I just booked with Qatar. I left it a bit late as usual and booked yesterday. i am flying at end of october from london heathrow via doha to bkk. if i hd of booked early the flight would only have cost £365 inc tax but as it happens there were only 4 seats left in the more expensive "lima class", so it was gonna be £525 inc taxes grrrr fortuantely with a bit of calling around i managed to get it for £401 inc taxes if i took insurance priced at £40 quid, i asked the girl if i could cancel the inurance without penalties if i wasnt happy and she said yes, so i did so today as i already have a 12 month policy. i t was really good getting this flight as the stopover in doha is under 2 hours and i can go to the airport straight after work on the friday, maximising my days off and time on holiday. also friends have flown qatar and say they are as good as BA or Swiss. i think they might be able to offer cheaper flights coz the fuel is cheaper for them being an oilproducer and all that but thats an uneducaed guess.
I have actually flown Aeroflot and will avoid it in future if possible, not so much because of the carrier but because i had a 9 hour wait in sheramatevo and dont wanna go back to the place again, it was depressing to say the least , they gave me a breakfast coupon which was useless as i wasnt gonna eat the vomit they had on offer so i escaped into the irish bar as soon as it openedwhere i met some aussies and we got merrily drunk together, australians can be useful after all ;-) anyhows aeroflot wasnt that bad, it was basic and fulll of poor riff raff but it was cheap and it had availabilty and the ticket i got allowed me to change my return dates. the thing is i dont care what shit heap i fly in,im not rich so if i can save £200 then i will spend my time on that flight dreaming of all the things i could do with that money in a pattaya gogo bar. the only real downside for me is being depressed when i leave thailand and a little bit more depressed knowing i have to endure 12 or so hours in a crappy aircraft. i will let u guys know about my flight experiance when i get back, one other thing about aeroflot i forgot to mention, i sat next to a plumpy russian girl and she did the most horrendously foul smelling farts, and the plane was full so there was no escaping, good job i wasnt in the smoking section or boom, try and get a seat away from plump russian chicks, i think its all the cabbage and pickled onions they eat