I have been flying with Qatar Airlines exclusively for the past 8 years and have loved every minute of it.
the staff is always super friendly and helpful and because i am a frequent flyer i have access to all kinds of little luxuries that makes a trip so much more pleasant. I totally get it that they win the best luxury airline service award year after year.
BUT
Emirates Airlines has 2 flights leaving cape town daily and has been offering really inexpensive deals. a LOT less than Qatar. And the connection between Dubai and Delhi is only a few hours whereas the one from Doha to Delhi is 14 hours.... they do put one up in a luxury hotel with meal voucher for all 3 meals and this cooked by world class chefs.
But money is money ..
So I booked a ticket on Emirates to come to Delhi.
I skulked around at the airport feeling like a woman cheating on her husband with her much poorer lover .
I felt really guilty choosing to fly with another airline ...
On booking in i encountered Godzilla who skipped the lesson in "be nice to customers and SMILE" and made me unpack stuff from my suitcases to get rid of FOUR KILOS ! OMG !
that would never happen on Qatar EVER .
Then to make matters worse when it was time for boarding the lesson missing employee had put a note behind my name to tell the boarding staff to check my hand luggage to make sure i did not re-stash the FOUR KILOS..... i was called out of line by two other lesson missing employees who swung my hand luggage around in the air to try and figure out if the FOUR KILOS were lurking in there somewhere.
Then as i sat down i realized why they were cheaper ... more seats to a plane ! My legs were squashed into the seat in-front of me, hardly room to read a book if the front seat tilted back ever so slightly.
AND there was no choice of movies... a schedule told one during which hour what was playing... JUST like a bad TV program selection, And because it was a daytime flight and there was no room to hold my book to read i was bored beyond !
I did manage to find a row with empty seats and lay down for the duration.
Just as i decided NEVER again will i fly with Emirates , i will go hungry to pay the difference in price to fly with Qatar i get upgraded to business class for the flight between Dubai and Delhi ...
Moet at 4am lying flat with a HUGE screen on which i can CHOOSE what i wish to watch was heaven !
But Qatar Airlines deserve the award of best luxury airline 100000 %
and i am sorry i cheated on you.
the staff is always super friendly and helpful and because i am a frequent flyer i have access to all kinds of little luxuries that makes a trip so much more pleasant. I totally get it that they win the best luxury airline service award year after year.
BUT
Emirates Airlines has 2 flights leaving cape town daily and has been offering really inexpensive deals. a LOT less than Qatar. And the connection between Dubai and Delhi is only a few hours whereas the one from Doha to Delhi is 14 hours.... they do put one up in a luxury hotel with meal voucher for all 3 meals and this cooked by world class chefs.
But money is money ..
So I booked a ticket on Emirates to come to Delhi.
I skulked around at the airport feeling like a woman cheating on her husband with her much poorer lover .
I felt really guilty choosing to fly with another airline ...
On booking in i encountered Godzilla who skipped the lesson in "be nice to customers and SMILE" and made me unpack stuff from my suitcases to get rid of FOUR KILOS ! OMG !
that would never happen on Qatar EVER .
Then to make matters worse when it was time for boarding the lesson missing employee had put a note behind my name to tell the boarding staff to check my hand luggage to make sure i did not re-stash the FOUR KILOS..... i was called out of line by two other lesson missing employees who swung my hand luggage around in the air to try and figure out if the FOUR KILOS were lurking in there somewhere.
Then as i sat down i realized why they were cheaper ... more seats to a plane ! My legs were squashed into the seat in-front of me, hardly room to read a book if the front seat tilted back ever so slightly.
AND there was no choice of movies... a schedule told one during which hour what was playing... JUST like a bad TV program selection, And because it was a daytime flight and there was no room to hold my book to read i was bored beyond !
I did manage to find a row with empty seats and lay down for the duration.
Just as i decided NEVER again will i fly with Emirates , i will go hungry to pay the difference in price to fly with Qatar i get upgraded to business class for the flight between Dubai and Delhi ...
Moet at 4am lying flat with a HUGE screen on which i can CHOOSE what i wish to watch was heaven !
But Qatar Airlines deserve the award of best luxury airline 100000 %
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