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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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Jan 2, 2018, 12:46 pm

#721

Rydad1

Join Date: May 2016

Posts: 53

I am flying Qatar from the US to Doha on May 2nd.
I had planned to fly from PHL-DOH so I could get my first trip on an A350, but I'm now planning on JFK-DOH so I can take the a350 out and try a Q-suite on the 777 back.
Since I cant see seat maps online until after the purchase, is their any way to see if the PHL-DOH A350 flight will have Q-suites installed by May?

Jan 2, 2018, 12:46 pm

#722

Rydad1

Join Date: May 2016

Posts: 53

Jan 2, 2018, 1:02 pm

#723

remdk

Join Date: Apr 2012

Posts: 3,944

flyguy00 very little is really known about the middle seats. TGflyergirl has posted some information in the Wiki on this thread. It appears that the middle seats are available ON REQUEST only and usually for two or more passengers. However once the 'side' single seats are all taken then some centre seats will be opened for selection. I would imagine that it is only one, or maybe two groups of four would be opened until full. And as TGflyergirl says also if the EF seats are taken.
So if you want a centre seat then you have to ask QR for it!

Jan 2, 2018, 2:36 pm

#724

flylikelinz

Formerly known as linzbh

Join Date: Dec 2013

Location: LON

Programs: BAEC GGL, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Titanium

Posts: 459

looks like SYD/CBR will get the Qsuite for the inaugural in and out but no more! thats a bit of a kick in the gut.. Look how great we are on this one day then get our oldest product once the press have left.

Jan 2, 2018, 3:42 pm

#725

WorldLux

Join Date: Sep 2015

Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold

Posts: 8,406

Quote:

Originally Posted by linzbh

Look how great we are on this one day then get our oldest product once the press have left.

Which isn't all too different to what other airlines do to launch a new route. I remember BA sending the Concorde to reopen a route. QR sent the A380 to Atlanta, etc. And bear in mind that CBR won't be a priority for QR. They have more important routes (in terms of revenue) to switch to the QSuites first.

Jan 2, 2018, 7:28 pm

#726

DatBoi

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TBH from what I've seen the Qsuites are cramped and ugly. Count me in for the 350/787 J seat.

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Jan 2, 2018, 9:28 pm

#727

remdk

Join Date: Apr 2012

Posts: 3,944

Rydad1 two deliveries of the brand new A350-1000 are expected in the first quarter of this year. It is thought that they will be used for LHR and CDG. The schedule for further deliveries is unsure at the moment. Since the only Qsuites fitted A350s available are being used elsewhere the chances of having a 35X service at PHL in May is virtually zero!
Please remember rule no. 1 of this forum : Never choose a flight for the aircraft type. There is a good chance that you will be disappointed!

Jan 2, 2018, 11:38 pm

#728

Grace B

Join Date: Apr 2007

Location: UK/Australia

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Posts: 2,512

Quote:

Originally Posted by DatBoi

TBH from what I've seen the Qsuites are cramped and ugly. Count me in for the 350/787 J seat.

I agree entirely. Not all that great for a solo traveller. Will avoid.

Jan 2, 2018, 11:49 pm

#729

Dr. HFH

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Jan 2007

Location: BOS/UTH

Programs: AA LT PLT; QR GLD; Bonvoy LT TIT

Posts: 12,764

I'm 5'8" and around 135 pounds, so I need less space for the actual seat; but storage space and compartments are very important to me. I'll have to try it.

Jan 3, 2018, 12:16 am

#730

vbh812

Join Date: Aug 2011

Programs: QR - plat (OWE), AI - Maharajah (* gold), Bonvoy - plat, HH - gold, Shangri La - jade, Sixt - plat

Posts: 231

So my JFK - DOH flight in April seems to have reverted to Qsuites and I have been assigned seat 5A. I gather that this is a backward facing seat. Does anyone have an opinion on this vs the B seats?

Thanks in advance.

Jan 3, 2018, 1:13 am

#731

remdk

Join Date: Apr 2012

Posts: 3,944

vbh812 there have been a number recent reports here regarding those seats.
The backward facing window seatsare very close to the window but far from the cabin crew who are difficult to come in contact with due to the geometry of the seat.
The forward facing seats supposedly feel cramped because the seat is right against the privacy divider to the aisle and is far from the window.
Do read the thread to see the comments yourself. You will learn more from them than I have written here.

Jan 3, 2018, 2:11 am

#732

stewaran

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: Herts, UK

Programs: BAEC GGL, HH Diamond.

Posts: 3,180

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Originally Posted by vbh812

Whilst not Q-Suite, I have been on BA CW rear facing many times and prefer the privacy of the window. Also the slight nose high tilt of a plane in flight means that (on BA at least) your head is slightly higher than your feet and for me i sleep much better.

Jan 3, 2018, 2:23 am

#733

Dr. HFH

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stewaran

Same here. They usually fly at a nose-up angle of around 4º.

Jan 3, 2018, 2:29 am

#734

flylikelinz

Formerly known as linzbh

Join Date: Dec 2013

Location: LON

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Posts: 459

But SYD is, is it not? And the only reason hey are flying to CBR is to get around the rules and allow a second daily SYD flight.

to have an a380 service with F and their good J product and a second 777 service with a J product 2 generations behind the current doesn’t seem to be the correct approach.

i think CBR will only be <20% fully occupied syd-CBR since they can’t do fifth freedom sales on the domestic leg

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Jan 3, 2018, 3:20 am

#735

Dirty_Idea

Join Date: Apr 2008

Posts: 497

Quote:

Originally Posted by linzbh

I'm still keeping the faith that the new version will be used more often on DOH-SYD. Schedules do change

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