World's Best Business Class Saver Award Space Available for Four Passengers From Several US Cities - View from the Wing

Qatar has one of the best business class product in the world in its 'QSuites'. These are revolutionary suites with doors and movable partitions that allow two and even four passengers to travel together in their own space. Right now there's fantastic award availability booking into 2021 for Qatar's QSuites product - out of several U.S. cities - with as many as four business class seats available.

Spencer Howard has done a great job keeping up on frequent flyer award space as it becomes available while many of us aren't searching awards as much as we once were (request volume for my award booking service has been down, naturally, since we help people find premium cabin international awards and most international travel is closed to Americans presently.)

Spencer runs a free email newsletter where he sends out award availability alerts, and this is a find he's just flagged.

Credit: Qatar Airways

In the past it's been possible but not easy to get (4) business class award seats on a single flight with QSuites. That's special because it means you can be seated together in a section of four, take down dividers.

Credit: Qatar Airways

Right now there's strong availability on routes with QSuites especially as we look out to March - June, 2021. You'll find seats from New York JFK, Washington Dulles, Chicago O'Hare, Boston, Houston, and Los Angeles.

While there's better availability for two passengers than four, four is common from the East Coast cities and even doable on many dates from LAX.

Here's availability for (4) business class award seats in April, New York JFK - Doha:

This is a fantastic chance to redeem miles for the world's best business class. You may want to visit Doha, I recommend a couple of days and definitely seeing the Museum of Islamic Art. However it's also a great connecting point for India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and elsewhere (May and June is rainy season in the Maldives - a country currently open to Americans so consider a March booking).

In general American AAdvantage miles are best for redeeming long haul business class travel on Qatar. American charges 70,000 miles each way for business class between the US and the Mideast or Indian Subcontinent.

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• American also lets you connect in Doha to Africa on Qatar on a single award redemption for 75,000 miles each way.
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• Connections between Asia and Africa, between Europe and Asia, and between Europe and South Pacific are permitted on Qatar with a single award redemption. These are additional exceptions to American's usual rule that you cannot fly between two regions via a third region.

British Airways (Chase, American Express transfer partner) can book Qatar Airways seats with fuel surcharges. Cathay Pacific AsiaMiles (American Express, Citi transfer partner) can as well.