Hi guys and welcome to a new flight report
Today is a special day, we are flighing Qatar Airways the first time
Just kidding, of cours we´ve done this a few times but this is the first time in first-class of the A380 today
You know it. Qatar Airways only offer this class in their A380
and nobody knows for how much longer.
that´s why we should try it
Today it takes us tooo..Frankfurt.
Exactly, we only stay in the transit area
what is somehow strange. We are going to Frankfurt and go on international, that´s strange.
But let´s see what´s going on here at Hamad International.
That´s wonderful news. We are the only one in the first class
We are sitting in the middle of the second row but can choose our seats
That´s probably going to be a great flight.
Dominik is just stunning. This is the Al-Safwa first-class lounge in Doha. Quite huge.
I´ve never seen a bigger lounge.
And there is some art everyhere. Small exhibitions.
A huge waterfall straight ahead. It is known and i´m wondering how it is actually working.
What is really nice is, if you´re staying at least 4 hours, you can use the dorm for free.
It is really private and has a shower.
That is so cool. There´s a Jacuzzi and a Quiet area over there
A lot of massage rooms. One can book this in addition, it´s not for free
but this area here is for free. You´re allowed to use the Jacuzzi.
And if you want to sleep, you can do it over there. That´s what is offered in the first class lounge in Doha.
Boarding is running with 3 bridges. First and Business is entering on the upper bridge,
i guess we´re the last.
We made it. Made it to the first class of Qatar airways A380. Altogether 8 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration
and Dominik is just taking some pictures for instagram where you can see how we came in
walking through the bridge
It´s really nice in here, especially because we´re alone, can do whatever we like.
After we get this wall down - it was locked - we are sitting here
in the middle, waiting for the champagne as welcome drink.
It´s a Krug champagne. The bottle Krug is about 260€ i tell you.
At Qatar, you can spontaneously book an upgrade or a first-class ticket,
that´s why we´re not alone any more in this cabin and have to be careful with filming.
However, we´ll have some fun anyways.
So we´re on board and hopefully enjoy the 6 hours to Frankfurt in this first-class product by Qatar Airways
This is somehow reminding me at Lufthansa..you can turn down the side-walls
getting open spaces
or turning it up, being protected from other people watching
Anyways, you can´t totally close this segment. No lockable door.
Now we´re inside, arrived and while we talked, they got us the amenity kid
It is similiar to the business-class. We already flew to Doha in business-class
but they added some more items to this one here. A whole package of creams
Oh what´s that? A glasses cases..Not for me but anyways.
And the usual stuff. Socks, sleep mask and ear plugs but not more.
It just looked that big but it´s not that much in it.
No but it´s nice and it feels like.
And next to the kid, the menu. And there are no huge differences to business-class, we knew that already.
At least for the catering but they offer more space. But the menu is almost identical to business-class
on our last flight to Doha
Has anything changed? Let´s have a look..
We´re not the breakfast guys. We don´t like it. Rather lunch..
What´s more at our seat? The famous Qatar Airways pillow.
It´s really comfortable. But there is one more for sleeping
what i´m probably not going to use on this dayflight to Frankfurt.
And a bag with a carpet inside. Alright, that´s it for now.
There is nothing more to show for the moment.
Of course there are some compartments with water and the ear phones but i´ll show it to you later..
This is such a little world, tell me Dominik..
Yes, the guy next to us is going to Hannover via Frankfurt
to meet a Professor from Iran in the local brain hospital, then will go to Celle..
No, first to the outlet in Wolfsburg to get clothes for about 300Kg because it´s so cheap in Germany
and getting it back via cargo transfer as i asked him how to get it all back
Actually, we don´t wanna go to Hannover but he want´s to with his guests.
Notably, he is flying to germany because it´s so cheap..
Doors a closed, ready for departure!
It can begin right now, doors are closed and the ground staff had to leave the aircraft
followed by the rest of the doors. Then we are ready for departure, only one door is probably open.
Official flight time is only 5 hours 40 minutes.
You probably didn´t get it before.. We were asked for orders after take-off.
We decided for champagne
and the warm nuts just comes automatically as usual.
Those are cashews, almonds and pistachio.
Is it a huge lavatory?
Yes, quite huge.
That´s what i call a lavatory, light is slowly turning on now.
They have two, to the left and the right of the stairways
going to the upper deck because the first-and business-class is above and economy is on the main deck.
As is said, there are two of them, left and right.
Quite huge but no shower like at Emirates oder Etihads first-class.
But actually the space is more important from my point of view.
Without a shower, you can sit in here or brush your teeth if you like.
I turn around for you..with real roses being exposed.
Nice soap and a lot of amenities
Here are the cremes, soap and something for the face.
Here are some amenities inside..
A mouth rinse, a comb..
Razor, tooth brush and paste..oh and a toothpick
and that´s it.
There´s a small bar left and right to the stairways just where the entrance to the lavatories is located
with different chips, chocolate or popcorn and small drinks, juices,
sparkling water and magazines as well.
It´s time for grumbling by Dominik.
Also in the first class of Qatar Airways.
It is always called that we are excited about Qatar Airways and that´s true but i have to grumble now.
For introduction: the gentleman next to me, originally booked in economy,
respectively spended a lot of money for upgrading
and i watched the website of QA, respectively the app,
clearly saying - i took a screenshot -
"experience our incredible caviar menue on board the first class"
and i was really excited, the man next to me probably as well..
..it´s an early day-time flight but hey, we came from Denpasar
having 5 hours in advance what means it is early afternoon
but they don´t offer any caviar.
Well, now we get the comments again: "What, no caviar?" but hey it´s not relevant..
It´s a hub in Doha, everybody knows it although we started there, what the fewest are doing.
Maybe for World Championships 2020 but no caviar.
Yes i´m a bit disappointed, totally disappointed Qatar Airways.
I´m sitting in here for the first time and you notice, i´m a bit disappointed
not smiling right now, what is allowed if one had booked first-class.
The guy next to me is really excited going to Hannover..and Celle..yes i´m done for now.
Alright, it´s time to explain why we are sitting in qatars first-class now.
There has been two ways for us, sitting in here:
One is to purchase an upgrade by the use of q-miles, the premium miles of Qatar Airways
If you didn´t collect them through flying, you can easily do this with the Amex credit card
It doesn´t matter if it´s the gold or platinum or the normal one, you collect with all of them
when participating in the amex reward points program.
These points could be transferred to different airline programs like british airways, iberia
or cathay pacific (asia miles) or SAS and many else in a 5:4 ratio.
Via these airline programs you can either purchase premium flights or upgrades
You only need 30.000 points each, for upgrading from business into first-class.
Points or miles? Miles..i´m sorry. You need miles
The requested points are shown below.
The second way is: You know, we are collecting a lot at british airways and executive club,
being Emirald there what enables us to use the first-class lounge independently of the booking class
if we fly via oneworld. If you have enough avios, you can book a first-class flight from Doha to Frankfurt
In general, you don´t need a lot avios to buy a first-class ticket.
Well, there´s only a small selection, we explained already..
It´s almost like business-class.
Today, we decided for the arabic breakfast which is usually reduced in calories with many vegetables,
cheese and i don´t know what´s that..it´s something warm.
I guess it´s kind of chickpea stew.
The Qatar Airways entertainment system.. A huge screen.
I can handle it via touch but it´s too far away. Anyway there´s a controller.
Dominik is struggling with it right now.. it´s not really easy to understand.
I unlock it, getting different screens to select:
Movies, series, music and games.
Can choose what to watch, there are many movies..oh thanks
available with german audio track
but likewise plenty of movies with english sound track.
The selection is quite large but i haven´t found one to necessarily watch
but i got some time to choose one. "Mrs. Balla Balla", that sounds funny.
I didn´t ever see a larger bed, a larger lying area in an aircraft.
I actually cannot calculate it but i´ll show  you the lenght and width data below
but have you ever seen a larger one? Yes, the Singapore Airlines suites with their king-size bed was much larger
and arranged more nicely, there you see the small differences between Singapore Airlines first-class
and Qatar Airways first-class. It is a difference.
Anyways, it appears quite huge to me and i definetely could sleep well but i just showed it for the video
as i don´t want to sleep at all. Either i stay here or move to look out of the window and continue the movie.
It´s still more than 4 hours to Frankfurt so i can show you the lounge.
There´s an onboard lounge at Qatar Airways A380
enabling business and first-class guests to have a drink or finger food at the bar in the rear,
whatever they got and spending some time over there.
This is the announced On-board lounge, only available in the A380.
You may also know it from Emirates or Etihad but it´s a bit smaller there.
One can argue differently, which bar is better, Emirates or Qatar Airways?
but i like this one much more, it´s more cozy. More red.
More comfortable to sit and no golden bling-bling with root-wood.
Rather familiar and casual, i like it. Yes me too.
No tables, just comfortable at both sides, enough space for all those who want to be inside the lounge.
The curved elements and how it is arranged just make it casual, the space is just huge.
At least felt like huge, although actually just 10 people could take a seat
On first view, this seat doesn´t look that innovative but it´s huge and has a large screen
and the handling via the controller is well but i guess it could be more innovative.
But it is.. If tried some things, the buttons and so one, there´s a controller just for the seat.
With it, i can operate everything..the light,  adjustments of position.
Not just lying or lounge position, everything could be adjusted individually.
And can adjust the privacy devider, up and down the big wall or the small one.
I just push the wall here and it´s moving.
A bit more privacy now. Alrigth, it´s not like emirates new first-class where doors can be closed completely
and creating your private area. That´s different here but i guess, they want it like that.
The lounge stuff told us that first-class is mostly booked by qatar people themselves
Mostly bigger families and they want to have their own area, less privacy..
and that´s probably the reason they missed to further upgrade this class compared to business.
The new Q-suite for instant is really private and i really got to think about what to prefer.
First-class or bussiness-class?
I guess, we´ll tell it to you in the end of the video but i´m actually tending towards business-class.
It´s a bit more cozy, more privacy
and compared to this one here, cheaper while having equal service quality.
"First in business" is not without reasons.
What about working? There´s a big socket in front of me but far away. If you got a longer cable you can do it.
The headphones are to the rigth, wrapped in a lot of plastic
but inside a leather box.
There are likewise the usb slots for charging your mobile and the earphone connection.
Qatar got over-ear and noice-cancelling headphones
and actually i don´t hear a lot around me, that´s nice.
I can select one of the movies what i´m gonna do now..it´s still 4 hours to go.
Or more acurate, only 3 and a half to Frankfurt.
Arrived in Frankfurt, just smelling a bit german air before departing to London.
Apart from that, it really was a nice flight with Qatar airways
but we somehow prefer business-class like Dominik said and it´s not without reasons: First in business-class.
Like i said, the Q-suite, the business-class from Qatar Airways is the better firs-class for us.
We got a lot of space and good service but the food was a bit like business-class
Alright, that´s our conclusion. We now need to move to Terminal 2 heading to London.
We appreciate that you watched the video and hope to see you at the next flight report.
Thanks for watching, bye bye!!
