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Paris to Qatar routing
Hi! So I am planning on booking a flight from paris to qatar on the A380 in first class with advantage miles but my final destination is Dubai. Is paris to Qatar and then Dubai on qatar a legal routing? Also if so is it possible to extend that layover to spend time in the Al Safwa first class lounge?
Thank you very much !
Hello Alan
Yes it’s a legal routing, but DOH-DXB is operated by a 2 cabin plane sold as Y and F.
Had it been a J award you would have needed to call AA to get the F segment DOH-DXB at J price.
Max layover is 24 hours from the time the Paris flight land in Doha, there need to be F award space on the DOH-DXB route the next day of course.
Thank you very much for the reply! What do you mean book it online? I thought you had to call american.
[QUOTE=”No Name, post: 13061, member: 268″]Hello Alan
Yes it’s a legal routing, but DOH-DXB is operated by a 2 cabin plane sold as Y and F if you are on F award you should be able to book it online.
Had it been a J award you would have needed to call AA get the F segment DOH-DXB at J price.
Max layover is 24 hours from the time the Paris flight land in Doha, there need to be F award space on the DOH-DXB route the next day of course.[/QUOTE]
Thank you very much for the reply! What do you mean book it online? I thought you had to call american.
General how to when it come to booking AA awards in case you need it.
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/04/12/how-to-redeem-american-aadvantage-miles/[/URL]
[QUOTE=”No Name, post: 13064, member: 268″]General how to when it come to booking AA awards in case you need it.
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/04/12/how-to-redeem-american-aadvantage-miles/[/URL][/QUOTE]
One more question, do you know if they close the first class lounge at all? My flight gets in at 12 and I want to schedule an 8 hour layover to be able to sleep a bit and avoid staying at a hotel.
No all the QR lounges in DOH is open 24/7.
Try getting one of the sleeping rooms in the lounge that Lucky mentions if you are staying the night.
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/11/22/qatar-airways-first-class-lounge/[/URL]
Yes indeed you have to call, my fault was thinking about another airline. Need some caffeine, sorry
[URL]http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/08/10/how-to-redeem-american-miles-on-qatar-airways/[/URL]
[QUOTE=”Alan A, post: 13066, member: 1545″]One more question, do you know if they close the first class lounge at all? My flight gets in at 12 and I want to schedule an 8 hour layover to be able to sleep a bit and avoid staying at a hotel.[/QUOTE]
You can try hitting the A350 / B787 flights to DXB if you’re lucky enough on timings. 🙂
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