Qatar Airways
Business Class (J)
Discounted Business Class Fare
QR68: FRA-DOH (Frankfurt to Doha)
1 September 2018
Airbus A350-1000 (Two Class Configuration)
A7-ANB
Seat 1K
Departure: 05:35PM
Arrival: 12:35AM +1
I'd been really looking forward to this flight. This would be my first time flying the Airbus A350-1000, though I'd previously flown the A350-900 several times. More importantly, it would be my first time trying out QR's new Qsuite business class product. Not to spoil anything, but I was definitely not disappointed at all. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge
Back to the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge. The food selection at the AC MLL was pretty decent and I had another pretzel and some sausages. Decent spread and the shower suites were pretty good too. I napped for an hour or so and eventually it was time to board my flight to Doha. After a quick shower, I made my way down to the gate. It was a short wait and the boarding process commenced.
A7-ANB
The plane was brand new. Delivered to QR on 30 June 2018, it'd only been in service for two months. It showed. Everything was in excellent condition inside and out.
Qsuite
I love this seat.
Qsuite
Substantial blanket and tasty pre-departure lime and mint drink
Apron views from my seat
So glad I wasn't flying on that Air Canada 777
J Cabin
Amenity Kit
Pretty good kit for a 6hr flight
Menu
Menu
Snack Menu
Taking off
Pineapple Mocktail and luke warm nuts
Decent, but not as good as the excellent lime and mint PDB.
Bread
Soup
Delicious
Arabic Mezze
The tabbouleh was outstanding. The best I've ever had. And I generally don't care for tabbouleh...
Gnocchi
Really tasty as well
Crepe for dessert
Weakest course, but still pretty tasty
The on board service was excellent. Absolutely zero issues from the cabin crew. There was a bit of turbulence early on, so the meal service took a bit longer than usual. Not ideal, but it happens. Once the meal service concluded, I went to sleep immediately and slept until we were 30 minutes out from Doha. All told, I got around 3-4 hours of sleep on the flight. Not as much as I'd wanted, but good enough.
Overall, QR's new Qsuite is hands down the best business class product I've flown. No competition to anything else out there at the moment. Their service and hard product puts American carriers to shame. Honestly, this product is at nearly on par with any first class product I've flown. The service isn't quite as attentive as first (naturally), but the hard product is as good as any non-suite first class product I've flown. QR will definitely continue to get my business in the future. Really great experience all around.