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Qatar Adds Qsuites to More US Routes — Here Are All Eight

March 14, 2019
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Qatar Adds Qsuites to More US Routes — Here Are All Eight
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Qatar’s Qsuite was the winner of the 2018 TPG Awards Best International Business Class of the Year, scoring a 90 in TPG‘s new numerical review scoring system. If you want to check out the product for yourself, you have one more optron to do so: Qatar just added another US destination to its Qsuite route network.

Starting June 2, Qatar will switch its Doha (DOH) to Philadelphia (PHL) route from an Airbus A350-900 without Qsuite...

Image by Zach Honig / The Points Guy.
Image by Zach Honig / The Points Guy.

...to an Airbus A350-900 with Qsuite.

Qatar's Qsuite business class on the A350-1000. (Photo by Zach Honig)
Qatar's Qsuite business class on the A350-1000. (Photo by Zach Honig)

The new addition brings the total number of US routes that'll have Qsuites to eight. Just four routes had the award-winning product at the start of 2019: Chicago, Houston, New York JFK and Washington DC Dulles.

Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) was switched to Qsuite on January 16 and Los Angeles (LAX) got the new business class cabin on February 2. Boston is still scheduled to be switched on March 31 before Philadelphia is added in June.

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Here's the full details of when, where and on what type of aircraft you'll find Qsuite on US routes. Note that there have been some equipment swaps on some of these routes since the last time we dug into the details:

RouteAircraft TypeFlight #Effective Date
Boston (BOS)Boeing 777-300ER743 / 744March 31
Chicago (ORD)Boeing 777-300ER725 / 726
Dallas/Forth Worth (DFW)Boeing 777-300ER729 / 730thru June 30
Dallas/Forth Worth (DFW)Airbus A350-1000729 / 730July 1
Houston (IAH)Boeing 777-200LR713 / 714thru May 31
Houston (IAH)Airbus A350-1000713 / 714June 1
Los Angeles (LAX)Boeing 777-200LR739 / 740
New York JFKAirbus A350-1000701 / 702thru May 31
New York JFKBoeing 777-300ER701 / 702June 1
New York JFKAirbus A350-900703 / 704thru March 31
New York JFKAirbus A350-1000703 / 704April 1
Philadelphia (PHL)Airbus A350-900727 / 728June 2
Washington Dulles (IAD)Boeing 777-300ER707 / 708

Qatar Qsuite remains one of the few awards where it’s generally best to use American Airlines AAdvantage miles. So, once you find award availability, you’ll want to book right there on the AA.com website.

If you need to stock up on American Airlines AAdvantage miles to accomplish your Qsuite dreams, here are the best options right now:

  • Buy AAdvantage miles for as little as 1.92 cents per mile. This is the easiest way of getting miles at the moment for an award. At 1.92 cents per mile, one-way awards between the US and the Middle East or Indian Subcontinent costs just $1,342 before minimal taxes/fees. Award flights all the way down to South Africa in Qatar business class would cost just $1,440 before taxes/fees.
  • Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard®: 50,000 bonus miles after spending $2,500 on purchases in the first three months of account opening.
  • CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® Mastercard®: 65,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles after spending $4,000 in purchases within the first 4 months of account opening.
  • Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard®: 50,000 bonus miles after spending $5,000 on purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.

The information for the Citi AAdvantage Platinum card and CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.

Featured image by Qatar's Qsuite business class on the A350-1000. (Photo by Zach Honig)
Editorial disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are the author’s alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.

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