Qatar Airways: A tale of two flights

Advantages: Value for money in business, excellent service, good wine!
Disadvantages: No flat bed in business, lower standard on Africa route, premium terminal falls short

...In recent years I have twice opted to start my holiday with Qatar Airways flights. The first time was a few years ago when I travelled to Nepal and much more recently I visited Tanzania. A few years of regular business travel has left me with the expensive affliction of being unable to tolerate economy class for much over four hours and so the reason I chose Qatar on both occasions was because the business class fares were the most affordable. Indeed I have noticed that Qatar is often very competitively priced in this class, which is slightly surprising considering they are one of a very small number of five star airlines. Most of my observations will be about business class and my most recent trip, although I do recall enough about the earlier to trip to conclude the experiences were fairly consistent. Pre flight My...

Cat199 11.02.2009 · Read review
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Qatar Airways....brilliant!

Advantages: Cheap, Safe, Excellent Service, V Polite staff
Disadvantages: Doha Airport

...Wow!! I flew to Bangkok via Doha in May (QR42 & QR612) and it was the first time i'd flown with a proper long haul airline in a long time, to say i was very impressed would be an understatement. The flight was part of a package type deal to spend 3 nights in Bangkok and 11 nights in Cha-am. The whole holiday only cost £520...so the flight part of that must have been substantially less. Saying that for the service we received on the plane, I would have paid £520 just for that! Firstly the check-in experience at Manchester was seemless. We were greeted by a man in a Qatar Airways suit who crossed us off his list on his clipboard, helped us get are luggage into the queueing system (there was no queue to speak of though). We stood there a couple of mins then checked straight in, all the way through to Bangkok. Our luggage was being...

jrc1984 29.07.2006 · Read review
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Qatar Airlines - Cheap and Great

Advantages: Free shopping and stay in a hotel courtesy of the hotel
Disadvantages: Some rude airhostesses

...Qatar Airways is a really fabulous airline up to and after some minor hick-ups. Whilst once travelling to Sri Lanka on Qatar Airways, I found that from the flight from London Heathrow to Doha Qatar, a lot of the backpackers travelling to Nepal were treated better than the people travelling to Sri Lanka. When arriving at Doha, people travelling on a flight to Colombo will be put up in a hotel in the city until their flight is ready to leave. This then allows you to explore the city of Doha. It is very dusty and there isn?t much to buy there apart from gold, gold and more CHEAP gold. On the flight from Doha to Colombo, you are treated exceptionally well and travel in a smaller aircraft than originally travelled in from London to Doha. Some of the airhostesses are nice but a lot give out a sense of not wanting to be in the aircraft. Some...

perera 05.12.2000 (27.11.2000) · Read review
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Very bad experience with Qatar Airways

Advantages: Cheap?
Disadvantages: Too many to list.

...Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to advise users of your website never to fly on Qatar Airways. I originally booked a flight to Delhi and back, one part of which Qatar Airways simply dropped a few days before I was due to fly out. They never contacted me about this as I only learned about it when I phoned their Gatwick number to enquire about an unrelated issue about the flights. As a replacement flight to the one they dropped (Doha to Gatwick), they put in place a flight that was supposed to fly out 11 hours later than the one originally scheduled. The result being that when I landed in Doha, I was denied a hotel room and had to contend with the dreadful food they give to passengers awaiting transfer in the Doha airport. The reason they gave for this is that the original booking I made never included a hotel room as the original...

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Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

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Well done and keep it up, Qatar Airways!

Advantages: spacious, good service, on time, very helpful and understanding
Disadvantages: Staff do not speak well english nor arabic

...A few months ago, I had a family bereavement in the Middle East (Not in Qatar). I stayed at home wondering what to do and then I came up with the idea to go over and help in the burial and so on. I called around nearly all the airways and they were all either full or a few days later and I was not able to hold my patience anymore. I then came across the Qatar Airways website and I called their office on one the airports and they were just so helpful and understanding. They asked for my mobile phone number, called around to find the earliest flight and working out my connection from Qatar airport then called me back with all details of at least two current flights. Although they were not able to sort me with a return flight at that time as I wanted to come back on the same week, I requested them to select the earliest date and I will try...

TheJudge1979 30.10.2005 · Read review
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Qatar Airways...now my preferred airline.

Advantages: Five Star Service, Low Fares, Very New Aircraft, Generous Frequent Flyer Plan
Disadvantages: Change of Plane at Doha...a very cramped Airport. Inconsistant Product.

...My experiences with this airline started in November 2004, when I managed to book a round trip to BKK for £380 including tax from Manchester. I had heard great things about the airline, which had already been awarded 5* status by Skytrax, the Airline quality passenger forum. When we boarded our flight, there was already someone sitting in our seats, but the Purser quickly came to our rescue and we were shown to Business Class for the 1st leg to Doha. Staff were wonderful throughout, and so keen to impress, I couldn't help but wonder how long they will be able to keep this up for. I hope they can maintain the high standards they have now. I was so impressed that I have now paid to go Business Class ever since..... Qatar are a fraction of the cost of Thai or B.A. and I am pleased to have found them as I make the trip to BKK...

caligulase19 15.06.2005 · Read review
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hotel olsanka

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful
Disadvantages: Not so easy to access the town centre of prague.

...hotel olsanka prague Having been to prague recently and having stayed at this particular accomodation a few years ago, I was keen to give this place one final chance as I had had a really rubbish stay at this place. Similarly to my previous stay, I had notice that the Hotel seems to be advertised much cheaper on accomodation websites compared to near enough all other places to stay in prague. getting to the accomodation The details of getting to prague town centre are covered in my previous prague accomodation review, and whilst this accomodation is not as easy to get to location wise, a tram journey needed to get the accomodation from one of the central location's of prague town centre. booking process I booked this accomodation using a third party reservation booking website and paid around seventy euros...

costas1234 02.12.2008 (31.05.2009) · Read review
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Confused in Qatar!

Advantages: Cheap petrol, extremely safe, hardly ever rains
Disadvantages: quiet, no pubs, extremely hot and humid in Summer

...If you are thinking about travelling out to the Middle East, more specifically Qatar, then forget all the horror stories about public beheadings and women having to cover themselves up from head to toe. Admittedly, it is not the sort of place if you enjoy a 'rave up' or hectic nightlife, but then if you like the idea of peace and tranquility combined with absolute safety - then this is the place to be. The capital city, Doha, has around 600,000 inhabitants mostly made up of expats from the Phillipines, Indian subcontinent and europe. You need to apply for a visa and arrange for one of the many hotels here to sponsor your stay in Qatar. Best time of year for a visit is in the 'Not Summer' season ie. October - May, when the temperature is around 80 degrees fahrenheit and the humidity is only 10 - 20% Women and men are asked to use their...

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sachas hotel

Advantages: good price,great location
Disadvantages: no window

...****Sachas hotel- Manchester**** I booked this hotel last minute as i had a job interview in Manchester and needed somewhere quite cheap ,that was also near the centre. **Location/Getting there** This hotel is located in Tibb street which is a 2 minute walk from Piccadily Gardens or 10 minutes away from Chorlton street bus station.The Train station is a little bit further away say maybe a twenty minute walk but i don't think that this is that bad .You can also get a tram from Piccadily gardens and this goes to quite a few places.You could also get a taxi to the hotel but i am not sure what parking is like if you were to take your own car. **Reception/staff** Since i had never been to Manchester before i phoned and asked the staff for directions -they were very nice and helped me out.When i got there i think i got the same...

katie22008m 04.09.2008 · Read review
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