Despite the current situation, the deals from London on Qatar are frankly poor, especially since they have reduced the benefits on the lowest price fares. Whether we see any other deals that are not advertised pop up remains to be seen. The best deals are ex EU which obviously carries…
Qatar lounge access on tickets booked through BA After the rather surprising announcement that the lowest business class fares with Qatar, now called classic, would not receive lounge access or reserved seats, we appear to have found a loophole. A reader asked a question regarding what would happen if you…
Qatar resumes Seychelles & other destinations We are expecting some good sale from Qatar in the next few weeks, so it’s good news that more destinations are resuming in their network. The airline will resume flights and increase services to several destinations in the coming weeks, including: Algiers (two weekly…
Yesterday Qatar announced their new “Classic” fares which are similar to Emirate’s basic business class fares that they released last year. The first piece of good news is that if you booked on or before 8 November 2020, the old fare rules will apply. The second piece of good news…
Well, it looks like it could be the end of the super cheap Qatar fares unless you are willing to give up lounge access and seat selection. 2020 is definitely the year that keeps giving! Qatar Airways has launched new, fare families across all travel classes. From today, Qatar Airways…
Qatar Airways introduces new options for business class meals Qatar have been leading the way for maintaining a high standard of onboard service but in the safest way. They currently have an almost normal service with menus, full bar and hot main courses. The only difference is the way the…
Qatar have launched a flash sale which as usual has little of interest from the UK. The sale is valid for travel between 8 October 2020 and 30 September 2021. Obviously, you need to be cautious booking given the unstable situation with travel. However, Qatar do have a Travel with…
Virgin to test all crew with rapid testing You may have thought that airlines were testing all their staff already. But in fact, most are not despite the fact that they come into contact with people all day and travel to countries with far higher rates of COVID than the…
As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, many airlines have opted to tempt nervous travellers back in with flexible booking options, and have expanded their policies on how passengers can cancel their flights, change their dates or destination and even cash in their ticket for points. This is…
Travel corridor additions & removals This week’s announcement from Grant Shapps had a few surprises. Denmark which has been in the red zone for a while (above 20 per 100,000 over the last 7 days) was not removed from the list. However, Slovenia and Guadeloupe were removed from the Travel…
