Qatar airways to join Oneworld on 30th October 2013

[Nizar]

Re: Qatar joining Oneworld date?

I'm more interested in the SCs, frankly.

Than saving $3k lol fair enough each to their own lol.

 

[defurax]

Re: Qatar joining Oneworld date?

I wonder which lounge QR will be using at MEL starting October 30. The MEL-DOH flight (QR31) leaves at 11:55 PM, that's more than 5 hours after the closure of QF J lounge. I doubt they will keep sending their PAX to NZ lounge. Maybe the CX lounge, but it's so tiny!

 

[dajop]

Re: Qatar joining Oneworld date?

I wonder which lounge QR will be using at MEL starting October 30. The MEL-DOH flight (QR31) leaves at 11:55 PM, that's more than 5 hours after the closure of QF J lounge. I doubt they will keep sending their PAX to NZ lounge. Maybe the CX lounge, but it's so tiny!

They may well continue to use NZ lounge, it's not unheard of for airlines to use non-alliance partner contracted lounges, even where such a lounge is available (for example CX uses NZ lounge in AKL). Also, there's the MH lounge that serves a midnight departure as another option. MEL has 3 oneworld J lounges (and 3 star alliance lounges too)! (OT, but a QF WP departing on QF9 could do a lounge crawl taking in 5 different lounges).

 

[Limewood]

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Can QR be found on QFF site yet?.

 

[AvroAnson]

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Can QR be found on QFF site yet?.

A dummy booking PER - DOH for 23 October shows QF flights on EK metal via DXB. Similarly for 20 Nov - ie after QR has joined OW - only EK flights shown on the QF site. Prices are commparable within a hundred dollars or so for equivalent fare buckets, but EK runs 3 flights a day out of PER, so there's more flexibility with flight times.

 

[docjames]

Re: Qatar joining Oneworld date?

A dummy booking PER - DOH for 23 October shows QF flights on EK metal via DXB. Similarly for 20 Nov - ie after QR has joined OW - only EK flights shown on the QF site. Prices are commparable within a hundred dollars or so for equivalent fare buckets, but EK runs 3 flights a day out of PER, so there's more flexibility with flight times.

As QF have no direct arrangement with QR there's no reason QR fares would show up on the QF site.

Eg. QF don't show all the CX fares to HKG, only flights ex-HKG they code share on.

 

[zainman]

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Can QR be found on QFF site yet?.

Not on the QFF site but some flights are available on ba.com

QF did say at the lunch event last month that they aim to have QR flights available 'at launch' so lets keep our fingers crossed they load them onto qantas.com on the 30th of October

 

[theoracle30]

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Does anyone have any information yet about earning FF miles and SC through Qatar, but on an EK/QF trip from PER-DXB-LHR-MEL-PER? Starts Nov 25.

 

[markis10]

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Does anyone have any information yet about earning FF miles and SC through Qatar, but on an EK/QF trip from PER-DXB-LHR-MEL-PER? Starts Nov 25.

Miles earning will not be available till they join at which time what fares earn what will be announced, you wont earn anything crediting to them on an EK operated flight.

 

[garybatz]

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Does anyone know how many days ahead QR release award seats? Apologies if this is already on here but have tried searching with no success. Thanks.

 

[liamg]

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Well, I just looked and can book SIN-DOH and HKG-DOH but not MEL-DOH for October 6, 2014, and only in economy. I reckon that's odd. I wonder if things will change from tomorrow or Thursday, or if that's all there'll be online. Might have to call up to get more availability? (There's certainly availability via BA.com.)

Sorry, scrap that -- I can see availability for those ex SIN and HKG flights, but when I click on it to move to the next step it says, "ERROR : please check those fields. Airline not valid for redemption."

L.

 

[blu]

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nice photo in OW livery here:

A7-BAA | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

[moa999]

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Streamed ceremony at 5.30pm AEST.
Promising some surprises (not a surprise with the CEO)

qatarairways - YouTube

 

[moa999]

Re: Qatar joining Oneworld date?

Video feed dropped out.
However lots of Twitter posts.

Main additional announcement is a new oneworld product
Visit Middle East

Also a double points offer for Qatar and other oneworld programs on joining

 

[defurax]

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Finnair just released their QR earning table. https://pointshop.finnair.com/partner.php?cPath=560_674
All booking classes earn something...but AY tends to be on the generous side...can't wait for QF to release their earning table.

 

[moa999]

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And in more intersting news.

Qatar is coming to SYD...

Travel Daily ‏@travel_daily 3h Qatar Airways CEO has just confirmed to @traveldaily that the carrier will fly to Sydney, within curfew period. #oneworldQatar

 

[moa999]

Re: Qatar joining Oneworld date?

Finnair just released their QR earning table. https://pointshop.finnair.com/partner.php?cPath=560_674
All booking classes earn something...but AY tends to be on the generous side...can't wait for QF to release their earning table.

That link now seems to have been deleted and is going back to the main page.

 

[moa999]

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https://twitter.com/khalid606/status/395123967578501121/photo/1

 

[defurax]

Re: Qatar joining Oneworld date?

That link now seems to have been deleted and is going back to the main page.

I should have taken a screenshot... not sure my browser keeps "cached" copies of website

Here it is (translation of the Finish page):

Earn Points

Qatar Airways scheduled flights collected points count towards your points balance and the Finnair Plus tier points.Check points in eligible booking classes in the table below.
[TABLE="width: 510"]
[TR]
[TD]Qatar Airways[/TD]
[TD]Booking Class[/TD]
[TD]Point intake[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]First[/TD]
[TD]F, P, A[/TD]
[TD]200%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Business[/TD]
[TD]J, C, D,[/TD]
[TD]150%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Business[/TD]
[TD]I[/TD]
[TD]125%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Economy[/TD]
[TD]Y, B[/TD]
[TD]100%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Economy[/TD]
[TD]H, K, M, G[/TD]
[TD]75%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Economy[/TD]
[TD]L, V, S, N, T[/TD]
[TD]50%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Economy[/TD]
[TD]Q, O[/TD]
[TD]25%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

---

 

[samh004]

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https://twitter.com/khalid606/status/395123967578501121/photo/1

View attachment 20251

S7 really stands out... though having now seen this, I'm not sure about QF's new uniform, as the more formal jacket-type ones do look better in that row.