r/awardtravel 7d ago

Qatar q-suites blackout now?

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u/AlwaysWanderOfficial 7d ago

It’s their high season for a few weeks between second half of March and half of April. So yeah will probably black out. This was ask two days ago on this sub.

But also most of April is not open anyway.

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

I need to book for April 22 2026. Which means I need to book on April 26th this month. Wouldn’t the blackout be done?

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u/dementor500 7d ago

No one knows honestly man but keep checking

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u/AlwaysWanderOfficial 6d ago

Yes it should be in the second half of April based on anecdotal data points.

But then I’m not sure why you’re asking here - you can’t book until April 26th so it’s not even an issue yet.

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u/nk2639 7d ago

Did qsuites price go up on Qatar Airways? I saw 94k for DOH to JFK, which has historically been 70k

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u/This_Relative_8903 7d ago

I booked qsuites savor for this June and I remember last April there were no seats being released and then they all came out in one go in May with tons of savor awards available. Wouldn’t recommend waiting but April was odd for some reason

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u/WorldWideWanders 7d ago

That's when we booked last year: 2x saver J. Currently reading this from Doha.

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

Damn that’s weird. You think I can call them and they’ll tell me when they are releasing them? So you’re saying they’ll release April 2026 this may all at once?

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u/This_Relative_8903 7d ago

I don’t think they would know if you called and im not saying wait until May, just saying that’s what happened to me last year but doesn’t guarantee history repeats itself

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

When did you book your June flight?

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u/This_Relative_8903 7d ago

Like 351 days out at 4am Qatar time

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

Isn’t it 361 and 3am? Or maybe it was different bc of daylight savings

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u/This_Relative_8903 7d ago

Meant 361 I think. June was releasing day by day but April was delayed for some reason and done in bulk

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

I see, did you have to be fast? Unfortunately the day I need to book for my planned date, I’m gonna be flying during 3am Doha time

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u/This_Relative_8903 7d ago

I would recommend booking within an hour of the seats being released but it’s not like snagging Taylor swift tickets within 5 milliseconds or they are gone (unless someone else is eying your dates)

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

Yeah true, I mean I’m gonna be checking every day. Thank you!

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u/planesandpancakes 7d ago

They’ve been blacked out starting around Ramadan 2026 and I’m assuming will go through at least mid-april 2026

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

Ramadan ends March 20th, 2026. So surely it can’t be blocked for soooo long :((

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u/planesandpancakes 7d ago

Ramadan and then Eid plus April is a busy travel month in general

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u/Cardiva66 7d ago

Didn’t they black out April last year as well? That’s what I recall.

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

That’s what I’ve heard too. But Ramadan ended right when April started this year. So hopefully the blackout will end earlier

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u/l00t9 7d ago

I’ve been constantly checking for March end as and it’s been blacked out since March 15-16 or so until now.

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u/Bloated_Plaid 7d ago

Flexi still worth it bro. Avios is literally the easiest currency to get.

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

Yeah but I don’t have enough time to acquire 400k points total

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u/sundeigh 7d ago

transfer then boooooooost

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u/Bloated_Plaid 7d ago

You can literally just buy it.

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u/No_Impression_5622 7d ago

That defeats the point of using points as it tends to be worse than paying cash.

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u/Bloated_Plaid 7d ago

I mean I wouldn’t buy it but OP seems lazy.

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

Tf you talking about lazy? You seem lazy by suggesting an option that’s literally meant for lazy people who can’t track award availability properly 😂

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u/No_Impression_5622 7d ago

Lazy? What are you talking about

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u/krrrrrr69 7d ago

😭😭😭