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About Qatar Airways NZ

Qatar Airways is one of the best airlines in terms of quality and luxury. Most of their planes are new with beautiful interiors, excellent entertainment units, and comfortable seats. For those reasons, Qatar is usually my first choice for rewards redemptions if I have enough miles. For this flight, I flew Qatar Airways business class on their A380 plane from Frankfurt to Doha using my American Airlines miles.

Booking

Qatar Airways is member of the OneWorld alliance which means that Qatar Airways award flights can be booked using OneWorld partners such as British Airways or American Airlines. For the longest time it was not possible to book Qatar Airways award flights at AA.com, but as of a few months ago, you can now book online.

In most cases, the redemption rates for Qatar Airways is less on American Airlines than on British Airways for longer distance flights. This is due to British Airways having a distance based award chart instead of a regional chart like American Airlines. However, also keep in mind British Airways passes on more surcharges than American Airlines.

The amount of American Airlines miles required for my flight route of FRA-DOH-MLE was 42,500 miles. This is a great mileage redemption rate considering the quality of the business class on Qatar Airways along with the total travel time being almost 13 hours.

If you are hoping to book an itinerary with the new Qsuites, keep in mind Qatar often will change aircraft types, even on the day of departure.

When I originally booked this itinerary, the FRA-DOH leg was an A350 with Qsuites and the DOH-MLE was also the A350 with Qsuites. A few months before departure, the FRA-DOH leg was changed to an A380 and the DOH-MLE route changed on the day of departure to an A350 with the old business class seat configuration.

Plane Atmosphere (5/5)

As with most A380s, the business class cabin was huge with 48 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration. First and business class cabins are located on the upper deck along with about 56 economy seats in the back.

The A380 is incredibly comfortable due to improvements to cabin pressure and humidity control. Additionally, even though this aircraft has four engines, they barely could be heard throughout the flight.

Qatar also invested in the advanced lighting package which changes colors during takeoff, cruising, and landing operations. This helps passengers with jet lag as the lighting transitions from day to night time configurations.

Nab yourself anything in rows 25 or 30 (bulkhead & exit row respectively) and you've hit the jackpot. If you can't pre-book an upstairs seat online, get to the airport early and just ask for one ever so nicely. I've done it each time I've flown Qatar's A380, and each time it's paid off. You also get quicker de-boarding, too, as you follow the business class passengers out through the forward door upon arrival.

As standard, Qatar's legroom is very accommodating (even for a 6″5 guy like me) and the seats are suitably wide and comfortable. Reclining capability is solid, and guests are given a small pillow for either neck or back support.

Booking Tips

It goes without saying, but if you take away just one thing from this Qatar Airways review, it's that a seat in the A380's hidden upper deck cabin is essential to elevating an already fantastic economy experience. Ask for anything in rows 25 or 30 upon check-in, and if you're travelling in a pair, kindly request the two window-side seats so you can have space to yourselves.

If you're flying down below, I'll say just one thing - Seat 68D. It's an aisle seat with an empty space in front of it thanks to the escape hatch for the crew compartment downstairs - a common feature of most A380's.

Upgrade Tips

Qatar's commendable business class - probably my favourite in the sky at the moment - isn't as far out of reach as you may think it is.

Each time I've flown economy with Qatar I've been emailed a one-off business class upgrade offer anywhere from 7 days to 48 hours prior to my flight. The 'take it or leave' invitation naturally comes with a price tag, however, it fluctuates on availability and demand. Sometimes you'll get an upgrade offer for one leg of the trip, both legs, or neither. I've seen business class seats go for as low as AU$600 and as high as AU$3000.

Either way, if you've wanted to experience a taste of Qatar Airways' incredible business class experience, a regular refresh of your email inbox in the days leading up to your flight could be the key to unlocking an even more enjoyable journey than you were expecting.

And if you aren't so lucky with nabbing a business class seat, you can rest assured that you've already hacked the system with a seat in Qatar's secret A380 economy cabin.

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