qatar/ etihad airlines

[up2u]

looking to travel to bangkok late feb early march, best prices with these 2 airlines (£400-500), any good ? also should i book now or wait, whats the best time ? good airlines ? thanks.

[dawsey]

Both excellent airlines . Qatar stop in Doha, Etihad in Abu Dhabi. Used them both before and really rate them.

I would book now if you have a firm price under £450. Etihad is my favoured,but up 2u I'd be looking at the length of stop to change planes to decide.
Try typing Etihad and Qatar in the search. Quite a few comments about them both.

[stevem]

Try Etihad, give Qatar a miss for the time being

[falanger]

Originally Posted by dawsey

Try typing Etihad and Qatar in the search. Quite a few comments about them both.

Thats what i did when i wanted to know about Qatar...

Fying with them for the first time next week...I used the search and its all good

[falanger]

Originally Posted by stevem

Try Etihad, give Qatar a miss for the time being

Are they gone bad all of a sudden stevem?

[stevem]

Originally Posted by falanger

Are they gone bad all of a sudden stevem?

Not really the forum on here to go into details, but you'll be right just enjoy the flight. Just some internal issues they are working on.

[falanger]

Originally Posted by stevem

Not really the forum on here to go into details, but you'll be right just enjoy the flight. Just some internal issues they are working on.

As long as it gets me to LOS ill be happy...

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[arealhighlander]

We fly out end of Nov on Qatar Business Class - they have an offer on, Buy One Get One Free in Business Class!

£1320 each in Business, BA want £2500 each! Ive flow Qatar Economy, Business and First in the past and have been extremely pleased. First was something else. The seat took up teh same space as NINE economy seats!

They have a great service, even in Economy.

[dizbuster]

Originally Posted by arealhighlander

We fly out end of Nov on Qatar Business Class - they have an offer on, Buy One Get One Free in Business Class!

£1320 each in Business, BA want £2500 each! Ive flow Qatar Economy, Business and First in the past and have been extremely pleased. First was something else. The seat took up teh same space as NINE economy seats!

They have a great service, even in Economy.

Thanks for the post, I am booked to fly with Qatar in Business Class on Christmas Day !! What chance the FA's in skimpy red outfits ?? 55555

Seeing that you have used them before and had good service puts me at ease a bit more as this will be my first time with them.

[falanger]

Originally Posted by arealhighlander

They have a great service, even in Economy.

Well as i am travelling in cattle class,you have put me at ease too

[t0rn]

Originally Posted by dizbuster

Thanks for the post, I am booked to fly with Qatar in Business Class on Christmas Day !! What chance the FA's in skimpy red outfits ?? 55555

Seeing that you have used them before and had good service puts me at ease a bit more as this will be my first time with them.

Just flew business with Qatar and will again next weekend, found them excellent in every respect.

[ub2yoo]

Originally Posted by dizbuster

I am booked to fly with Qatar in Business Class on Christmas Day !! What chance the FA's in skimpy red outfits ?? 55555

Is it the new company in Singapore paying for that ticket, seems you got it all sorted, good luck to you, you deserve it !!!

[dizbuster]

Originally Posted by t0rn

Just flew business with Qatar and will again next weekend, found them excellent in every respect.

Woohoo !! This is getting better by the day !!

I have read airlinequality dot com's site and there's lots of good reviews there, but I couldn't find much else, even Qatar's website doesn't really give much info on the cabin classes. By that I mean info on seat pitch, size, how much the seat turns into a bed etc. This helps to gauge which seats might be the better ones to ask for at check-in.

The other thing to consider is whether the FF programme is worth joining, or else getting the miles added to my BMI Star Alliance card. The trouble is that currently they only give destinations miles and not membership miles. Shame to "waste" 26,000 membership miles

Any thoughts ?

[dizbuster]

Originally Posted by ub2yoo

Is it the new company in Singapore paying for that ticket, seems you got it all sorted, good luck to you, you deserve it !!!

Well, if you don't try the chances are you won't get !! Also, being a very busy time of year and with Economy tickets being around £850/£900, I just asked them about the possibility of getting me a Biz ticket with Qatar for £1,350 as it wasn't much extra and they said OK

[t0rn]

Originally Posted by dizbuster

Woohoo !! This is getting better by the day !!

I have read airlinequality dot com's site and there's lots of good reviews there, but I couldn't find much else, even Qatar's website doesn't really give much info on the cabin classes. By that I mean info on seat pitch, size, how much the seat turns into a bed etc. This helps to gauge which seats might be the better ones to ask for at check-in.

The other thing to consider is whether the FF programme is worth joining, or else getting the miles added to my BMI Star Alliance card. The trouble is that currently they only give destinations miles and not membership miles. Shame to "waste" 26,000 membership miles

Any thoughts ?

I'll post some more about it when I return - the seats depend on which aircraft you're on
The FF program is great if you have a lot of luggage as even as a base member you get something like 20/30kg extra. As far as miles go I already have QR miles and this trip will get me enough for an econ r/t to BKK - in your position I'd probably take the BMI miles and add then to the pile for *Alliance cash+miles upgrades.