You have such a graceful way of addressing issues without denigrating the airline yet still manage to get your message across. This is rare amongst vloggers. Nicely done and another great video as always.

Could be the same reason why the premium cabin on US flights is branded as first class, while that same cabin on an international flight is branded as business class: it’s just historically how things have been, and no one bothered to change it

The ONE TIME i had "first class" on QR was Kiev-Doha, a few years ago, at night, connecting to DOH-ORD at 8 that morning. I bought the upgrade at the counter in Kiev because i was so tired. I was excited to see how the other half flies. When i boarded, it was exactly the seats you had. "No problem," i thought, "the service will be impeccable!" But... I was asleep before we took off. The nice cabin crew lady woke my about 30 mins out of Doha, just in time to hit the head before landing. Someday i won't sleep through the experience... Thanks for all of your episodes. PS -- Your photos of the HARSH Sinai help us understand the desperation of Moses and his people from wandering there for 40 years. Flying over is enough for me. And -- as for the art you saw -- I urge visits to the National Museum of Qatar (Jean Nouvel), the Museum of Islamic Art (I.M. Pei) and the National Library at Education City (Rem Koolhaas). Each is mind-blowingly amazing.

If you watched Nonstop Dan’s video, you’ll know that Qatar loves to do equipment changes. You should not have to pay money for an expected Q suite when u actually get a older business class seat. If it’s rare then it’s not bad, but Qatar have a history of doing this and I don’t think that the best way to treat high paying business class customers…

This business Class configuration is spacious, I like it. 6 abreast in a 777 is not at all bad.

My only guess with the naming convention is that Qatar is trying to expand their short-haul flight market for people travelling within the middle east. Giving first class lounge access to local travellers is a nice perk over other airlines.

i love this guy and the best camera work. He is prolly the best travel guy in the world now in youtube.

The way he presents the flaws in such a soft manner is astonishing.

I think these are the most comfortable airline seats ever. I find these seat far more comforatble than the Q suites seats.

1:51 that row of Qatar planes is so nice

Food and the lounge look amazing! Thanks for the video

Nice Jeb! Was that two BA A380s sitting at the airport? I didnt realise that QR had any 777s left with the old seats. First class problem, but inferior to the Q Suite or A380 F seat nonetheless,

Always loved your videos and congratulations on your wedding. Very happy for you two. I remember I flew Emirates on business from Jakarta to Jeddah back in the days their seats were still recliners. The Jkt-dbx was labeled business while the dbx-jed part was labeled first class and the seats were exactly the same. I thought, very ignorantly, that maybe because middle easterns didn't like to fly business, only first. This is because earlier I tried to fly Saudia 747-300 on first class but it was fully booked, but business class was completely empty. My family and I had the whole upper deck to ourselves. It was amazing 👏

Great vlog as always! Looking forward to the next one! Be safe!

What a GREAT TREAT to have a video from yall so unexpectedly during week. Thank you for the great content, from RDU.

Love the videos, hope you had a wonderful honeymoon with your newlywed wife! Congratulations on the marriage! And I look forward to more content from this extremely wonderful trip.

Very informative video, Jeb. I love these videos about lesser-known products on major international carriers!! Keep up the great work and it’s awesome that you are traveling with the Travel Time 5164! Such a great watch for this and Suzanne looks lovely with her Oyster Perpetual! Keep up the fantastic videos, they make mine and a lot of other peoples days.

BTW, i absolutely love your video. You nailed it!!

LOVE that pineapple punch mocktail

Amazing video Jeb!!

Fantastic views! Living the dream my friend! So happy you guys have had these experiences.

Exited to watch!

Loving following your trip and to see you in the First Lounge, which is amazing. You used to be able to get a bedroom within the lounge for 6 hours, which is pretty awesome and a treat.

Congrats newly weds!!! Also, thanks for all your great videos! :-)

Awesome!

Enjoying the journey guys!! Congrats! Safe travels and be safe🥂🌟💫

I hope your marriage is going smoothly. That was amazing.

I love your videos can’t wait for the next video

Ooo Rose Champagne sounds good.

Love the watch! I love the patek aquanauts!

Thank you!!

Great window shots.

wow this is cool

Congratulations and best wishes!

I love flying in and out of Doha... and living here, for the matter. It's a beautiful place, if a bit congested during peak times (Arab Cup is ongoing right now, and it'll be the World Cup next year... geez!) Qatar is notorious for equipment swaps on shorter flights - I recently flew from Amman to Doha. I was originally scheduled for a 787-8, then a 787-9, then an A330, an A321, then finally the A350-900 (A7-ALZ) that took us back home. British Airways stored their A380s here during the pandemic, but those are being reactivated. 20 of Qatar's A350-900s and -1000s are grounded currently by the Qatar Aviation Authority due to issues with the paint onboard, and Qatar is currently in a row with Airbus about it. In fact, I booked a flight from DOH-BOS this February, with it being advertised as QSuite, but have since been downgraded to the older, reverse herringbone product aboard. Did you know that Qatar has 5 separate business class products?

Yk I've been thinking about searching up your channel all day lol!

Lovely review, Jeb. Thanks for the tip about QR's regional 'First Class'. Even if I do end up with an older product like this (which is still pretty good I think), I would still book First just to enjoy the Al Safwa lounge and get more FF points when making regional trips to Egypt or Morocco.

Nice!

KE does something similar with the front rows of its A330s where first class seats are identical to business class seats but with upgraded soft products.

Qatar is notorious for last minute equipment switches.

The plane you flew in from the Seychelles A7-BBH, I flew on, in biz seat 3A from Male to Doha on August 9th. We had expected q suite but got the other seat. Still a great flight however!

They market regional as first class for similar reasons US airlines do it, so frequent flyers can earn more miles and points on the short hops between Middle Eastern countries, and so they can relieve the Al Mourjan Business Class lounge in Doha by spreading the regional “first class” passengers into the Al Safwa First lounge. I spoke at length to a Qatar Airways employee on the ground in Doha about the very same thing!

Very good video, Mr. Jeb. Remind you again about the return of Qatar Airways A380 in December 15 2021 to London and Paris. 3:50 those 2 BA A380 are still in power down mode while some of them are in active service to Frankfurt and Madrid however those Qatar A350s is a very different story

Nice Aquanaut!

Woo Hoo! Love the video Jeb even thought I thought this series uploaded on Saturdays so I was thrilled to see it today!! Love seeing Qatar Airways… 🇶🇦 Also at 1:44 In Qatar 🇶🇦 Business Class domestically is sold as First Class because of government regulations. Qatar’s airlines therefore meaning Qatar Airways are regulated just like the U.S. used to be, so similar to the U.S. just how domestically in the U.S. Business Class Seats were sold and branded as First Class seats 💺 The Qatari 🇶🇦 airline industry, unlike the U.S 🇺🇸 are still government sales and branding regulations... Also Qatar Airways 🇶🇦 is government owned so like Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong, 🇭🇰 they’re also subject to federal excise tax rules. Just like low cost carriers 💲 in the U.S. 🇺🇸😎 Unusual but that’s why… 🤔 Keep up the excellent work! Cheers 🥂 -Caleb

Excellent Review Jeb🙏

You have some nice watches!

Qatar regional first class still beats any US or European regionals.

I really like Ms. Suasan's sneakers, they look nice for traveling.

Qatar is apparently notorious for switching equipment on flights, so you book and it says Q-suites and then you get regular older business class seats.

My guess is that the employment contracts of high level employees of Qatari companies (either private or government affiliated) have a clause that allows travel in first class. As most of the business trips involve short flights within the Middle East, Qatar Airways brands their front cabin product as First Class in order to get the business.

Yes it’s a little bit strange but cabin is business but you’ll get access to that beautiful first class lounge. I fly from Doha to Dubai and it was same

Qatar airlines are well known for aircraft changes

Looks like you timed Africa perfectly. My wife and I are supposed to fly to Nairobi out of Chicago next month in Q-suite. Your videos have got us even more excited, but looks like due to recent outbreaks that may not be happening…

i worked for American for years. it was not usual for "domestic" first class to be not as nice as international "business". depends on flight time and many other factors.

Flown qatar from Singapore to bali best service and flight ever !

For me, swapping out the Qsuite for these “1st” class seats for your trip from Doha to Cairo is worth it because of the access to the 1st class lounge inDoha

I flew this route in June and we got Q suites fortunately

When you book a flight do you do that yourself online, or use a travel agent, (really enjoy your video's)

I wish you had filmed business class seats so we could have compared. Shame they swapped planes on you, but Qatar are always offer, great service. Safe travels. Look forward to your next.

NonStop Dan took that plane and didn't like it but still looks cozy ..

Congrats to you and your lovely wife!

Jeb, thanks for sharing a flight over unknown country. I realise you were comfortable, but the question remains: did you get what you paid for. In some ways we ( Australians) are lucky when we choose a Middle Eastern carrier, we invariably get what we paid for..but enough of that. Trust the remainder of your round the world honey moon flights go without unexpected bumps, look forward to your ongoing journeys to share. Enjoy!

Hello Jetset Newlyweds.Safe travels

YAY.

It was pretty clear Jeb was disappointed that this was called first class I mean the several hints gave it away

Dat aquanaut tho..... 👀🤤

Wow you got on a Triple 7 on a three hour flight! #Lucky

Nice Patek Phillipe

Must be the old cabin. Qatar's business class cabin is much nicer than even your 777 first class

Cool stuff. 👍 I recommend visiting the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha if you have a stopover in the future.

I booked this as business LOL :D Want first lounge too :(

Sounds like domestic first vs business in the US. That's my best guess, though their product is far superior to ours still.

Nice review but I think you’re just playing safe. Lol. I mean, it’s all good comments you got there. I think it’s okay to feel bad that it’s not Qsuite as what you originally booked but I understand the aircraft change though. Overall, it was a good review and QA service is still the best. I’ll be flying to Cairo from Doha soon. Congrats to the newly wed.

I'm assuming you aren't offered pajamas on this flight, right? Thank you for the video! I was wondering what this was like when it popped up on my Google Flights from CAI:BKK

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Nice, hope you like my country 🙂

It’s a lot better than US first class

2:52 No, it actually has to be enclosed suites for it to be actually impressive.

In the US premium economy seats are sold as FIRST CLASS on domestic flights

I just flew Qatar First Class Cape Town-Doha-Cairo and on the outbound flight from Doha to Cairo I got the 777-300 Q-suite which is the same excellent product I had on the CPT-DOH leg in Business Class. I must say it is impressive for a rather short flight. From CAI-DOH it was an older A330 so not the suite, but still a bit better and more modern that what was in your review. So conclusion is that it depends on the aircraft and I suppose they fly bigger planes on busier days. I don’t find the big difference between First Class and Business Class Lounge.

It's not really a quirk when you think of European airlines selling economy class with the middle seat blocked out as "business" class and American airlines selling premium economy seats as "first" class.

Please fly from Melbourne to Doha with business on Qatar Airways

Was that cabin fitted in the 90's?

3:50 is BA storing A380s at Doha?

I have flown out of Doha to Amsterdam and stayed in the transit hotel due to overnight layoff. But alas, I flew economy.

Your watch game is out of control!

My hunch on the 1st Class/Lounge access would be to cater to the ultra wealthy who can afford the long haul first, but chartering their smaller jets for short haul just isn’t worth it. They still promise a truly premium offering while the flight itself is with the rest of the “peasants”

Simple answer: Qatar Executive... "Beyond First Class" isn't that different in price on a Gulfstream if you're a large wealthy Middle Eastern family, plus you get to travel on your own schedule. Also 'cos A380's were grounded, and QSuite on a regional short-haul flight (did Doha-Muscat back in September as got equipment swapped from A320 to B777ER) is massively overkill compared to other regional first-class... so yeah, I think QR got the ticket coding right! 🤝

6:56 Who is taking that video from on the ground??

Qatar is notorious for equipment swaps on regional routes.

That watch he is wearing is like 100k

Jeb are u sure of the airline u were flying ? Looks old school Jeb remeber north America’s first class is also business class but without lounge access

I need To Know If Its Good To Use To Chicago

This is a old first class Qatar airways😘

#proudJEBsetters

Fantastic flight review. Q Suite is absolutely much better than this seat, but I'm still OK with this seat for this 3 hour-flight if I paid a reasonable price

Can You Do The Capital Limited

The only issue I see with the Q suites is those stupid rear facing seats. Having said that, I'm flying Manchester UK to Doha next April. My bookig confirmation shows that I'll be on a 787 - 8 but they often change it to a 777.

They need to invent a music based video game that you can only play in their lounges. They could call it Qatar Hero. Would be a huge hit I'm sure