It's back: QR ARN-AKL 2050 usd rt/ai
Apr 6, 2017, 7:31 am
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: LATAM Black; AA EXP
Posts: 262
I booked my ticket via Expedia.. went to QR's website to manage my booking and saw the promotion on their start page.. so cancelled my booking with expedia and booked directly with the coupon.. At the end it was approximately 100 EUR saving (I'm booked on R but I on the way back).
Apr 6, 2017, 11:36 am
#19
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,630
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qatar...thread-12.html
Apr 6, 2017, 12:55 pm
#20
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Aspen, CO
Posts: 792
Apr 6, 2017, 1:12 pm
#21
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SNA
Programs: AA EXP, UA 1K (until it expires then never again), *wood Plat, Marriott Gold
Posts: 9,239
Sorry its 2017, any J seat that doesn't allow direct aisle access is in fact crappy.
Apr 6, 2017, 2:27 pm
#23
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Over the North Atlantic
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 494
I've flown QR's 777 a couple of times this year. For me the 777 seats provided a more enjoyable experience than their A350 seats. There is a lot more space around your feet. I found the 777 seat to be more comfortable for sleeping in. You have an easier view of the outside if you are on the window side. As for aisle access, since there is so much more space, most people sitting on the aisle side will not fill the space even when they are lying down. You can easily get to the aisle without any acrobatic hops if you are on the windows side.
Apr 6, 2017, 8:37 pm
#24
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: LATAM Black; AA EXP
Posts: 262
That's a terribly narrow view on judging whether or not a J seat is crappy.
I've flown QR's 777 a couple of times this year. For me the 777 seats provided a more enjoyable experience than their A350 seats. There is a lot more space around your feet. I found the 777 seat to be more comfortable for sleeping in. You have an easier view of the outside if you are on the window side. As for aisle access, since there is so much more space, most people sitting on the aisle side will not fill the space even when they are lying down. You can easily get to the aisle without any acrobatic hops if you are on the windows side.
I've flown QR's 777 a couple of times this year. For me the 777 seats provided a more enjoyable experience than their A350 seats. There is a lot more space around your feet. I found the 777 seat to be more comfortable for sleeping in. You have an easier view of the outside if you are on the window side. As for aisle access, since there is so much more space, most people sitting on the aisle side will not fill the space even when they are lying down. You can easily get to the aisle without any acrobatic hops if you are on the windows side.
Apr 6, 2017, 10:55 pm
#25
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: LON
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,918
Having just arrived in AKL on QRs 777 having traveled in seat 2A it's perfectly possible to escape from the window seat without disturbing the passenger in 2B whether you know the passenger next to you or not.
As you take off and land in darkness and the shutters are down for most of the flight to AKL there is not reason to opt for the window seat.
QR Service in J is excellent as usual, the crew could not really be faulted.
As you take off and land in darkness and the shutters are down for most of the flight to AKL there is not reason to opt for the window seat.
QR Service in J is excellent as usual, the crew could not really be faulted.
Apr 7, 2017, 1:41 am
#27
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Manila, Philippines (MNL)
Programs: BAEC Gold [>20k Lifetime TPs] | Hilton Honors Lifetime Diamond [as is Mrs PtF] | Various Others
Posts: 6,156
Apr 7, 2017, 2:19 am
#29
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: BRS
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 4,996
Having just arrived in AKL on QRs 777 having traveled in seat 2A it's perfectly possible to escape from the window seat without disturbing the passenger in 2B whether you know the passenger next to you or not.
As you take off and land in darkness and the shutters are down for most of the flight to AKL there is not reason to opt for the window seat.
QR Service in J is excellent as usual, the crew could not really be faulted.
As you take off and land in darkness and the shutters are down for most of the flight to AKL there is not reason to opt for the window seat.
QR Service in J is excellent as usual, the crew could not really be faulted.
And I can also recommend the 777 seat. Sure, it's not as shiny or sparkly as the seat on the B787, A350, A380 etc but having come off the 777 and onto the 787, I really noticed the extra room to sleep on the 777.
Apr 7, 2017, 5:52 am
#30
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: NY/LON
Programs: loyalty?! BA Gold, DL Platinum
Posts: 308
At the risk of turning a premium fare thread into a thread about seat quality I'm another fan of QR's 777 J seats. As others have said if direct aisle access, without the possibility of being disturbed by someone clambering over you, is an issue simply choose one of the middle two seats. 'Crappy' seat issue solved.