This was the most nerve-racking flight I've ever booked, even more so then waiting for the all clear from my Doctor! Wanting to travel on Qsuites, I had to change my flight about 5 times in the space of a few months! TDLR: both legs were amazing, the seat is fantastic, the crew was lovely and the food delicious. But could I recommend it to others ... not if you want to retain your sanity. I won't go into detail on the Qsuites as there's plenty of videos on the subject.
How would I compare to other products?
- Emirates F
- Qatar Qsuites
- Emirates A380 business
- BA Club World
- Virgin Upper Class
- Emirates old business
- Qatar old business
The 1st leg they didn't load any of their signature lemon mint drink which was weird considering it's their flagship route
but on the 2nd leg it was delicious!
On the 1st leg to Doha I started with the Trio of seafood followed by the halibut and finally the Afternoon tea and chocolates. The food was delicious but I was disappointed at the lack of dessert choices which is why I went for the afternoon tea. The pastries and scones were good, nicer than in BA F.
I was shocked to find we arrived at a bus gate
For one of their flagship routes, that's completely unacceptable (however their is a business class bus). Luckily transfer security was quick and easy but we got lost looking for the newly opened Garden Lounge. Once we found it, it was a nice pleasant environment with a reasonable choice of food and drinks. But most impressive was the view, much better than the main business lounge.
On the 2nd leg to KL I went for the Curry soup (which was more like a Tom Yum), Angus beef and ice cream. Again I was disappointed at the dessert selection but the food was delicious, especially the soup. I was also very disappointed with the breakfast selection. Departing for Doha I thought there be choices such as omelettes, pancakes, waffles etc. But is was a poor excuse for a croissant and some gloopy yogurt!
I was dreading the arrival into KL, but luckily there was no queue at the Business/First immigration counter and we were landside in under 30 minutes after collecting our luggage (the Qatar VIP tags seemed to work and ours came out first!). FYI there's a few places after exiting airside were you can buy a local SIM, so I'd recommend doing that before the queue builds up at immigration, rather then getting one at the kiosks before immigration.