Sale Fares Discussion
Sep 21, 2017, 11:17 am
#1
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Sale Fares Discussion
This thread is purely related to discussing QR Sale Fares.
Is the current 'Sale' actually a Sale?
Are the fares cheaper than previous Sales?
Is this Sale absolutely useless for your travel plans?
Well, here is the place to discuss!
Safe travels,
M
Is the current 'Sale' actually a Sale?
Are the fares cheaper than previous Sales?
Is this Sale absolutely useless for your travel plans?
Well, here is the place to discuss!
Safe travels,
M
Sep 21, 2017, 12:28 pm
#4
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No
No
Yes
Even the VCE-BKK (~1,100€) being discussed over in the premium deals section is not that impressive. Positioning to VCE is not that fun and the competition isn't much more expensive once you factor in positioning costs and buffers.
No
Yes
Even the VCE-BKK (~1,100€) being discussed over in the premium deals section is not that impressive. Positioning to VCE is not that fun and the competition isn't much more expensive once you factor in positioning costs and buffers.
Sep 21, 2017, 1:58 pm
#5
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But the QR hardware is still not great from VCE (333) and if you connect to a non-Qsuite 777 (like DPS or BKK) it start to be really annoying.
Is the current 'Sale' actually a Sale? No, just a good targeted promo because the 5x Miles I got
Are the fares cheaper than previous Sales? No
Is this Sale absolutely useless for your travel plans? No just made me buy one flight in advance because the 5x
Promo code recently proposed by QR = joke (Paypal2017, Qsuite)
Last edited by GalaxyChris; Sep 21, 2017 at 3:34 pm
Sep 21, 2017, 2:03 pm
#6
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The questions I posed, were just general queries to give an idea of the sort of things that should be discussed here.
This is your Forum after all
M
This is your Forum after all
M
Sep 21, 2017, 2:26 pm
#7
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Actually if you were willing to position to VCE in BA ET then you could have got it for Ł59 return until yesterday (I think that sale has ended) and the timings worked well with QR timings
Positioning to MCT in BA WTP Ł508 for MCT-BKK (which I believe includes a visit to Al Safwa, and has now dropped to ~Ł800 since the Ł is doing slightly better than before) also seems to work - but I've decided to go with TK <Ł1100 one stop from LGW and potentially not bother with renewing BA Gold unless QR has a proper sale
Positioning to MCT in BA WTP Ł508 for MCT-BKK (which I believe includes a visit to Al Safwa, and has now dropped to ~Ł800 since the Ł is doing slightly better than before) also seems to work - but I've decided to go with TK <Ł1100 one stop from LGW and potentially not bother with renewing BA Gold unless QR has a proper sale
Sep 21, 2017, 2:55 pm
#8
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I do VCE one time, with all the factors it's less painful than expected (small airport), Lounge used by QR is not so bad (big size) and comfy, ground staff support for transfer.
But the QR hardware is still not great from VCE (333) and if you connect to a non-Qsuite 777 (like DPS or BKK) it start to be really annoying.
But the QR hardware is still not great from VCE (333) and if you connect to a non-Qsuite 777 (like DPS or BKK) it start to be really annoying.
Sep 21, 2017, 3:13 pm
#9
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I presume that there will be a reasonable sale around new year as the last couple of years, perhaps with a deep discount fare such as BKK and then TYO... Does anyone have any insight (msm2000uk)? Probably a bit far off still!
Sep 21, 2017, 4:06 pm
#10
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That would be a really long time between sales. IIRC the Sake Fare was sold towards the end of the sale that was held in the second half of January. Personally I would be happy with a great fare to AUS/NZ.
Sep 22, 2017, 12:36 pm
#15
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did not book
Although the last sale ending 21st September saw an acceptable deal on my routing BKK-BRU for spring 2018 at 3600€ for 2 pax I did not book.
I had too much stress to secure upgrades with Q Credits and miles during my last trip which ended less than one week ago. It was all very unpleasant and unsatisfactory.
I have time until early Jan 2018 preferring J but will book any real good deal showing up (thus possibly Y), particularly watching AY fares now or any 2x1 deal under 3600€ mainly EY or EK.
I doubt QR really wants customer loyalty.
2 of my upgrades needed to be secured at airport check in whilst 5 J seats were unoccupied.
Their rules and my rules don't match I guess...
I had too much stress to secure upgrades with Q Credits and miles during my last trip which ended less than one week ago. It was all very unpleasant and unsatisfactory.
I have time until early Jan 2018 preferring J but will book any real good deal showing up (thus possibly Y), particularly watching AY fares now or any 2x1 deal under 3600€ mainly EY or EK.
I doubt QR really wants customer loyalty.
2 of my upgrades needed to be secured at airport check in whilst 5 J seats were unoccupied.
Their rules and my rules don't match I guess...
