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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Dec 14, 2017, 11:32 am

#676

nilsfr69

Join Date: Nov 2017

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It was brand-new!

saw her fly by my house earlier today...

Quote:

Originally Posted by stepfel

Yes, just flew with it DOH-TXL. But it needs fixing, my wife broke seat 1E - mid flight the electric seat adjustment didn't work anymore. The crew found a way to bring the seat baxk up manually

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Dec 14, 2017, 10:29 pm

#677

lifeonthego_k

Join Date: Mar 2017

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Quote:

Originally Posted by remdk

lifeonthego_k according to Check Availability QR-Cargo it is a Qsuites airceaft so good luck with your upgrade attempt.

How do you know if its Qsuites or not when searching with the link you sent? There's no indicator of whether the aircraft is Qsuite equipped or not. But of course, you were right. QR02 on 14/12 was equipped with Qsuites. Unfortunately by the time I reached Heathrow the remaining business class seats had already been taken (4).

Dec 15, 2017, 12:27 am

#678

Bavariair

Join Date: Nov 2016

Location: MUC

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lifeonthego_k

When you search for your routing on qrcargo.com, Q-Suite equipped 777 are shown by the code 77P, while high-density 777s go by 77N and low-density by 77I.

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Dec 15, 2017, 4:01 am

#679

Rannila

Join Date: Jun 2016

Posts: 15

Not a Q Suite question but how can you tell from QR gargo what kind of seating QR303 has on 19th of December. It says 333H, is it with new J horizontal beds or old ones.

Dec 15, 2017, 4:29 am

#680

remdk

Join Date: Apr 2012

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Rannila if you look at the QR dashboard widget The Complete Guide to the Qatar Airways Fleet you will find that 333H aircraft have "B/E Diamond seat in 2-2-2 config" seats. There is also a link to photos of the seat.

Dec 16, 2017, 4:23 pm

#681

PresRDC

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First passenger to check-in at JFK for Q Suites tonight!

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Dec 17, 2017, 4:12 am

#682

lifeonthego_k

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Originally Posted by PresRDC

First passenger to check-in at JFK for Q Suites tonight!

Enjoy. I booked myself an award ticket on it from DOH to JFK next summer

Dec 17, 2017, 5:24 am

#683

remdk

Join Date: Apr 2012

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The first two new A350-1000 (35X) with Qsuites are expected to be delivered in the next three months and speculation is already rife as to where they will be deployed.
Rumour has it that CDG will have the first aircraft for one daily rotation in early Spring. There is speculation as to the second but it seems logical that the other 'prime' destination (LHR) will have one daily rotation from late spring.
It must be expected that there will be a considerable number of crew training flights with this new aircraft type.
Remember that deliveries of this completely new aircraft type have yet to be made.

Dec 17, 2017, 1:10 pm

#684

Cspnvdl

Join Date: Aug 2012

Posts: 52

Wasn’t HND supposed to be an early A350 q suites destination? Have those plans changed then?

Dec 17, 2017, 2:39 pm

#685

WorldLux

Join Date: Sep 2015

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cspnvdl

Wasn’t HND supposed to be an early A350 q suites destination? Have those plans changed then?

The issue will be that they probably won't have enough aircrafts to offer QSuites daily on the A350 to Tokyo. With an increasing number of 77W, they'll be able to fly to more destinations. If the one retrofitted 77W initially only flew between DOH and LHR, QR can fly daily QSuites to multiple destinations by rotating the aircrafts on the different QSutes routes.

1 A35K is not enough to operate DOH-HND-DOH and 2 aircrafts exclusively operating DOH-HND-DOH seems inefficient. Operating a mix of 77W and A35K with Qsuites on one flight will be tricky too: It takes one flight cancellation to mess up your crew schedules. You'll have crew sitting in TYO that won't be able to operate the next flight.

Dec 17, 2017, 2:41 pm

#686

remdk

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Cspnvdl welcome to the QR forum.

I do not recall QR making specific commitments to routings of Qsuites fitted aircraft except to announce the routes as they happen. Whilst I seem to remember on reference to the A350 with Qsuites by QR almost everything else appears to be wishful thinking by members of this forum. Remember that there are two different A350 aircraft. The A350-900 (359) and the A350-1000 (35X) with Qsuites so references to A350 could mean either.

Dec 17, 2017, 3:53 pm

#687

Cspnvdl

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Thanks for the welcome rmdk. I’ve been very much a lurker to this point — lots of reading but no posting! I seem to remember seeing something pretty definitive here ages ago but it probably was just speculation.. I am due to fly the HND route but not till the second half of 2018 and I guess much may have changed by then anyway...

Dec 17, 2017, 6:20 pm

#688

WorldLux

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Cspnvdl

They had initially announced that Tokyo would receive the QSuites as one of the first destinations. But they had announced at the same time that their fleet would be retrofitted by the end of 2018. Right now, neither seems to happen. With regard to Tokyo, if they introduce it, my guess is that NRT is going to get it since they currently get the 77L/77W whereas HND already gets the A350.

Dec 19, 2017, 12:43 pm

#689

EvD86

Join Date: Apr 2015

Posts: 190

With the longest flying time at the moment, would it be economical to fly to AKL when they achieve two A35X frames?

The range is sufficient and I would assume the A35X is more efficient than A B772LR? Although the A35X has much more seats in Y, so maybe the Y-load is not great enough at all..

Dec 19, 2017, 3:49 pm

#690

jaytmoore

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lifeonthego_k

Enjoy. I booked myself an award ticket on it from DOH to JFK next summer

I'm booked on 4/16 JFK - DOH (QR702) and I am NOT seeing the Q Quite. A quick look at EF and it looks like QR702 seat map changes to the old 777 configuration on 3/23. That's really unfortunate if it holds.