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In a logical, objective world, that would be the ideal scenario. I'm sure that Qantas can get more slots at SQ for refueling and if not there then one of the other "nearby" airports, but of course why would Qantas help QR compete with their partner EK...

Geez, must have been some impact? How the heck does that even happen. Looks like it happened on a turn, so surely it wasn't going that fast?

I read QR have put a whole bunch of aircraft including all A380s into long-term storage, which I think is a crazy bad sign in relation to where they think this all is headed. They clearly don't think they will be anywhere near their previous capacity anytime soon - whether it won't be...

Does anyone know how/where to submit these claims to Qatar Airways? They have an EU261 page which has zero information about how to actually lodge a claim.

Good news Update I have been re-clicking the live chat all day today, probably many hundreds of times (no exaggeration), I got through once with a 20m wait, but then I switched to my email app to get the booking reference, and when I switched back, it said disconnected (on man amateur hour)...

I can't even get to any countdown in queue, I have been trying for days, I've never seen anything other than "our live chat is experiencing a high volume of enquiries". I guess I will keep trying until Monday, and if I still can't get in touch then, I will book something myself. According to...

I tried both AU and NL numbers, in both cases I got a telstra message that I don't have credit (ie. roaming pack). But how can I be waiting for a re-route if I can't even get through to Qatar? I don't want to be homeless while overseas (or in general for that matter), at some point surely you...

Going to ask again, if anyone has had any success with QR visa via eu 261 in the last week? My flight will likely be cancelled sometime on Saturday evening, I'm wondering how best to contact Qatar about requesting accommodation and re-routing and what to say. Update: Not that they specifically...

I have recently compared my cards with gpt; - Citi cards (now mycard) - Westpac black - St george amplify - Amex Qantas ultimate - Velocity Premium or whatever it is. Amex and Citi/NAB have recently coughified their offering more and they are definitely the worst ones, with westpac/st george...

I don't think it's just revenue, at the end of the day they have a huge responsibility to carry millions of people across the globe for business, family and yes leisure reasons. If they don't fly, it impacts many people negatively. At the end of the day, life goes on. During WW2 there was...

So what is Qatar doing? I have a flight on the 16th which is just a day after their current advisory, seems doubtful it will be sorted out. Has anyone ever done an eu261 claim at Qatar? Where do you submit it?

Does anyone know what's happening in terms of ME3 covering local hotel costs? For example under eu261, they need to pay for accommodation and food and are obliged to reroute customers even on other airlines. How has this been facilitated? Do they book hotels for people in Europe or do they...

Yes precisely, what's the big deal with not resuming the rest of the flights?

I see that Saudi space has been open, why don't UAE and Qatar route immediately to and from Saudi air space, which is more buffered by air defences as its further away? It would take minutes for all aircraft to fly over there.

The loyalty lounge at Doha actually has a ton of showers somehow, so I doubt you would need to wait, I've done 2h transits many times at Doha, I think it's enough time for everything, only just.

It's a really really stupid idea. The cost will blow out 10x, there is no amount of any benefits that will ever justify the expense. Sydney is far from full, if it had the population density of HK it's entire population could be fit into the city of sydney area. Regardless, the best solution is...

Have you driven in Sydney lately, everything is at capacity gridlock, has been for a decade. The greater Sydney area is way beyond infrastructure capacity. The solution is remigration and removing people from the area. No amount of infrastructure built in this country can ever keep up, if you...

Total meme project, will never happen.

I'm surprised its any % since it's literally over a thousand dollars more expensive than booking directly with Qatar. If they were smart they would give the seats away as reward tickets, I bet they would get sold out pretty quickly. Can't believe how much VA is bungling this partnership with...

It's an interesting thought experiment, what proportion of higher tier flyers would be on this forum? What proportion of them are on some kind of websites and newsletters where they are paying attention to what the airlines are doing beyond the surface level cruft. I presume it's a high % but I...