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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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Feb 15, 2018, 10:11 pm

#826

anabolism

Join Date: Aug 2004

Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)

Posts: 8,937

Quote:

Originally Posted by impeymac

Myself & Mrs IM are on QR007 DOH-LHR in June, which is a 777 Qsuites. MMB will allow me to select any seat not currently taken, including any centre seats.

Booking code is R & we're both PC Gold if that helps.

The two of us are on LHR-DOH in July, booked in D (one PNR). Neither have any QR status but both are OneWorld Emerald. MMB shows all middle seats as blocked, phone agents say middle seats are all blocked until check-in. Was at DOH last week on another flight (same PNR), agent at the lounge called many people but all told him the same thing: middle seats can't be assigned until check-in. Odd and frustrating.

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Feb 17, 2018, 1:43 pm

#827

radiata

Join Date: Jan 2016

Posts: 79

Quote:

Originally Posted by sula__

The seatmap is still the old six abreast. It’s only the geek in me that wants to understand how they go about the game of musical chairs when the change goes through due to customers preferences being polar opposites between the configurations (solo travellers in centre before vs windows in Qsuite and the opposite for non- solo travellers).

Was hoping someone observed and could recount what happened in similar situations in the past.

Four weeks ago I flew on my own on a 777 - seat choice the old layout, QSuite on the day. Although had booked a middle pair seat of the old 2-2-2 design, I was given a solo window seat. A couple in front of me appeared rather unhappy with the change in seat numbers on their boarding pass in comparison with that booked but a QR gate agent reassured. They were seated in a middle pair on the flight.

I suspect it depends on the size of the group if on one PNR.

Feb 19, 2018, 12:11 am

#828

khabah

Join Date: Jan 2015

Location: Kuwait (KW)

Programs: Qatar Airways, Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, IHG

Posts: 2,713

Flying from ICN to DOH in J on August 25th. Based off my FlightRadar24 stalking, the route is quite often a Qsuite equipped aircraft but the configuration for my flight is the old 2-2-2 layout, so I'm holding out hope that it'll be a Qsuite configuration on the day of. My home base of Kuwait apparently gets Qsuite-equipped aircraft quite a few times a week I've been told, so I may get the chance to experience it for the hour-long hop to Doha soon. Can't wait to see what it's about and to see more of them available soon!

khabah

Feb 19, 2018, 8:04 pm

#829

iluvdoco

Join Date: Aug 2014

Posts: 3,724

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lussac

In an interview with the NZ Herald the head of QATAR stated that Qsuites will be coming to the AKL route next year sometime.

Wow, that's huge! Would they be refitting the 777-200LRs?

Feb 19, 2018, 8:21 pm

#830

JasperT

Join Date: Jan 2017

Location: BRU, CGK, DPS

Programs: EK Silver, QR Gold

Posts: 204

Quote:

Originally Posted by iluvdoco

Wow, that's huge! Would they be refitting the 777-200LRs?

Not sure, is the 777-200LR the only aircraft right now that could do this kind of range?
And also at what age does QR retire aircraft?

Last edited by JasperT; Feb 19, 2018 at 8:40 pm

Feb 19, 2018, 10:32 pm

#831

Top of climb

Join Date: May 2010

Posts: 1,498

All 777s are being retrofitted including the LRs. As with all things QR take the "by next year" with a grain of salt.

Feb 20, 2018, 5:32 am

#832

lost_in_translation

Join Date: Apr 2015

Programs: Some

Posts: 5,258

QR15 (DOH-LHR) to get the first A350-1000 from 24th Feb - https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...-route-446042/

Means two Qsuites flights a day to LHR, hopefully heading to the point where all LHR flights are either Qsuites or A380

Feb 20, 2018, 6:25 am

#833

ashkale

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Jz completed a qsuites trip jfk-doh have to say seats are not great. privacy is awesome but seats are sub par. i will fly 350 till next time.

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Feb 20, 2018, 7:50 am

#834

iluvdoco

Join Date: Aug 2014

Posts: 3,724

Quote:

Originally Posted by lost_in_translation

Routes will be DOH-LHR and an un-named East Coast route. Any guesses as to the East Coast city? Another JFK flight? Hopefully they'll actually release a little award space now.

Feb 20, 2018, 8:48 am

#835

sgan317

Join Date: Jul 2015

Location: MIA

Posts: 498

Quote:

Originally Posted by iluvdoco

Routes will be DOH-LHR and an un-named East Coast route. Any guesses as to the East Coast city? Another JFK flight? Hopefully they'll actually release a little award space now.

Any idea when the 2nd 1000 should be delivered/start flying? Hoping my A350-900 JFK flight at the end of march gets up-gauged to a 1000 with q suties.

Feb 20, 2018, 9:26 am

#836

WorldLux

Join Date: Sep 2015

Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold

Posts: 8,406

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgan317

Any idea when the 2nd 1000 should be delivered/start flying? Hoping my A350-900 JFK flight at the end of march gets up-gauged to a 1000 with q suties.

Don't get your hopes up. The A350 production list (not officiall AFAIK) has no delivery date or first flight date for the next QR A35K. The next A350 to be delivered is apparently a A350-900 which is apparently getting QSuites once it is delivered.

Feb 20, 2018, 10:25 am

#837

FlyingScientist

Join Date: Jul 2012

Posts: 2,238

Quote:

Originally Posted by iluvdoco

Routes will be DOH-LHR and an un-named East Coast route. Any guesses as to the East Coast city?

EDI?

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Feb 20, 2018, 10:52 am

#838

Johnnieboy

Join Date: Sep 2015

Posts: 795

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyingScientist

EDI?

More likely Newcastle International to see off Emirates...

Feb 20, 2018, 12:34 pm

#839

msm2000uk

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A quick update from the earlier QR Press Unveiling of the A350-1000...the 787s will not be fitted with QSuites due to the narrow fuselage.

M

Last edited by msm2000uk; Feb 21, 2018 at 1:00 am

Feb 20, 2018, 2:01 pm

#840

QatarA340

Join Date: Apr 2009

Location: Doha, Qatar

Programs: QR Gold

Posts: 772

Quote:

Originally Posted by msm2000uk

A quick update from the earlier QR Press Unveiling of the A350-1000...the 787s will not be fitted with QSuites due to the narrow fuselage.

However, they will be fitted with full privacy screens, but will supposedly be all rearward facing.

M

I heard AAB say no forward/backwards facing seats, but all seats will be forward. One of the aviation tweeps stated that there will not be forward facing seats--which is not correct.