Originally Posted by
ph-ndr
All in all, the whole way the culture in Doha works, with everything being a negotioation, and seeing how willing people are to pass the buck, the time spent chasing an organisation that is more focused on bling than getting basic processes to work, I see extremely low value in being a platinum, as it is at the end of the day either time and/or money out of my side of the equation.
In my experience, it's generally like this once you get away from first-world levels of business and customer service. What is 'just passing' to us is usually what is considered 'great service' in those parts of the world. (You should hear about the food disaster at my wedding reception in Bangalore India--really great when your guests miss your wedding because of food illnesses from the hotel's food.)
This being said, I've generally found QR economy service to be on par with economy offerings from other carriers on the same legs, but at a lesser fare--so a good value.