Comments on: World’s Best Business Class: ANA Or Qatar Airways?

By: Gilbert Ott

Gilbert Ott — Thu, 18 May 2023 15:05:37 +0000

In reply to pm. Singapore seats with no doors or modern tech best ANA and Qatar on seat? Thats' a tall order to overcome on service, even though SIA is great!

By: Gregory

Gregory — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:27:09 +0000

Hi. I used to get your G.S.T.P. newsletter but no longer do. Did I do something wrong? I mean, I watched most of the coronation. I got this article off of Top Business Class. I’d like to still get yours as well. Thanks man.

By: Fonzi

Fonzi — Tue, 02 May 2023 23:07:59 +0000

Exactly as i though.Old article republished. Gstp seem busy now with more licrative things then blogging. Nearly forgot this once good source of info existed

By: pm

pm — Tue, 02 May 2023 13:21:12 +0000

ANA is really good. It’s definitely not the best though. Qatar is one of the best. And I still think Singapore is better than ANA.

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:04:09 +0000

I Prefer ANA,

The Japanese crews are more professional than the mainly Indian or Filipinos in qatar. They also treat their staff like slaves in Qatar I feel it shows they are unhappy and tired.
Ana food is far superior in quality especially on flights from Doha as the food is usually imported to get to Qatar it reduces the quality. Also QR is mostly Briyani or Arabic Mezze. Unless you are Indian or Arab I prefer Japanese food much more!
The seat of Ana is better and the planes are way always cleaner.
Only + for QR is the lounges they are definitely better than ANA.

By: Gilbert Ott

Gilbert Ott — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:51:06 +0000

In reply to Chris Jensen. Happy for you! I don't quite agree that the points costs described are apples to apples. Utility or desire to see a place is a bigger factor for most in that part of the discussion. And of course, most of the cabin will be paying cash, so I approached the shootout holistically, without factoring in things like that. As noted, I gave the ANA seat the win on the basis of seat, it just doesn't win in other categories.

By: Chris Jensen

Chris Jensen — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:38:06 +0000

Cost in points…..QR from NYC- DOH in J is 70K AA….ANA from NYC – TYO in F is 60K VS. I’m going with ANA F for 10K less OW. ANA also now has the largest J and F seats so far. In fact their current “Room” seat is larger than their old F seat at 35″, and the new F seat is 38″. Just FYI.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:27:57 +0000

I fly from ORD. In ORD, ANA uses the Polaris lounge and Qatar uses the KLM/AF lounge. No comparison between the 2 lounges. The KLM/AF is nice but no where close to a Polaris lounge. Using Qatar makes sense to certain destinations and having certain miles to redeem. Using Qatar for Japan from the USA is a waste of time. I find ANA service far superior to all other airlines, in each respective class. While I have not experienced “the Room” yet, I am sure the experience will be fine. On the other hand, Qatar has had so many operational problems, with the lack of aircraft, etc., I usually don’t even consider them anymore.

By: MFB123

MFB123 — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:52:23 +0000

A couple years ago, I did YVR-HND-SYD on ANA, round trip. They switched the YVR-HND segments from a 789 (w/ flatbeds) to a regional 788 (with recliners), after I purchased the ticket (back when you could not change reservations w/o a hefty fine). This left a bad taste in my mouth. Beyond that, I noticed something interesting, the YVR-HND segment (in both directions) had amongst the best food and service of any carrier in the world. But, the food on the HND-SYD segment was no better than food on any of the US3 (in both directions), thought the service was still good. For me, the whole experience averaged out to a “B” in overall experience. At some point, I’d like to give them another shot, but for now, I can’t see them beating the ME3.

By: AyL

AyL — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:19:58 +0000

flew both. for a combination of hard and soft producr- Qsuites wins hands down