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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Jan 22, 2019, 9:47 am

#1831

freakfor747

Join Date: Jun 2009

Posts: 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by DENQR

Looks Like A7-BBE is on the road again after almost a month in DOH

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a7-bbe

77L Qsuite I'm assuming as I just checked expert flyer and the 1.23.19 QR815 is showing Qsuites...

LAX is showing Qsuites this weekend, I wonder if they will start flying this bird to LAX

Thanks for the update! Any idea which 77L will be next to get the QSuite?

Jan 22, 2019, 10:31 am

#1832

nov11

Join Date: Aug 2005

Location: The KUL city

Programs: AA Lifetime Plat, TK Elite+

Posts: 2,662

Quote:

Originally Posted by DENQR

LAX is showing Qsuites this weekend, I wonder if they will start flying this bird to LAX

Looks like LAX is getting Q-Suites from 24JAN (too bad, I missed it by 1 day

)

Jan 22, 2019, 10:37 am

#1833

DENQR

Join Date: May 2017

Posts: 56

Quote:

Originally Posted by freakfor747

Thanks for the update! Any idea which 77L will be next to get the QSuite?

I'm not sure, 4 to go- maybe A7-BBH, no thought process behind it though...

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Jan 22, 2019, 10:50 am

#1834

KelvinatorNL

Join Date: Jan 2019

Programs: Garudamiles, Krisflyer and Qmiles

Posts: 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by plunet

What dates are you considering?

You need to be aware of QR Forum Rule No. 1: don't book to fly on QR for a specific type of aircraft as QR are a five stair airline for equipment swaps. Some routes are more "stable" than others, but I don't believe FRA is one of those.

There are raft of changes that happen in late winter and late summer when QR (and most other airlines) put the finishing touches on their summer and winter schedules. Whilst is is usually focussed upon timing changes, equipment is also thrown into the mix.

Looking at the seatmap on qrcargo.com from about a month before the flight is usually a good indicator with an increasing degree of certainity, but to a certain extent you can't be totally certain until you arrive at the gate.

I'm flying this saturday and i did my research before (2 weeks ago) so I checked the departue days of QR274 before that and it showed on all the dates before the 26th the q-suite seat map until today. Since today, qrcargo and expertflyer are showing that QR274 on the 23th and 25th has been changed from q-suite to non q-suite. I'm hoping my flight won't be affected and stays as q-suite but after all, I'll find out on the day itself.

Jan 22, 2019, 2:24 pm

#1835

plunet

Join Date: Jan 2016

Location: LON

Programs: BAEC

Posts: 3,911

Quote:

Originally Posted by KelvinatorNL

That's bad luck if you had done your homework but just goes to show all on the forum that it can go wrong. I can remember that FRA has been the subject of quite a few swaps over the past couple of years and had the Qatam equipment for quite some while.

Fingers crossed that you get swapped back.

Jan 22, 2019, 7:37 pm

#1836

anabolism

Join Date: Aug 2004

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

Posts: 8,937

Quote:

Originally Posted by DENQR

Quote:

Originally Posted by nov11

Looks like LAX is getting Q-Suites from 24JAN (too bad, I missed it by 1 day

)

EF is showing Qsuites LAX-DOH on 1/24-1/28, then back to 2-2-2 non-Qsuites on 1/29 and for the next few days (I didn't check later).

Jan 22, 2019, 9:03 pm

#1837

Nihar Shah

Join Date: Feb 2017

Posts: 50

LAX goes back and forth all through Feb - I'm currently scheduled to go out on 02/06/19 and its showing Q suites still (fingers crossed), but return on 02/20/19 is a 773 in 2-2-2

Jan 23, 2019, 9:18 am

#1838

illico

Join Date: Jul 2009

Posts: 612

Expert Flyer is showing QSuites config out of YUL as of 3/31.

Jan 23, 2019, 9:44 pm

#1839

casterpix343

Join Date: Dec 2018

Posts: 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by illico

Expert Flyer is showing QSuites config out of YUL as of 3/31.

Looking at 4/3 out of YUL and its showing qsuites.

Jan 23, 2019, 11:04 pm

#1840

freakfor747

Join Date: Jun 2009

Posts: 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by DENQR

I'm not sure, 4 to go- maybe A7-BBH, no thought process behind it though...

Looks like BBH is out flying. Anyone have any insight into the next plane getting the qsuites?

Jan 24, 2019, 4:41 pm

#1841

MrJBoy

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: SBA

Programs: UA & AA 1 million miler

Posts: 1,134

Qr831 bkk-doh

My flight QR831 BKK-DOH in April became non~Q Suite aircraft (333)

I hope it will go back to Q Suite

Jan 25, 2019, 7:14 am

#1842

Flyiboy

Join Date: Dec 2005

Location: Göteborg Sweden

Programs: SPG GOLD / BA GOLD/Club Carlson Gold/AMEX Plat.

Posts: 1,043

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrJBoy

My flight QR831 BKK-DOH in April became non~Q Suite aircraft (333)

I hope it will go back to Q Suite

I’m in QR833 BKK-DOH on 28 April 2019 and it’s QSuite 777W (777-300ER)...

Jan 27, 2019, 2:29 pm

#1843

ual902

Join Date: Oct 2007

Posts: 589

How accurate is Expert Flyer for 4 to 7 days prior to departure with QR?

Jan 27, 2019, 6:30 pm

#1844

bakaneko85

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: Tokyo

Programs: JGC premier

Posts: 348

I am scheduled to fly QSuites on A351, DOH HND. There are two of us and the only couple seats left are on 11E&F, which is part of the only quad located on the rear side of the J class, after the galley. I was just wondering if this will have negative consequence in terms of service level (eg. Always being served last, when everything can ran out?). The last time I flew on this route quite a lot of stuffs were out of stock by the time I felt like eating.. Thanks in advance

Jan 27, 2019, 6:36 pm

#1845

anabolism

Join Date: Aug 2004

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

Posts: 8,937

Quote:

Originally Posted by ual902

How accurate is Expert Flyer for 4 to 7 days prior to departure with QR?

EF always shows what QR has currently loaded for the flight. So, EF is always accurate as of the time of the query, but QR is notorious for changing equipment (at which point EF will show the new equipment).

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