Maldives: €1,559 Qatar Airways Business Class from Italy Until April 2022

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Oneworld member Qatar Airways prides himself on having one of the world’s best business class cabins. You can personally enjoy their product at a discount price enroute from Rome, Milan and Pisa to the Maldive Islands. Flights with a stop in Doha both ways are available at €1,559.

Warning

This is a Qatar Airways Classic Business Class fare. The quoted price no longer includes lounge access and seat selection.

Info

Qatar Airways offers a full refund in the original payment form for all bookings made before June 30, 2021.

Worldwide travel restrictions are in place to slow the spread of Covid-19. We strongly recommend gathering detailed information about the travel and quarantine restrictions that apply to your desired origin and destination.

A good start is the International Air Transport Association (IATA) website. It provides current updates on a country’s immigration policies. Even better, the Covid-19 Travel Regulations Map is one of the most useful tools you can find.

This fare is available almost daily for departures from October 2021 through April 2022, with an exception two week before and after Christmas. We recommend booking directly with Qatar Airways to benefit from their refund policy. Possible departure cities are:

QR FCO MLE C 1559

Qatar Airways currently schedules Airbus A350-900 services between Rome, Milan and Doha. Flights to Male are operated by Boeing 777-200ER airplanes, all of which feature QSuites in the premium cabin. From Pisa, an Airbus A320 with lie-flat-seats takes you to Doha.

Thanks to our reader Andrius, who gave us notice via Report a Deal!

Search & Book

The fare rules for this deal don’t specify a sales period. You can find the cheap tickets for trips longer than five days and short than a month. At time of writing, availability is outstanding.

You can browse Google Flights to easily determine on which dates flights are cheapest. After retrieving your dates, we recommend booking directly on qatarairways.com.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Mileage

Qatar Airways issues tickets for all flight segments in booking class R. You can earn the following miles & points with associated frequent flyer programs:

  • 20,556 Award Miles + 11,420 Elite Qualifying Miles on Alaska Mileage Plan
  • 13,704 Miles on American AAdvantage
  • 11,420 Avios + 560 Tier Points on British Airways Executive Club
  • 11,420 Avios + 96 Qpoints on Qatar Privilege Club
  • 11,420 Avios + 900 Elite Points on Iberia Plus
  • 11,420 AsiaMiles + 100 Club Points on Asia Miles
  • 11,420 Points on Finnair Plus
  • 11,420 Miles on Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
  • 11,420 Points on JetBlue TrueBlue
  • 11,420 Award Miles on LATAM Pass
  • 11,420 Miles on MEA Cedar Miles
  • 11,420 Miles on Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer
  • 11,420 Miles on Royal Jordanian Royal Club
  • 11,420 Award Miles on Oman Air Sindbad
  • 9,136 Award Miles on Bangkok Airways FlyerBonus
  • 9,136 Points + 20 Elite Points on Malaysia Airlines Enrich
  • 9,136 Miles on SriLankan FlySmiLes
Data provided by miles.travel-dealz.com. Without guarantee on correctness.

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  1. Andi says:

    Usually you have these words pointed out with red colours:
    “Sadly, this price no longer includes lounge access and seat selection on Qatar Airways flights.”
    I think it is still necessary to emphasize on that.

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