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Yesterday, I posted that I was taking a family trip to Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and because of routing, I’ll end up with a night in Doha to catch a ride back in Qatar’s Qsuites. One of the most attractive parts of Qatar’s Qsuite business class is the Quad configuration for families – they even feature seats that can be combined to make double beds. YES, PLEASE! However, booking these Quads can be problematic if you aren’t making a reservation with all passengers on one itinerary. Qatar blocks access to Quads for such reservations. I thought it’d be useful to those of you out there that may end up in a situation similar to mine as to how I circumvented the blocked access and put my 3 person family in a Quad.
What my parents will enjoy in 3 E,F
This is what our seatmap looked like when we booked.
When I made the booking with American I requested my Qatar record locator as well. If you didn’t know, when you book with partner airlines, you can request the partners Record Locator, and this will make your life much easier when you phone the partner.
I thought I’d try selecting online, but figured I’d more than likely have to phone them to put us 3 in the Quad. That’s what happened – the Quad seats were blocked on Qatar’s website as I was a single ticket holder.
After you’ve received your confirmation email from your loyalty program, give Qatar a call – this will assure that your reservation has indeed been ticketed.
With Record Locators in hand – I walked the phone agent through what I wanted to achieve. One by one she was able to put us in the Quad.
I explained the situation, and without any pushback we started working through each individual reservation.
You can see below that we selected 3 E,F, and 4D. While the entire center configuration is comprised of Quads, I thought 3/4 would provide similar privacy for us while we travel, but be the easiest to photograph and video for reviews. Fingers crossed that no one sits in 4G!
So, yes you can reserve a Quad with just 3 passengers, and yes you can reserve it if you booked your tickets separately. Hopefully this is of assistance to anyone looking to book, but wanting to deduct miles from separate programs, etc.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
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Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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