Virgin Australia flights to Doha

[Simsy85]

So interesting - i've just booked flights to Berlin, via Doha ex Melb for next year.

When we booked the flights on Qatar, it shows as a QR metal, with QSuite and starlink.

When the tickets came through, it had the VA codeshare. When you put the QR/VA flight numbers into seatguru, it populates with the old VA777's that used to flights MEL-PER and to the US - the ones with the J product 'The Business'.

Anyone have the same issue?

 

[leesionn]

So interesting - i've just booked flights to Berlin, via Doha ex Melb for next year.

When we booked the flights on Qatar, it shows as a QR metal, with QSuite and starlink.

When the tickets came through, it had the VA codeshare. When you put the QR/VA flight numbers into seatguru, it populates with the old VA777's that used to flights MEL-PER and to the US - the ones with the J product 'The Business'.

Anyone have the same issue?

Yes because it shows the VA fleet, not QR's. It hasn't clocked that it's a Qatar plane. If you look on the side at "planes and seat maps", it also has A330-200s, ATR 72-500s, and only one 777 layout.

I found a list of the rego numbers of the QSuite 77W's, here is the TLDR (I can't find the website sorry):

42 seats: A7-BA(C/E/F/G/I/M/O) and A7-BE(D to X)
24 seats: A7-BA(T-Z) and A7-BE(A-C)

Of course this could be inaccurate or out of date.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

So interesting - i've just booked flights to Berlin, via Doha ex Melb for next year.

When we booked the flights on Qatar, it shows as a QR metal, with QSuite and starlink.

When the tickets came through, it had the VA codeshare. When you put the QR/VA flight numbers into seatguru, it populates with the old VA777's that used to flights MEL-PER and to the US - the ones with the J product 'The Business'.

Anyone have the same issue?

Just go by the seat map on the QR website, it’ll be Qsuites.

I did a dummy booking on the QR site for my VA award flight, noted available seats during the ‘seat selection’ stage, and called VA to assign the seats. Did this for several friends as well.

 

[serfty]

When you put the QR/VA flight numbers into seatguru

I don't believe seat guru can be relied on, not since COVID.

 

[jase05]

So interesting - i've just booked flights to Berlin, via Doha ex Melb for next year.

When we booked the flights on Qatar, it shows as a QR metal, with QSuite and starlink.

When the tickets came through, it had the VA codeshare. When you put the QR/VA flight numbers into seatguru, it populates with the old VA777's that used to flights MEL-PER and to the US - the ones with the J product 'The Business'.

Anyone have the same issue?

Pretty sure all QR flights to/from Australia apart from 1x daily SYD-DOH have QAuites and Starlink

 

[Hunter4vr]

Pretty sure all QR flights to/from Australia apart from 1x daily SYD-DOH have QAuites and Starlink

Not correct lately, for example two flights out of Adelaide in the last week were on A350's with the reverse herringbone layout and not Qsuites.

My March flight out of Adelaide is not showing as QSuites at this stage, even though it was when I booked it. QR website is also not advertising flights in mid-March as being QSuite, hopefully this changes by then!

 

[jase05]

Not correct lately, for example two flights out of Adelaide in the last week were on A350's with the reverse herringbone layout and not Qsuites.

My March flight out of Adelaide is not showing as QSuites at this stage, even though it was when I booked it. QR website is also not advertising flights in mid-March as being QSuite, hopefully this changes by then!

I know they were doing that earlier this year but didn’t realise they still had some next year too. I’ve done that flight several times and have always had QSuites but one didn’t have Starlink. Bit of a bummer and yeah I would look at other options if not QSuite personally

 

[michael65]

Not correct lately, for example two flights out of Adelaide in the last week were on A350's with the reverse herringbone layout and not Qsuites.

My March flight out of Adelaide is not showing as QSuites at this stage, even though it was when I booked it. QR website is also not advertising flights in mid-March as being QSuite, hopefully this changes by then!

the best way to check whether your flight has Q Suites is to do a search on Google Flights for Qatar flights on your route and it shows whether there is a Suite or not

 

[michael65]

There has been some discussion about Q Suites and working out if your flight has them. The best way to check is to search for that flight on Google flights and it shows whether there is an Individual Suite or not.

 

[jase05]

There has been some discussion about Q Suites and working out if your flight has them. The best way to check is to search for that flight on Google flights and it shows whether there is an Individual Suite or not.

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QR website and app shows which ones have QSuites and Starlink too

 

[somebol]

Has VA pulled all J award availability?

I see no J awards from any port 330 days out. Am I missing something?

 

[I love to travel]

Has VA pulled all J award availability?

I see no J awards from any port 330 days out. Am I missing something?

I got something on Aeroplan about 3 weeks ago 1 seat BNE to DOH

 

[ols]

Has VA pulled all J award availability?

I see no J awards from any port 330 days out. Am I missing something?

It seems like you need to do a Krisflyer transfer these days to get a business save out of Australi

 

[Bundy Bear]

I am looking at a one way BER-DOH-BNE using VA points economy seems available but no business, any chance that VA will send out offers for upgrades on the VA long haul sectors to DOH and Australia and back.
I likely book economy as the flight times are almost perfect, but would happily part with money for the upgrade.

 

[simmomelb]

I am looking at a one way BER-DOH-BNE using VA points economy seems available but no business, any chance that VA will send out offers for upgrades on the VA long haul sectors to DOH and Australia and back.

I'd say there's a close to 0% chance of that happening (discounted offers to business).

 

[michael65]

I am looking at a one way BER-DOH-BNE using VA points economy seems available but no business, any chance that VA will send out offers for upgrades on the VA long haul sectors to DOH and Australia and back.
I likely book economy as the flight times are almost perfect, but would happily part with money for the upgrade.

What dates are you looking at??

 

[antycbr]

I am looking at a one way BER-DOH-BNE using VA points economy seems available but no business, any chance that VA will send out offers for upgrades on the VA long haul sectors to DOH and Australia and back.
I likely book economy as the flight times are almost perfect, but would happily part with money for the upgrade.

Make sure you look at each sector individually.

 

[zeruassiul]

Make sure you look at each sector individually.

Hey, if I do book two sectors individually using points, will QR check the bags through? Or do I have to collect bags in DOH and recheck in? Similar query for SQ and SIN. Thanks

 

[I love to travel]

On the VA marketed flights they are very reluctant to do it even on the one ticket Allow time in Doha and if they are checked through it is a bonus

 

[zeruassiul]

On the VA marketed flights they are very reluctant to do it even on the one ticket Allow time in Doha and if they are checked through it is a bonus

Oh wow, thanks for that. so even if I manage to book VA1 and an onwards flight from Doha on the same ticket, they don't check you through? How easy is it to re-check in at Doha?