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Qatar Airways' new policy is letting customers book 2020 travel from the US to nearly anywhere in the world for under $500 — but it still may be too soon to travel

While most airlines have been implementing flexible booking policies, Qatar Airways' policy takes the practice multiple steps forward. The Doha-based airline is waiving all fare differences for a change of date, change of origin, or change of arrival city as long as travel is completed by the end of the year, the country of origin remains the same, and the destination is within 5,000 miles of the original destination.

Under the new policy, passengers booking a round-trip ticket from New York to Mumbai, India on the airline for September can change it to Washington to the Maldives or Los Angeles to Singapore. search at the time of writing shows the cheapest option for Qatar Airways flights from now until September from the US is a round-trip flight from Washington, DC to Yerevan, Armenia for $494.

The departure can be changed to any US city Qatar Airways flies from such as New York, Los Angeles, and Boston and the destination to within 5,000 miles from the Armenian capital, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, and Paris. Nearly every city in Europe, Africa, and Asia up for grabs for as little as $500 from the US under the new policy.

Passengers may also be able to opt for an itinerary that allows for an extended layover in Doha, the capital of Qatar, where the airline offers discounted tour and hotel options to encourage tourism.While the deal may seem too good to pass up in pre-pandemic times, the question of whether or not travel is safe for 2020 remains to be seen with arguablyThe coronavirus pandemic highlighted numerous risky aspects of international travel for the year that had not needed to be considered previously.

 

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