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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Mar 5, 2017, 5:11 am

#46

SLGO

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Ok let's wait and see. See also the price change when the new product is substantially launched.

Mar 5, 2017, 4:04 pm

#47

lightyear40

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They maybe something like the illustration shown on this link with a few adaptations.

http://www.zodiacaerospace.com/en/news/subsidiaries-news/new-super-business-class-zodiac-seats

Last edited by lightyear40; Mar 5, 2017 at 4:23 pm

Mar 5, 2017, 5:03 pm

#48

iluvdoco

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lightyear40

They maybe something like the illustration shown on this link with a few adaptations.

http://www.zodiacaerospace.com/en/ne...s-zodiac-seats

Interesting! Hope they don't do backwards facing seats. Looks a little like the Delta design?

Mar 6, 2017, 12:17 am

#49

purple1addict

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lightyear40

They maybe something like the illustration shown on this link with a few adaptations.

http://www.zodiacaerospace.com/en/ne...s-zodiac-seats

Thanks for posting. Really like the look of that - and I can see how conceivably every other middle pair could become a double bed (as AAB has previously promised!).

Mar 6, 2017, 3:44 am

#50

joeu1998

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An alternate link of the Zodiac Fusio showing a few more angles of the seat:

http://www.zodiacaerospace.com/fr/pr...aisle-aircraft

+1 hoping they don't go with the backwards facing seats - one aspect of BA ClubWorld that always put me off!

Mar 6, 2017, 4:01 am

#51

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Nothing wrong with a backwards facing seat for me, it's one of the endearing features of Club World and I find it quite enjoyable!

These seat designs are fantastic though, will wait and see what QR come up with.

Mar 6, 2017, 4:30 am

#52

WorldLux

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joeu1998

An alternate link of the Zodiac Fusio showing a few more angles of the seat

I somewhat dislike sofa-like seats with narrow foot wells.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeu1998

+1 hoping they don't go with the backwards facing seats - one aspect of BA ClubWorld that always put me off!

I don't mind flying "backwards"

Mar 6, 2017, 4:40 am

#53

msm2000uk

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The foot-coffins are the sole reason I have stopped flying QR J as often as I used to. Now, it is QR F or nothing.

There are many J seat designs which prevent the need for a foot-hole, and hopefully the new QR J Seat will accomodate those needs.

The design will be revolutionary, opposed to evolutionary - QR know that they need to do something different so as to gain market share and thus drive profits.

M

Mar 6, 2017, 5:03 am

#54

justatourist

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Is it confirmed they will retrofit the whole fleet?

Mar 6, 2017, 5:20 am

#55

remdk

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justatourist since we have not yet seen the new seat no one can say.

ABB claims it will be fleet wide but as has already been pointed out on this thread it is extremely unlikely that the new seat would fit onto any narrow bodied aircraft. It is also thought that some of the older aircraft will not be retrofitted.

So apart from the standard 'NO ONE KNOWS' the answer appears to be no.

Mar 6, 2017, 5:52 am

#56

joeu1998

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Take this with a pinch of salt because I can't actually remember where I found this banner, but I think it was either from a link on this thread somewhere, the QR website or their Facebook page.

This is a before and after of what you get when boosting levels in Photoshop

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Mar 6, 2017, 6:42 am

#57

Zolex

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Originally Posted by joeu1998

This banner is visible on QR's global website.

Mar 6, 2017, 7:31 am

#58

joeu1998

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This banner is visible on QR's global website.

Yes - I think they've replaced it though since I grabbed that image, with a new one totally blacked out on the left. Maybe someone realised they'd accidentally leaked too much of the goodies

Mar 6, 2017, 7:46 am

#59

Phil the Flyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by msm2000uk

The foot-coffins are the sole reason I have stopped flying QR J as often as I used to. Now, it is QR F or nothing.

The FT QR forum Mod limiting his flying on QR?!

If you don't like the 380, 350 or 787 QR J seat that still leaves plenty of 777s.

Personally, at 6'4" (1.93m) with size 11/45 feet I am perfectly fine with the so-called 'foot-coffins'.

Mar 6, 2017, 7:51 am

#60

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joeu1998

Yes - I think they've replaced it though since I grabbed that image, with a new one totally blacked out on the left. Maybe someone realised they'd accidentally leaked too much of the goodies

You're not the only one that noticed....