Hi,

At LHR T3 I have seen a Qatar sign at the entrance to the Virgin Atlantic clubhouse so I assume that it is for Business/First passengers.

If so you will have a great time in the lounge.

Regards
TBS

On www.airlinequality.com , Qatar Airways was ranked 2nd place, after Emirates, for "Best Airline-Middle East".

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9V-SMU
The 1000th 747
Currently operated by Singapore Airlines

I flew with Qatar four times this year (DXB-DOH-CAI; BOM-DOH-DXB) in F and C and can highly recomend the airline.

If you travel from London you will experience the new A330 with flat beds in F and seats comparable to SQ`s SkyBed in C. Inflight is very solid, I flew them from DOH to CAI in First and on a three hour flight they offered a tremendous five course lunch. Lounges in DOH are superb as well. Not as large as u might be used to from EK IN DXB, but great attentive service, nice shower afcilities and the best: As a First passenger you will leave the aircraft first because the curtains to other classes are guarded and you be picked up by a 7 Series BMW and they drive you directly to Customs. If you board the aircraft the same vice versa. You will be picked up in the lounge and without waiting a single second your BMW drives you to your plane. This is real F Class Service.

Miles and more form LH gives you triple Miles in F and double miles in C.

The A320 have a layout of 2-2, very similar to US domestic coach product. But with the same high standard in inflight service. The same class layout is sometimes declared as First and sometimes as Business on the A320 depending on the route (Expl: oN DXB the A320 has F and Y on the DOG-BOM they offer Y and C). But still fine enough for a three hour flight.

The A300-600 is available in two versions either 3 Class or two Class product (F and Y). The three class version is great in F, but the C is outdated. And they will not update soon because the fleet is restructured to A330. So if your flight is for example from Fra where they use the AB6 I would def. not go C but F if you can effort it.

IFE: The have DVD Players on all aircrafts with a wide selcetion of movies.

I def. find QR a great way to fly!!

No opinion on the airline, but I'm a big fan of the goat on their tail.

Is this a general goat thing or is Qatar's special?



Greg

Miles dependent, sounds amazing! Qatar fly from BKK - KUL, which is about 2/3 the price of TG or MH on this route, so next time I need to do this route, i'll definitely be using Qatar. It is only 6,000 THB in Y roundtrip.

One remark I have is their f/flyer program, it allows you to pool other family members earning into your a/c, which could be a big plus for some.

Flown QR first many times DOH-LHR and shorter legs like DBX-DOH. One of the better choices in F (and I do BA/AA/UA/LH first several times a year). (I posted a trip report here a couple of months back - search for QR or Qatar and it will come up.) The LHR flights have the new A330s which as several folks have noted are great, one of the best flat beds I've been in as it faces staright forward with a very large TV screen ahead and loads of storage and flat space around. Service is outstanding (friendly, efficient) with great food and wine. Overall much better than Emirates (where seats in F don't recline much and J is very very cramped; servcie is goo though) and I prefer QR quite a bit over BA where I have found F service rather patchy. The shorter legs on the smaller planes like their A320s are still good in F (plentiful hot towels, Arabic coffee, dates, good food, excellent service). QR lounge in DOha is very very nice too.

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LH SEN, UA 1K/UGS, HH GOLD, BA SILVER, AA PLAT

[This message has been edited by ffdom (edited 05-11-2003).]

It's not a goat! It's called an Arabian Oryx, an animal of the antelope family and is native to Qatar and some other places in the Arabian Peninsula. You can find more at:
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/oryx.htm