-refurbished version, the flight is too far away anyways. Check the seatmap 3-5 days before departure.
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Old Oct 20, 2014, 7:51 am
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Originally Posted by N1Rotate
segra,

The seatmap is showing the non-refurbished version, the flight is too far away anyways. Check the seatmap 3-5 days before departure.
How can you tell whether the flight is an old or new A330 layout please? I'm looking specifically at the HKG route (where I think they often use the new J seats).
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Old Oct 20, 2014, 11:00 am
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purple1addict,

On the refurbished A330-200 seat rows go back to row 41 and rows 26/27/28 are not 2-4-2.

The non-refurbished A330-200 seat rows go back to row 40 and rows 26/27/28 are 2-4-2.
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Old Oct 20, 2014, 11:17 am
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Originally Posted by N1Rotate
purple1addict,

On the refurbished A330-200 seat rows go back to row 41 and rows 26/27/28 are not 2-4-2.

The non-refurbished A330-200 seat rows go back to row 40 and rows 26/27/28 are 2-4-2.
Perfect - thanks so much!
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Old Oct 20, 2014, 9:05 pm
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For info;

Just done a return trip to HKG, it was a refurbished, very good A330 to HKG but the unmodified a/c on the return to Doha.

Huge difference in J.
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Old Oct 20, 2014, 11:42 pm
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Thanks impeymac!

Upcoming DOH-HKG QR816 flights look to be old A330 layout - do they tend to switch on the day or have they gone back to mostly using the old layout for a while?
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Old Oct 21, 2014, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by purple1addict
Thanks impeymac!

Upcoming DOH-HKG QR816 flights look to be old A330 layout - do they tend to switch on the day or have they gone back to mostly using the old layout for a while?
Sorry but don't have the info to answer that for you. I suspect we were a bit unlucky as the QR website specifically named HKG as one of the destinations for the returned aircraft.
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Old Dec 2, 2014, 3:47 am
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Flying QR815 tonight on old A332 :-(
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Old Dec 3, 2014, 12:25 am
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Originally Posted by tboons
Flying QR815 tonight on old A332 :-(
Unlucky if you're flying J... Although I've noticed they do tend to use the old seat map until a few hours before flight (with specific seats blocked off in rows 26 & 27) and then switch the seat map to the new layout fairly last minute. In the Y cabin I think they have moved the seats closer together as part of the refurb so the older version may well be preferable in Economy class.
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Old Dec 3, 2014, 3:13 am
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Originally Posted by purple1addict
Unlucky if you're flying J... Although I've noticed they do tend to use the old seat map until a few hours before flight (with specific seats blocked off in rows 26 & 27) and then switch the seat map to the new layout fairly last minute. In the Y cabin I think they have moved the seats closer together as part of the refurb so the older version may well be preferable in Economy class.
Do you know the seat count in the Old vs New?
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