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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 29, 2018, 7:41 am

#946

jsteinberg

Join Date: Jun 2014

Location: Florida

Posts: 97

Is it fairly safe to assume a early 2019 DOH-IAD flight will have Qsuites? I am looking at the seat maps and it it looks like it switches from Qsuites back to the old 777 map after OCT 2018

Also, how do seat assignments tfr if the seat map changes? do you keep the existing seat assignment?

Mar 29, 2018, 8:34 am

#947

WorldLux

Join Date: Sep 2015

Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold

Posts: 8,402

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsteinberg

Is it fairly safe to assume a early 2019 DOH-IAD flight will have Qsuites? I am looking at the seat maps and it it looks like it switches from Qsuites back to the old 777 map after OCT 2018

The only thing that is fairly safe to assume is that there's going to be changes. I'd book with the expectation to get non-Qsuites and consider a change to QSuites a nice surprise.

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Mar 29, 2018, 8:29 pm

#948

FlytheTail

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: Anywhere but home

Programs: UA 1K/MM, DL GM/MM, AA Gold, HH Dia, PC Plat, ALL Sil, MR Gold

Posts: 4,550

In the last month, I've taken two longhauls on the 773 Qsuites and two longhauls on the A350. What I like most about the Qsuites is the privacy and feeling of personal space. However, I find the seats on the A350 are more comfortable for sitting and especially sleeping. I also feel like there's more legroom on the A350; my feet don't reach the end but they do in the Qsuite. In the end, I think it's a toss-up about which business seat I prefer. Clearly though, both of these are wonderful seats and better than what's on their other widebody aircraft. And the soft product (quality of food, level of service, luxury of amenities, etc.) is still the best I've experienced.

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Mar 30, 2018, 7:34 am

#949

Renan Gautier

Join Date: Mar 2017

Location: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Posts: 4

Was surprised to find Qsuite on QR1 from Doha to London on 11 March 2018 as it was A350-900 plane. I was on seat 7A (Single Seat) and it was spacious and comfortable. I think it is slightly better than the older A350 seats although their old A350 seats were excellent IMO. My only negative comment perhaps would be the table for qsuite is a bit too big. I think 75% of the current size is more than enough to place a laptop on it or for eating. As a result, there is not much space for larger built individuals to move around when eating. However to overcome this, just put your seat on sleeping position, in that way, you have plenty of space to sit on it and eat your food. Apart from that, everything else was amazing on the QSuite. Simply the best in the market at the moment.

Mar 31, 2018, 5:47 pm

#950

hakadaddy

Join Date: Dec 2013

Posts: 10

Qsuites Rollout

Flying ORD/DOH/AKL on July 3rd. Just received notice that Qsuites on QR726 a 773 on ORD/DOH sector which starts on April 1st will be running through at least our departure date. However, QR920 a 772 on DOH/AKL on July 5th still shows 2-2-2 configuration in Business. Seen some other threads a ways back about Qsuites rollout but there was no mention of 772. Given the 772 are used for the ultra long haul sectors seems like those would have been done first. Sent message to QR via Twitter but they came back with their usual we know nothing but stay tuned. Does anyone know when the DOH/AKL sector will see an equipment update?

Mar 31, 2018, 7:35 pm

#951

sluneckov

Join Date: May 2017

Location: PRG

Programs: British Airways

Posts: 234

According to TPG:

Not surprisingly, this route (LAS) came up again at ITB Berlin. Al Baker explained that the route has been delayed “due to the constraints of the airplane.” The airline wants to launch the new route with a Qsuite-installed aircraft, and the only aircraft that can serve the 8,100-mile route from Doha (DOH) to the famously hot destination of Las Vegas (LAS) with Qsuite installed is the Boeing 777-200LR.

The trouble is, Qatar plans to retrofit the 777-200LR “toward the end of the [retrofit] program” after at least Qatar’s 777-300ER aircraft are retrofit. However, Al Baker teased that the airline might “expedite” the retrofit of a couple of 777-200LR aircraft to be able to finally launch this route.

So this is not exactly the answer for your question but at least we know that the 772 are not happening to be reconfigured anytime soon. I’m also flying to AKL in November and don’t except to be in the new configuration. No one really knows

Last edited by sluneckov; Apr 1, 2018 at 10:17 am

Apr 2, 2018, 6:26 pm

#952

pointspinnacle

Join Date: Dec 2011

Location: WI

Programs: A bunch

Posts: 488

Sorryif its been posted upthread or elsewhere but Qatar is not letting me select midde seats ahead of time. The cabin is wide open but they claim on the phone that the middle seats can only be selected ahead of time if traveling in a pary of 4. We are a party of 3 with a 3 yr old. We need the 3yr old directly next to one of us. Will we have any problems at checkin getting these seats or is there any other way to secure ahead of time?

thanks

Apr 2, 2018, 6:37 pm

#953

G-CIVC

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: ORD [formerly] + HKG

Programs: CX Diamond, AA exExPlat, BAEC exGold, HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Starriott Titanium, GE

Posts: 2,966

Just flew QR 1/2 on A7-ALY, the A359 fitted with Qsuites last week. Very nicely fitted cabin, loved the air vents - which the quads do not have. Perhaps anyone flying a Qsuite-359 may want to know that there is no more open-air 'lobby' at Door 2 and nor are there lavs in front of that space (all lavs around door 1). The first pair of backward-facing middles are noticeably tighter and quite near the lavatories, so I would stay clear of those.

Apr 2, 2018, 6:40 pm

#954

iluvdoco

Join Date: Aug 2014

Posts: 3,714

Quote:

Originally Posted by sluneckov

The trouble is, Qatar plans to retrofit the 777-200LR “toward the end of the [retrofit] program” after at least Qatar’s 777-300ER aircraft are retrofit. However, Al Baker teased that the airline might “expedite” the retrofit of a couple of 777-200LR aircraft to be able to finally launch this route.

I'm surprised QR is hanging onto the 777-200LRs, in light of SQ flying the A350-900ULR from EWR-SIN non-stop.

Apr 2, 2018, 6:58 pm

#955

PxC

Join Date: Sep 2016

Location: Bristol

Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Gold, Caesars Diamond

Posts: 920

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-CIVC

Damn, i had to pick between QR2 or QR16 (both A359) for the late departure LHR-DOH for September and guessed at the QR16 (they were only 20 minutes apart in departure). Anyone know if QR16 has Q suites as well or is planned to? Current seat map is the 'old' style.

Apr 2, 2018, 7:40 pm

#956

DMPHL

Join Date: Jul 2009

Location: NYC

Programs: AA EXP

Posts: 1,372

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsteinberg

It's not really safe to assume anything, although a few points in your favor:

(1) The QR website advertises specifically that QSuites are available on JFK, ORD, and IAD.
(2) Initially, the QSuites planes were loaded into the schedule for a couple months only, and then loaded for the next batch of flights. I'd imagine they haven't gotten to changing those planes loaded into the schedules yet, or are being cautious until they are confident at a certain time that they can absolutely fulfill it operationally.
(3) They're retro-fitting planes, so more QSuites are coming online, not fewer! That will make it easier to guarantee operationally that certain routes will have them.

Apr 3, 2018, 3:27 am

#957

vytas315

Join Date: May 2016

Programs: EK Gold, TK Elite, Marriott Rewards, Global Entry, MileagePlus

Posts: 264

Quote:

Is it fairly safe to assume a early 2019 DOH-IAD flight will have Qsuites? I am looking at the seat maps and it it looks like it switches from Qsuites back to the old 777 map after OCT 2018

I was watching the same for this summer (was reverting to the old layout in May) and eventually they swapped to the new qsuites. Given that experience, I'd say they take their time updating their timetables to qsuites...alternatively they see it as a trial and keep making the decision to extend. Anyhow, there's a datapoint for you!

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Apr 3, 2018, 4:09 am

#958

makrom

Join Date: Sep 2016

Posts: 776

Quote:

Originally Posted by frausflyer

The latest 777-300ER with QSuite (A7-BEQ) has been delivered and started flying yesterday with a return flight to FRA (QR67/68).

Is this some sort of indemnification? Lost track of how many times I booked A350 ex FRA and got bait and switched to 777.

Apr 3, 2018, 4:35 am

#959

creflo

Join Date: Jan 2008

Posts: 80

Quote:

Originally Posted by makrom

Is this some sort of indemnification? Lost track of how many times I booked A350 ex FRA and got bait and switched to 777.

A taste of what is to come? FRA gets regular A359 QSuites as of May 1 (in one of the two rotations), which I find surprising given that FRA now has two 777 rotations.

Apr 3, 2018, 3:51 pm

#960

weibelt

Join Date: Nov 2015

Posts: 120

I was able to select middle QSuites seats for 2 passengers online on QR701 day of booking.

Booked an AA aware ticket CMB-DOH-JFK with DOH-JFK being on QR701 for 2 pax. AA phone agent was not able to book the middle seats on QR701. Using QR record locator I was able to go online and had access to all of the middle seats except for 2D/G and 3E/F. Selected middle seats and got email confirmation from Qatar with confirmation of the seats. Flight is in 5-6 weeks.