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Having now finished our Holiday in Perth and used Qatar from Rhoose to Perth via Doha, business class, it was bloody great, I have been once before and went business class with Cathay Pacific, in all honesty I would not pick a favourable between the two airlines as they were both excellent, the Qatar trip though uses the A380 from Doha to Perth and is the only aircraft (I think) that has a dedicated section of a bar!!, me and 'err' indoors gave it a right hammering as well just to be able to get out of the seat for a few hours go to a bar at 38,000 ft is quite surreal, the bar seats even have seat belts so if turbulence, you can sit in the bar with seat belts on the leg from Cardiff to Doha is on the Dreamliner, the Dreamliner flies at a slightly higher altitude and was a bit smoother I thought, nice plane but the A380 has a bit more style, the food is wasted on me being an egg'n chips sort but Doris liked it, selection of champers and wine was excellent, my only gripe was that it is just two hours at the business lounge in Doha, by far the most lavish airline lounge i have been in but did not have time to enjoy it, in pure monetary value it isn't worth it, there is only so much you can eat and drink, but the comfort aspect alone made it worthwhile and as someone who has had a blood clot previously, sitting in a bucket seat for 7.5 and 13 hours isn't a good option the cost of the flight's were approx. £6,700 for the two of us, Doris has been putting a bit aside since i went alone 5 years ago. Perth, the most fabulous city I have ever visited for many reasons, and to have my 58th birthday there sat on Cottesloe beach is a memory I'll cherish to the coffin, never say never but distance alone make it highly unlikely I'll get there again, I think I have only one more long haul trip left in me and that is China and Singapore for my 60th if i reach it!!
60 isn’t that old, I’m mid 40’s but I know some of my folks mates in there 70’s and some in 80’s going here there and everywhere.....you do get more fussy as you get on, I couldn’t do what I did at 20, a ticket to Oz but with so many stops I can’t even remember some of the places I transited in...
Emirates has a bar on their a380 too. I just wish there was one in economy.
The FB updates you posted were great. Glad you enjoyed it.
Good plan. For those with avios, also worth noting that the tax and surcharge you pay from Ireland on redemption flights is a fraction of the amount from the UK (shockingly, over £650 for a return to the US in biz or first now, and it is still hundreds in economy and PE too)