Flying from and to Doha does not seem to be an option anymore for a lot of people in the Gulf region. Quite some airlines already suspended flights to and from Doha but a lot of travel websites still show those flights. Today I will show you a trick to find flights that avoid certain stops:
In ITA Flight matrix you can use advanced routing options as you can see in the screenshot. For example: people living in Dubai who need to get to London but cannot take flights to Qatar anymore:
~DOH?
~ = NOT
DOH = Airport code
? = optional (to avoid that direct flights are removed from the list)
These advanced routing codes can help to include or exclude stops but there are many more tricks on fare freaks.