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Qatar Airways appears to have a decent Business Class sale on between Budapest and select cities in Asia which may interest readers looking to bank some cheap AAdvantage Miles or those looking to collect some badly needed Tier Points for British Airways status.
The strange thing about these fares is that they don’t appear to be advertised anywhere on the Qatar Airways website but I’ve checked and they’re definitely available.
Qatar Airways Budapest Sale
- Book by 16 October 2017
- Fly between now and 31 May 2018
- Blackout dates are 15 December 2017 to 10 January 2018
- Minimum stay is 1 day
- Maximum stay is 6 months from the day of departure
- Stopovers:
- Unlimited free stopovers in Doha
- 1 Free in Europe/Africa
- Stopovers may not exceed 14 days
The Fares
Budapest – Shanghai Business Class From €1,421 Roundtrip
The fare is readily available throughout the published promotion period and here is some example availability:
Example routing:
Route Elite Status Earnings:
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Miles – 19,695
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Dollars – 2,626
- British Airways Tier Points – 560
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Budapest – Beijing Business Class From €1,439 Roundtrip
The fare is readily available throughout the published promotion period and here is some example availability:
Example Routing:
Route Elite Status Earnings:
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Miles – 18,515
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Dollars – 2,469
- British Airways Tier Points – 560
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Budapest – Hong Kong Business Class From €1,663 Roundtrip
The fare is readily available throughout the published promotion period and here is some example availability:
Example Routing:
Route Elite Status Earnings:
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Miles – 18,752
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Dollars – 2,500
- British Airways Tier Points – 560
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Budapest – Bangkok Business Class From €1,476 Roundtrip
The fare is readily available throughout the published promotion period and here is some example availability:
Example Routing:
Route Elite Status Earnings:
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Miles – 16,859
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Dollars – 2,248
- British Airways Tier Points – 560
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Budapest – Tokyo Business Class From €1,655 Roundtrip
The fare is readily available throughout the published promotion period and here is some example availability:
Example Routing:
Route Elite Status Earnings:
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Miles – 22,502
- AAdvantage Elite Qualifying Dollars – 3,000
- British Airways Tier Points – 560
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Advice
- Don’t be overly concerned b the fact that the route between Budapest and Doha is operated by a narrow-body Airbus A320. I’ve tried out the Qatar Airways Business Class product on the A320 and it was better than the wide-body product on a lot of carriers I can mention.
- Be careful not to accidentally book yourself a longer than needed layover in Doha. I’ve seen identically priced itineraries where one has a pleasant 2 – hour layover while the other has a layover of 9+ hours.
- If you can’t avoid a long layover make sure you make the most of the free hotel option Qatar Airways offers on itineraries with layovers of 8+ hours – [thirstylink linkid=”26417″ linktext=”more details via this link” class=”thirstylink” title=”more details via this link”].
Bottom Line
I’m not going to suggest that any of these fares is spectacular or out of this world…but they are all pretty great value when you consider the quality of the Business Class product we’re talking about.
If you consider that 560 Tier Points (which is what each of these fares will earn you) is over 93% of the way to British Airways Silver Status (oneworld sapphire) that’s pretty good going for under €1,500.
All these fares will also offer a significant number of AAdvantage Elite qualifying Miles and, possibly more importantly, Elite Qualifying Dollars which are harder to earn.
Don’t forget that these fares need to be booked by 16 October 2017
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