Mar 8, 2017, 3:40 am

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Qatar have confirmed the presence of a policy whereby if a customer booked a QSuites flight and subsequently gets an aircraft type swap can you request travel on an alternative flight, subject to availability, see post #2709 Previously this included change of routing, now it only includes changing the date on the same routing. QR issued tickets only!

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Jun 3, 2019, 7:28 am

#2341

quinzinho

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dsteveman

I'm booked to travel from MUC - DOH (QR 58 - Jun 7, 28) and DOH-CPH (QR 161 - Jun 18, Jul 3) a few times in June . Looks like DOH-CPH has 100% Qsuites for this route which is great, but worried about MUC-DOH. Qsuites on QR58 is very inconsistent. Seems like every other flight (give or take) is Qsuite and the others are classic 2-2-2. How frequent are there equipment swaps on QR? Specifically booked these routes because of Qsuites..

Equipment swaps are QR's trademark. But looking at QR58 last 7 flights only 1 was Q-suites. So definitely wouldn't count on it and then just maybe you'll be in for a nice surprise..

I see though that on 7th June it's Q-suites scheduled. Still.. you'll only be sure when it's at the gate.

Jun 3, 2019, 7:44 am

#2342

dsteveman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by quinzinho

Great... keeping a close eye on this one... Also assuming there's no compensation for equipment change...

Jun 3, 2019, 8:37 am

#2343

PAL62V

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I've done a search but can't find a guide to best/worst Q suite seats on the A350. Is there such a guide or does it matter (other than which way you want to face)?

I've nabbed 1K but wondering if there's any galley noise I should be aware of?

Last edited by PAL62V; Jun 3, 2019 at 9:34 am

Jun 3, 2019, 9:40 am

#2344

lifeonthego_k

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PAL62V

I've done a search but can't find a guide to best/worst Q suite seats on the A350. Is there such a guide or does it matter (other than which way you want to face)?

https://www.ausbt.com.au/best-seats-...nd-airbus-a350

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Jun 3, 2019, 10:00 am

#2345

PAL62V

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lifeonthego_k

https://www.ausbt.com.au/best-seats-...nd-airbus-a350

Great - thank you.

Jun 3, 2019, 10:54 pm

#2346

Traveller999

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dsteveman

I just finished QR58 last Friday and it was swapped from Qsuites to non QSuite after I’ve done the OLCI. It was a last minute equipment change.
For my next flight flight end of June I took QR60 and guess what, it changed to non QSuite a few days after booking :-(
So all in all your evaluation is right - ex MUC you cannot say when and if a QSuite will be there... :-(

Jun 3, 2019, 11:07 pm

#2347

frausflyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Traveller999

Same for me. QR57 on July 1st changed to non QSuite.

Jun 4, 2019, 2:56 am

#2348

dsteveman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Traveller999

Oh man that's rough... I don't know if I should change the flight and depart from another airport or I could just risk it. Terrible QR advertises this route at the top for having Q-Suites SMH. Let me know your thoughts.

Jun 4, 2019, 2:56 am

#2349

dsteveman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by frausflyer

Same for me. QR57 on July 1st changed to non QSuite.

Ridiculous. Did they notify you via email? Or did you happen to be checking flight info?

Jun 4, 2019, 3:07 am

#2350

dsteveman

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Looks like QR57 for 4 Jun is being flown on A7-BEK with Q-suites and assuming QR58 for 4 Jun will be on the same tail#. Going to do some basic Business 101 data collection with %flights on Q-suite equipped flights. Will share my findings weekly

Last edited by dsteveman; Jun 4, 2019 at 1:55 pm

Jun 4, 2019, 3:28 am

#2351

frausflyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dsteveman

Ridiculous. Did they notify you via email? Or did you happen to be checking flight info?

No, nothing. I checked because of the post above.

Jun 4, 2019, 1:58 pm

#2352

dsteveman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by frausflyer

No, nothing. I checked because of the post above.

Realized that it isn't worth my while to go through the hassle and change my flights just so I can POSSIBLY fly on a Q-suite-equipped plane... Will keep my origin as MUC and hope for the best. Will be collecting data on all QR58 flights daily.

Jun 4, 2019, 5:59 pm

#2353

anabolism

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Great_circle

I found out while checking QR’s Iphone app that my trip on QR816 changed from A350 non-qsuites to q-suites. I was just in time to find myself a good seat. Since then I check my bookings in the app regularly.

Nothing wrong with manually checking your bookings as often as you like, of course. But a good option, for those who have an ExpertFlyer subscription, is to set an Equipment Change alert for your flight. Don't forget to re-arm it every time it alerts you, since multiple equipment swaps are common with QR.

Quote:

Originally Posted by frausflyer

No, nothing. I checked because of the post above.

If you use EF, setting an alert can be helpful. I have had many, many QR flights get swapped between Qsuite and non-Qsuite, often right up until departure. I've never been notified by QR of this, but EF alerts do work.

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Jun 4, 2019, 10:02 pm

#2354

Traveller999

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dsteveman

However, we are talking about QR and you NEVER can be sure to get the advertised equipment, so even you would change to another airport, that would not be a guaranty for not getting a change in equipment.
On my last rip 3 out of 3 Qsuites (one were the QR060 on 31.05) were changed last minute to non Qsuite. I selected the schedule carefully for Qsuite, as the couple seat would had allow us to let our baby daughter (11 month) to sleep comfortable between us....however, she was a great baby and did not cry even once!
Maybe in September it will work...or not...let´s see

Jun 5, 2019, 2:41 am

#2355

frausflyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by quinzinho

B777-300ER:
A7-BAJ (42J) in DOH since 15th of May and is still there

B777-200LR:
A7-BBF (42J) in DOH since 21st of May and is still there

A7-BBF is out of maintenance and operating QR654/655 (DOH-CMB-DOH) today. Still showing 2-2-2 and 42J on ExpertFlyer.

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