How to check for upgrade availability?
Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 pm
#1
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How to check for upgrade availability?
I've never used the Qatar site before so forgive me if this is obvious or not.
But I am looking at economy seats for example Sao Paulo > Athens. There are business seats available to buy as well. But I want to do economy and upgrade with Qpoints.
But nowhere in the booking process does it ask if I want to use points to upgrade. It only says to enter the booking reference when booked and it'll check if available after purchase has been made.
There surely must be some way to check this before no?
But I am looking at economy seats for example Sao Paulo > Athens. There are business seats available to buy as well. But I want to do economy and upgrade with Qpoints.
But nowhere in the booking process does it ask if I want to use points to upgrade. It only says to enter the booking reference when booked and it'll check if available after purchase has been made.
There surely must be some way to check this before no?
Last edited by GratefulSmile; Jun 29, 2020 at 8:06 pm
Jun 29, 2020, 7:53 pm
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Jun 29, 2020, 8:32 pm
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The closest date with C Award/Upgrade Availability to DOH is 28 Jul:
[KVS Tool 9.9.5/Diamond - Awards/JL-OneWorld/US]
[KVS Tool 9.9.5/Diamond - Awards/JL-OneWorld/US]
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GRU Sao Paulo Guarulhos Intl SP BR [SBGR] DOH Doha Hamad Intl QA [OTHH] TUE 28 Jul 2020 | 1 Seat Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Award Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------------ QR 774 GRU 01:55 DOH 22:45 351 0 CS2 YS5
Jun 29, 2020, 8:40 pm
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This is my understanding from a few recent posts as I too was looking for this information. Someone will chip in if I'm mistaken.
I assume you want to use Qmiles, not Qpoints. Log into your account and do a dummy booking, selecting the switch labelled "Book using Qmiles" when the flight options are displayed. If availability shows in Business Class without the "Q2" flag, then upgrade seats are available as they come from the same fare bucket as regular award seats.
I see your an EK Platinum so maybe you've seen there as the method is almost identical. With EK, Business Saver Rewards and Economy to Business upgrades come from the same place so looking for one by default finds the other.
I assume you want to use Qmiles, not Qpoints. Log into your account and do a dummy booking, selecting the switch labelled "Book using Qmiles" when the flight options are displayed. If availability shows in Business Class without the "Q2" flag, then upgrade seats are available as they come from the same fare bucket as regular award seats.
I see your an EK Platinum so maybe you've seen there as the method is almost identical. With EK, Business Saver Rewards and Economy to Business upgrades come from the same place so looking for one by default finds the other.
Jun 29, 2020, 9:34 pm
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Yes but at least on the EK site (at least when logged in) it shows all three classes and how many miles to upgrade up from each straight from the main flight selection page.
Here on Qatar they don't show anything open like that, hence my slight confusion.
So apart from using a tool like the poster above, I guess the only way to see if there is space is to literally buy the ticket, then put your booking reference in the upgrade tab and see what happens.
Here on Qatar they don't show anything open like that, hence my slight confusion.
So apart from using a tool like the poster above, I guess the only way to see if there is space is to literally buy the ticket, then put your booking reference in the upgrade tab and see what happens.
Jun 29, 2020, 9:54 pm
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Yes but at least on the EK site (at least when logged in) it shows all three classes and how many miles to upgrade up from each straight from the main flight selection page.
Here on Qatar they don't show anything open like that, hence my slight confusion.
So apart from using a tool like the poster above, I guess the only way to see if there is space is to literally buy the ticket, then put your booking reference in the upgrade tab and see what happens.
Here on Qatar they don't show anything open like that, hence my slight confusion.
So apart from using a tool like the poster above, I guess the only way to see if there is space is to literally buy the ticket, then put your booking reference in the upgrade tab and see what happens.
https://www.qatarairways.com/en/Priv...alculator.html
Jul 2, 2020, 2:11 am
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I assume you want to use Qmiles, not Qpoints. Log into your account and do a dummy booking, selecting the switch labelled "Book using Qmiles" when the flight options are displayed. If availability shows in Business Class without the "Q2" flag, then upgrade seats are available as they come from the same fare bucket as regular award seats.
In other words, when doing the dummy booking, one may see J class award availability, even without the "Q2" sign, but is later unable to upgrade from Y to J (as I have experienced before)
Thus, next time I want to check for upgrade availability, I might do my dummy booking on BA partner redemptions instead since that should reflect the true number of award seats available
Jul 4, 2020, 6:11 pm
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I assume you want to use Qmiles, not Qpoints. Log into your account and do a dummy booking, selecting the switch labelled "Book using Qmiles" when the flight options are displayed. If availability shows in Business Class without the "Q2" flag, then upgrade seats are available as they come from the same fare bucket as regular award seats.
Jul 5, 2020, 6:47 pm
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I think there are a number of people who reported to have experienced the opposite in the newbie lounge so I would caution against this. Miles available in business class, without the Q2 flag, and available for basic members not only to Golds and Plats, yet qcredits upgrade is not working.