First time with Qatar
Feb 27, 2017, 3:07 pm
#1
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First time with Qatar
Flew First with Qatar from Cairo. First flight with Qatar and first impressions are that they are way ahead of BA! Service and hard product (especially choice of wine and food) is much better than BA. Lounge service is clearly better than the CCR too.
Feb 28, 2017, 2:03 am
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Out of interest, how did you get to CAI (given that your first flight with Qatar was from CAI). And I'm puzzzled by your comparison of LHR T5's CCR and any CAI lounge
. Al Safwa DOH maybe, CAI lounges surely not.
Feb 28, 2017, 4:33 am
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There's also a small but perfectly formed QR forum to talk about how good they are
Feb 28, 2017, 9:21 am
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I think most of this is down to thread fatigue, you get six or seven threads with the same thing every day and it gets a bit boring - we all know QR offers a better business class product than BA, the daily reminder isn't necessary.
There's also a small but perfectly formed QR forum to talk about how good they are
There's also a small but perfectly formed QR forum to talk about how good they are
Feb 28, 2017, 2:30 pm
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Mar 1, 2017, 9:06 pm
#8
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just got off a MEL-DOH sector in J, spending a couple of days in Qatar and then home to London. As we got off the plane in DOH I received a text from BA saying our DOH-LHR on Saturday is cancelled.....sorted it all with the help of DOH ground staff and re-booked on QR.....my Wife's reaction said it all "brilliant, QR are in a different league to BA!"
Mar 2, 2017, 3:35 pm
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Mar 2, 2017, 7:37 pm
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Mar 4, 2017, 7:19 am
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I guess people around that size ( I am 1.90m, just a little shorter than 6ft4) and for me the seats in A350/787 are really uncomfortable. A pity, as they look so nice and are technically so well. But it does not help if they do not feel good. I also like the current 777 seat and hope they do not replace it with another seat made for shorter people only