Was hoping they'd keep the incoming planes with QSuites on the LHR QR1/2 rotation but i assume they'd be using the planes for the JFK route instead? :(

hoping you're right!!^^

flyvirgin the time elapsed from take off in DOH until landing again in DOH DOH-JFK-DOH is about 26-28 hours so if aircraft are dedicated to a route then three aircraft will be required to service the route! But this should not be a problem since the Qsuite aircraft will all be used for all destinations CDG, JFK and LHR. They will be scheduled for flights so as to give maximum use of the expensive aircraft in revenue earning service. All five aircraft will appear regularly at all three destinations.

Solo Flyers - What do you like Better? The A/K Seats or the B/J Seats.

The B/J Seats are all forward facing and it looks a little cozier with the nook/extra seating area.

The A/K Seats are great for views but are you really that far off the window in the B/J Seats?

The A/K seats have that armrest that raises and is a storage cabinet, does the B/J seats have the same?

Im leaning towards the B/J seats for DOH-JFK. Its a long flight to be flying backwards.

my qr1 booking November 27th changes to Q suite from a350 happy days

From ExpertFlyer it looks like it'll switch from Qsuites back to an A350 on Dec 16th

Our QR2 flight in Nov has just been switched to a Q Suite 77W. Excited to try the new seat but we have been allocated 1E and 1F. The window seats look more spacious (is that true?) plus I prefer a window seat anyway. They are all either take or blocked in the forward cabin but available in the rear Business cabin. If we move to the rear cabin are we likely to experience slower service and menu items running out as presumably we'd be served after the forward cabin. Anyone have any experience of this?

Just finished two sectors with Qsuites and I had no service issues in the back cabin, in fact I would say it was a better service than the front IMHO.

No problems running out of food full choice of everything.

Also people were complaining the centre seats were claustrophobic I think due to the lower ceiling and high walls, but many enjoyed it, I had window side on both sectors.

Shame they never added wifi ! All that money on a shiney new product let down by no wifi.

Yeah, they've only just started installing wifi on the 777s, it's just a matter of time for it to get implemented.
But indeed, they should've added it ages ago, felt that was a rather big downside flying QR on any 777.

Preference on the aft facing window or the forward facing? I can't decide.

I did 9J and 10K (aft facing)
I preferred 10K to be honest slightly more space around the window and great for looking out.

That's good to read. Master PtF has 10K tomorrow; it was the only window seat available at time of booking. As neither of us has any prior experience of Q suites (although we have experienced virtually every type of QR J cabin/aircraft multiple times) it was a bit of a shot in the dark as far as seat selection was concerned.

Are the seats isolated from the neighboring seats? I mean if the next person behind/in front of you bump into the seat or wall, can one hear the sound easily or even feel the movement?

The picture looks pretty tight in terms of spacing so I wonder if it's anything like the AA J seats on 787.