Review: Qatar Airways First Class A380 Doha to London Heathrow

We boarded through the upper deck door, where we were greeted by the friendly crew. I made it clear right away that we'd like to take some pictures of the cabin if possible, so they stayed out of our way for a couple of minutes, as we had the cabin mostly to ourselves.

The first class cabin is to the left of the main entry door, and consists of a total of eight seats, spread across two rows in a 1-2-1 configuration.

The cabin is gorgeous. It's not nearly as private as the fully enclosed suites that Asiana, China Southern, and Emirates offer on the A380, though aesthetically I'd say it's among the most beautiful A380 cabin out there, along with Lufthansa.

The seats don't have much privacy while on the ground, though once airborne there's a partition you can raise between seats for added privacy.

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Best and worst airports for winter travel

Another winter, another season of flight delays? Maybe not, if you pick the right airport for your flight. The best of the busiest airports is near this beach.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/travel/best-worst-airports-for-winter-travel/index.html

Discover a Fresh Way to Fly in the First Ever Dreamliner 787-9

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The modern vagabond knows how crucial and imperative a great in-flight experience is to successful traveling. When choosing between differing flights, jet setters take comfort well into consideration. With the addition of a new aircraft to their impressive fleet, Air New Zealand is changing the way we approach flying. Air New Zealand recently unveiled the […]

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In Transit Blog: On a Mexican Island, Murals With a Conservation Message

The nonprofit PangeaSeed has organized a collection of murals in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, to raise awareness of ocean conservation.

















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This Video of a Pilot’s View from a Swiss Airbus A330 Taught Me Something About The Hobby, and Myself

I’ve always said that this frequent flyer hobby attracted a varying mix of: Frequent flyers Luxury travelers Deal seekers Aviation enthusiasts ..and that these are very much different people. We often don’t understand, when we criticize a deal or interest in a particular subject, that we’re really talking past each other. Why would you spend […]

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British Airways A380 Flights To Miami Starting October 2015

British Airways has just announced that they’ll commence double daily A380 flights between London Heathrow and Miami as of October 25, 2015. In the process they’ll be going from 17 frequencies per week to 14 frequencies per week (two daily flights), which still represents a net increase in capacity. Per airlineroute.net, the A380 flights will…

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WDS 2015: First Round of Tickets Now On Sale!

Link: Registration Now Open – I’d love to invite you to an adventure like no other. Next summer in Portland, Oregon, we’ll be hosting the fifth anniversary of the World Domination Summit… and you’re invited! There will be great speakers. There will be a world record (we can’t say what it is yet, but it…



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Now Hiring! PMM Travel Consulting Looking for Award Bookers

Do you consider yourself to be an expert searching for and booking awards? Are you interested in using your award booking skills to make some money? This is your chance! In response to the incredibly high volume of award booking requests we have been fortunate to receive over the last few months, PMM Travel Consulting […]



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Simpler search, single purpose apps and other mobile travel takeaways

At some point or other, most of us will have heard that mobile is just another channel. Yet many now see it ...



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Buy Up To AAdvantage Elite Status For 2015

On Sunday morning I wrote about how it looked like American would be bringing back an elite renewal offer this year.

Last year American AAdvantage offered the Elite Boost offer, whereby if you were within 10,000 elite qualifying miles of a status level, you could purchase the remaining needed elite qualifying miles needed for status.

American has now published a similar promotion for this year, though they've changed a couple of things about it.

First of all, previously you could only buy up to the next status level if you were within 10,000 elite qualifying miles of your desired status level. This year you can buy up if you're within 15,000 elite qualifying miles of your desired status level.

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Affordable New Zealand: Family Style

National Geographic Traveler columnist Heather Greenwood Davis is the magazine’s family travel advocate, guru, and soothsayer. Here’s her latest advice.



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7 memories of San Diego

#1. Learning how to share on a San Diego beach: knowing that the only things that are "mine" on these beaches are my board and my memories.



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New breathtaking views from London's Tower Bridge

Landmark crossing over the River Thames becomes latest global attraction to install vertical drop views.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/travel/london-tower-bridge-walkway/index.html

Airline Service is Bad Because They Can’t Fire flight attendants, Another Massive Devaluation, and 500 Free Starpoints

News and notes from around the interweb: Airline service is bad because they can’t fire flight attendants. I think it’s deeper than that, here’s why flight attendants offer poor service and why airlines aren’t nice. Massive devaluation of the El Al Matmid program coming in February. That’s one I didn’t see coming. A germaphobe’s strategies […]

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Singapore Airlines Flying New 777s To Australia

In 2013, Singapore Airlines announced a refresh for the cabins on their Boeing 777-300ERs. I tend to think of the changes more as lipstick on a supermodel than anything else, since all the cabins maintained their original "bones," and most of the changes were with the finishes.

Singapore isn't in a rush to retrofit these new interiors throughout their fleet, so this isn't one of those product refreshes that's complete within 12-18 months. Instead, the 777s they're newly taking delivery of feature this product, and at some point I'm sure they'll get around to refreshing their existing fleet.

Up until now, the refreshed 777-300ERs have been operating select flights to London Heathrow and Tokyo Narita. They haven't published an exact schedule for the new aircraft, since they have the same layout as others, but those are the two routes that the refreshed cabins frequent most.

Via AusBT, Singapore Airlines will being flying their refreshed 777s to Australia as well. The new 777-300ERs will be operating the following flights to Australia:

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