Qatar Airways awards now bookable on British Airways’ website!

By: Ben Schlappig

Updated: October 2, 2013
Published: October 2, 2013

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Update: It seems like as of now award space is searchable online, though not bookable

Qatar Airways is set to join the OneWorld alliance on October 30, 2013, though both American and British Airways already have reciprocal mileage agreements with Qatar Airways, so it’s possible to redeem both mileage currencies for travel on Qatar Airways.

Anyway, one major frustration has been that up until now it hasn’t been possible to search Qatar Airways award space online. However, per a Tweet I just received from @mrtraveltricks, it appears as if Qatar Airways award space is finally showing up on ba.com!

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I’ll do a bit of research today into any availability trends I notice and will report back. This is really exciting, especially for when they join OneWorld and Qatar Airways can be booked on an American distance based award.

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lucky OMAAT

October 2, 2013, 11:35 am

@ Rich -- You should be able to get them to waive the phone booking since it can't be booked online. That being said totally agree that they should get the space online since it's such a pain to call, especially with their limited hours.

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AT Gold

October 2, 2013, 11:34 am

Rich - I don't think BA charges you for calling and booking. I called a couple weeks ago to book SEA-LAX on AS and was only charged $5 for the round trip, no booking fee.

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Waldek Guest

October 2, 2013, 11:33 am

ba.com is displaying the RJ logo against the QR flights

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Rich Guest

October 2, 2013, 11:28 am

I wonder when we'll be able to search and book Alaska availability. That would make Avios substantially more valuable for me, as my most common route that I'd want to redeem for is a sub-500 mile route that's served nonstop. I currently use UA on that route, but not having to call and pay the $25 surcharge would make redeeming Avios on this route the best deal.

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lucky OMAAT

October 2, 2013, 10:23 am

@ gomike -- There are fuel surcharges, though they're not too crazy compared to other airlines. JFK-DOH roundtrip in business class has $688 in fuel surcharges, though you wouldn't want to redeem BA Avios for a routing like that anyway. They're obviously lower for shorter distance awards.

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