Qatar Airways Confirms 5,000 Mile Flight Re-booking Option -> US-Asia 1660$
Qatar Airways Confirms 5,000 – Not 500….
I never want to lead readers astray, so I noted that the Qatar Airways website states 5,000 miles, but I was pretty sure they meant 500, and would assume that to be the case. Not wanting to deprive anyone of a great deal, I did then get in touch to confirm “did you really mean 5,000, or is it actually 500?”
After my email stating…
Your new “travel with confidence” policy states tickets can be reissued for any destination within 5,000 miles of original ticket. Surely it’s meant to be 500? If it is 5,000 please do let me know.
Qatar Airways reverted back to me this morning with the following…
Dear Gilbert, 5,000 miles is the correct figure indeed.
Well then…
I won’t dive into the numerous possibilities this creates for bookings both past and present, but they’re very interesting to say the least. Could a Singapore ticket become Australia or New Zealand? New York become Sao Paulo? The devil is in the details here, and Qatar Airways policy currently states…
“You can change your travel date or destination free of charge, as often as you need. You can change your origin to another city within the same country or any other destination we fly to within a 5000 mile radius of your original destination.”
The terms and conditions go on to specify…
- Rebooking fees will be waived if reservations are amended before departure (for travel on/before 31 December 2020).
- Rerouting is possible free of charge on Qatar Airways operated flights only from the same country of origin and/or within 5000 (five thousand) miles radius from the original destination booked.
The big question is whether any fare difference, or fees would apply. The answer seems to be no, but it would be wonderful to have a kind reader give it a whirl on the phone, and see what they can find out, since this applies to previously booked tickets as well.
This makes me believe beyond most reasonable doubt that there are some really interesting options out there for people holding, or hoping to book Qatar Airways tickets. It’s all almost like a game within itself, and as the airline which previously launched quite a few “golden fare” promotions, perhaps this is their newest iteration. I must say, I couldn’t believe my eyes when they confirmed five thousand means 5,000, not 500.
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What we think..
This sounds too good to be true.
You could book a business class round trip Helsinki to Doha for 1050€ and then rebook it to a destination which is within the 5,000miles from Doha, like Singapore, Hong Kong, Johannesburg…
Update: Apparently this really works…
this is real folks! just reticketed ARN-HKG which I got for 1K GBP last year to ARN-SYD for FREE!!!! https://t.co/TBvhN06Cno
— flylikelinz (@flylikelinz) May 14, 2020
Update 2: It really worked, well it is still working but Qatar Airways pulled back all the cheap tickets that were available for some time.
That means you could as well book a business class round trip from Philadelphia to Kiev for 1660USD(not anymore) , and rebook to a destination within 5,000miles from Kiev.
However, flights need to be in 2020…
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