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jeroen100 Jan 24, 2019 1:10 am


Originally Posted by capt787 (Post 30692399)
Can someone please share the code with me please


Originally Posted by armouredant (Post 30693636)
And me please.

Please check DM

Krogdoor Jan 24, 2019 3:52 am


Originally Posted by jeroen100 (Post 30693717)
Please check DM

Can't you post it?

jeroen100 Jan 24, 2019 4:10 am


Originally Posted by Krogdoor (Post 30694004)
Can't you post it?

Decided not to do that. It is not a general code like "gomobile" or "Flyqr" but a Corporate contract code that will likely be changed if it is made public.
Also it is just valid from Sofia so not many people wil be able to use it.

It's not really a lot of work to send a DM, I think?

rd41 Jan 24, 2019 6:17 am

Can you also please share it with me? Thank you.

ChocolateFactory Jan 24, 2019 6:37 am

Jeez, guys, just send a PM. No need to spam the thread with your requests.

capt787 Jan 25, 2019 2:20 pm

do you know what the best discounts are using this promo?

onlysuites Jan 26, 2019 3:44 am

So looks like no sales this Jan.

casomers Jan 26, 2019 4:09 am

2 for 1 Valentines deal anyone ?

Sisyphus1carus Jan 27, 2019 3:17 pm


Originally Posted by PxC (Post 30637447)
Any idea why this combo works out cheaper than both OSL-SIN rtn and ARN-BKK return on their own? Curious now if there is any other creative routings that could shave some more off..


You want to get involved in the Trick It thread ;-)

ChocolateFactory Jan 27, 2019 3:34 pm

I thought the Trick It thread was pretty much dead? Is there a new one? :-O

Richard Bell Jan 27, 2019 6:29 pm


Originally Posted by onlysuites (Post 30702536)
So looks like no sales this Jan.


Well, there was all the hype about the new promotional-video, aka Hollywood-epic.

There was also the usual pre-Sale price-hike in December/early-January,followed by some nominal reductions, which might have given the impression of some sort of Sale. Those levels appear to me to still be available, beyond the end of the 'sale' deadlines ?

Lastly there were some targetted-emails & specific reductions, the usual ex-Scandinavia & eastern-europe, those may happen to be helpful to some. And their online-ads have been promising better prices on specific city-combinations, these usually turned out to be short-term, rather than far-ahead.

But no widespread Sale, on a global-scale or to the price-level of previous/pre-blockade years, I'd say. This has in-turn been reflected on Emirates & Etihad, or not. No major-Sale to trigger competitive-reaction, which is to the detriment of those of us who like to lock-in the year's travel at a reasonable price, at the start of the year.

However I'm not sure that they've yet made full use of all that point-of-origin information, which they had been collecting, so there might well be some further targetted-offers.

I guess there is now a pause, while management assess the forward-bookings & load-factors situation, now that the traditional global-Sale period has passed, hopefully (always optimistic !) to be followed by some sort of General-Sale, if things are looking quiet ? Or perhaps things really are still looking good, and they see no need for action ?

orbitmic Jan 28, 2019 1:56 am


Originally Posted by Richard Bell (Post 30708094)
This has in-turn been reflected on Emirates & Etihad, or not. No major-Sale to trigger competitive-reaction, which is to the detriment of those of us who like to lock-in the year's travel at a reasonable price, at the start of the year.

I don't entirely agree with you on that bit. Obviously it all depends on what sort of origins/routes one is interested in, and in my case that is mostly Europe to Asia/Oceania but for instance, EY currently has sales from various European departure points to Australia for as low as about £1700/€1900 which is very good by their standards, better than what I have seen in previous years, but QR has just not been competing on price with them even from their usual lower fare departing cities. Like others, I'm worried about whether this is a durable trend.

citytom Jan 28, 2019 3:47 am


Originally Posted by orbitmic (Post 30709036)
QR has just not been competing on price with them even from their usual lower fare departing cities. Like others, I'm worried about whether this is a durable trend.

To be fair to QR, most of the EY fares in and around £1,800 are 2-stoppers, such as GOT-BRU-AUH-SYD, with other combinations including OSL-AMS, OSL-CDG; I didn't see a 1-stop fare come close to QR (BRU-AUH-SYD priced over £4k from EY when I checked on the same dates as the GOT 2-stop fare). If you gave me the choice I would pay a few hundred more for the ability to credit to OW (for now), 1 less stop, QSuites and Hamad International. To my mind, their price is competitive.

Given the amount of grief Qatar continues to receive from the lobbying airlines in both the US and Australia, their reticence to significantly undercut other airlines on these routes is understandable.

Still a pity they didn't have a Global Travel Boutique this year focusing on other destinations, especially given some of the recent sales from other OW alliance members. First time in a few years I am not planning to travel with them.

Sisyphus1carus Jan 28, 2019 8:12 am


Originally Posted by PxC (Post 30637447)
Any idea why this combo works out cheaper than both OSL-SIN rtn and ARN-BKK return on their own? Curious now if there is any other creative routings that could shave some more off..


Originally Posted by ChocolateFactory (Post 30707575)
I thought the Trick It thread was pretty much dead? Is there a new one? :-O


Not that I'm aware of but I'm sure there will be somewhere - not necessarily on FT.

Sisyphus1carus Jan 28, 2019 8:16 am


Originally Posted by citytom (Post 30709254)
Still a pity they didn't have a Global Travel Boutique this year focusing on other destinations, especially given some of the recent sales from other OW alliance members. First time in a few years I am not planning to travel with them.


Yep. I think quite a few people feel this way. Whether it is enough of us to bother QR or not is another matter - probably not.

However I am utterly amazed that with the embargo going on restricting a number of their markets and routes that we have not seen some excellent fares to other destinations in order to drum up business.


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