Qatar Airways has hinted for several years that it was developing its own business class product. The CEO, Akbar Al Baker, is a bit over-the-top for my taste but appears to have lived up to his promise of a "revolutionary" product.Some airlines' newest first class … [Read more...]
Review: Qatar Airways Economy Amenity Kit
Welcome to another installment of our amenity kit review series! As in previous reviews, I will be reviewing this amenity kit on a scale from 1 to 5 (being the best) and will rate it based on five categories:Bag/container: design, quality and … [Read more...]
Free Stopover and Qatar Transit Visa on Qatar Airways
The Qatari government and Qatar Airways are now offering free stopovers and free transit visas for customers traveling through Doha. Since Nov 1, 2016, Qatar Airways transit visas are available for customers to enjoy up to 96 hours in Qatar. It is unknown, but I think … [Read more...]
Review: Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Lounge
Qatar Airways' Al Mourjan Business Lounge in Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Qatar is beautiful and well-planned. The lounge is only open to Qatar Airways passengers traveling in Business Class where oneworld elites and elites traveling in economy are sent to a … [Read more...]
Using American Airlines Miles to Fly Qatar Airways to Africa
A couple of months ago, Qatar Airways announced new routes to Doha from various US cities, including Atlanta, Boston, and Los Angeles beginning in 2016. This is great news for anyone with American Airlines miles, since both airlines are partners through the oneworld … [Read more...]
Review: Qatar Airways A320 Regional Business Class Luxor (LXR) to Doha (DOH)
Qatar Airways Regional Business Class from Luxor to Doha does regional service right. After a fantastic trip through Cairo and a Nile River Cruise, sadly my trip was coming to an end and I had to head home. Yet as part of the entire purpose of the trip to Egypt, I was … [Read more...]
Review: Qatar Airways 787 Business Class Doha – London
I recently had the opportunity to fly the Qatar Airways 787 Dreamliner. As one of the leading Middle Eastern carriers, Qatar Airways has gone above and beyond to try and capture market share from Emirates and Etihad Airways. They were also recently voted as the world's … [Read more...]
An Even Better AAdvantage Award to Africa
Last week, Seth at the Wandering Aramean posted "A better AAdvantage award to Africa," where he discussed getting around American's award routing rule restriction to Africa by using Qatar Airways. American Airlines usually only allows travelers to transit Europe on the … [Read more...]
Qatar Airways A380 cabins revealed
Qatar Airways has revealed to the world what they have in store for their new A380s—and it looks amazing! The seats and more were on display at ITB trade show in Berlin this week, and Qatar proved once again to the world that they are serious about remaining a premium … [Read more...]
