Originally Posted by
lall
Also, the DOH-JFK leg was 14 hrs non stop, and Qatar did not provide any mattress, so it was quite uncomfortable to sleep for such a long time. Since BA and Emirates do provide a mattress, I will choose them anytime over Qatar for such a long flight.
Qatar do provide "mattress pads" on most red-eyes exceeding 8 hours. In fact I even had it on a short red-eye between SIN and DOH. Sometimes you'll be proactively offered them, other times you need to specifically request for them, but what's for sure is that they are there.