15 Hours in World's Best Business Class

Qatar Q Suites are widely regarded as the best business class seat flying in the sky. In fact, it is the only business class seat that offers a double bed for couples, which I am pumped about. They've been flying this guy for seven years now, so it's nothing new, but it'll be Kara and I's first time ever trying the qsuites. In the past, we have flown in some of the best first class seats in the world, including the Emirates Game Changer Suite, Singapore Suites, and even Eddie Hod's the Resident. But we've heard that the Q Suites can actually be almost as good as flying in first class. But oftentimes it can be booked for a fraction of the price. So we are super excited to see how this journey stacks up against some of the best flights in the entire world as we fly 15 hours from Los Angeles to Doha where we'll spend 10 hours in one of the world's best first class lounges before finishing our journey with a short flight from Doha to Abu Dhabi.

If you're new here, our life hasn't always consisted of fancy first class flights. Even though many people in the comments section have speculated that we're trust fund kids, that is unfortunately not the case. We started this channel eight years ago when we had $35,000 saved up and the plan was to go travel the world until the money ran out. And I hesitate to suggest this, but if you really want to, you can actually go back and watch the adventure from day one. But just be warned, as far as camera work and editing goes, it was a rough start. Car is not really into the whole vlogging thing before she has coffee. We were totally making it up as we went. But that playlist will be linked below. It's called Start from the Beginning. If you want to watch camera shy baby version of Kara Nate, that's your place. Even though we started on a very strict budget, we've always been a little fancy when it comes to flying because I've been playing the miles and points game for years now. So before we left to go travel, I had applied for 22 credit cards and saved up over 2 million miles and points. And we're obviously still playing the miles and points game now. But that first year we redeemed almost all of our points for free economy flights because the goal is to stretch it as far as possible so we could stay on the road longer. I explained all of this at a McDonald's in Bangkok on a tray. It's kind of become like an iconic video. It's really bad. We earned 25, 000 SPG points. But during 2016, we splurged on one business class flight. You see, before we left to go travel, we both sat down to make our original bucket list. And at the very top of my bucket list was trekking to ever space camp. I don't know why, I just thought it would be the most epic adventure ever. And even though she wasn't convinced, Kara agreed to go on a two week hike where we had to burn yak poo to stay warm. The trip ended up being epic. We have lifelong friends from that trip. It was, it was amazing. But at the time, to thank her, I decided to burn a large stash of our miles and points on the longest business class flight we had ever taken. Flying from Nepal all the way to the US in Qatar. Business class. That was one year before the Q suites came out. But picture this. Two broke backpackers who counted every single penny who had just completed the biggest physical challenge of their entire lives. Being put on an airplane for 12 hours where all the food and drinks are completely free. Let's just say we made the most of it. And to this day it lives in my head and as one of the best flights of our entire lives. So needless to say, after seven years of waiting, we are so excited to finally get to try out Q Suites.

We made a quick stop at the Qantas business class lounge for a glass of champagne. And then it was time to head to the gate that is going to be our home for the next 15 hours.

Thank you.

So we were watching our first time on Qatar last night and I believe this is where the happy dance originated. Let's see if she still got it.

I feel like I've gotten worse.

This is crazy for business classes I've ever seen. Marvel. This is just as good as I hoped it would be.

The seat configuration in Q Suites is super interesting because right now we're facing backwards, so we're going to be flying backwards the entire time and then the next row faces forwards and then they alternate and somehow that allows them to put way more seats in the plane, but it also gives you this super private feel. We chose seat 1F and 1E, which are the first two middle seats in the plane. And the reason we chose to face backwards for the entire flight is because the seats that face forward have like a bigger divider in the middle and these are right beside each other. So they're made for flying together. So when they turn these into beds, it's basically a Double bed. Both of our feet have to go on these foot wells, but outside of that, there's pretty much nothing separating us.

It's almost like the Singapore seat.

Almost. It's always a little painful to give up the window seat, but to be able to sit side by side for the next 15 minutes, hours was totally worth it. And if I can't have a window seat, then a tail cam is the next best thing.

I'll pull up the other angle on my screen in a minute.

Wow, you've been working out. No.

No. That one looks small. This one looks big.

Just this arm.

Yeah.

Cheers.

Also having a choice of champagnes in business class. Double cheers.

They've given us our pajamas, which I'll be putting on ASAP after takeoff. We have a drink menu and a food menu to look at. I'll open our amenity kit once we take off, in addition to giving you a full tour.

Not the smoothest takeoff, but we're appreciating this together. We just sat on a train for 96 hours. I bet we could do the same thing on this flight if we're being honest.

You're so right.

Just keep doing laps around. Around the world.

Okay, we are officially at cruising altitude. They've brought us our beverages that we ordered. I got the aged Bordeaux 2014, plus some roasted salted nuts. Okay, I just have to say it.

They're not warm.

They're not warm nuts. Our flight attendant has not come by to put this back down yet. This had to be raised for takeoff. It can even go up to here, actually.

I would think that this would make it feel like a lot more cramped, but I still think this is one of the best, most spacious seats I've ever had on an airplane. So push this thing down for now and just pretend this isn't here. Okay, so starting in the front of our suite, we have obviously so much legroom, but I will say, as far as storage goes for personal belongings, there's not a ton of space. Personally, I would prefer it this way. It's just very open. Technically, you're not supposed to put stuff on your footrest takeoff and landing, but I snuck a few of my things on my footrest. There's so much counter space up here. And there's a little hidden cubby over here where there's motion sickness bag, noise canceling headphones. They've given us a water bottle.

Oh, wow.

That's the prettiest water bottle I've ever seen. And you can fit a few other little things in here above the Footrest, we have the tray table, which has a hidden button beneath it. It took me a while to figure out how to open it. And then look how gigantic it is. We'll put that away for now. Oh, you have to press the button to.

It's not that hard. You just grab the button. You pull it out, and then you grab the button and you push it back in.

I'm pushing the button, and it's not. You do it.

Wow, that was so hard.

Above the tray table, we have the tv. I don't know how many inches it is, but it feels like one of the biggest TVs we've ever had. Lots of fun little features on it, like all the different camera angles that we showed during takeoff. Lots of good movies. Can't wait. Like, I think I could watch at least three on this flight. Beneath the tv, we have the USB port number one and an HDMI port. So if you had your computer and you had movies downloaded of your own, you could plug in your computer and watch your own movies on the tv. Or you could use it as a second screen if you were working. And over here, we have an actual outlet and a second USB port. Above the outlet, there's another little storage space where I have my phone. And look at all of these buttons. I've already pressed all of them. And the first one when I pressed it turned red and it said dnd. And I started. I was panicking that I pressed a panic button. Turns out DND just means do not disturb. But when it turned red, it was kind of scary. Then there's this, like, eating position. And apparently they want you to have really good posture when you eat, because when I pressed it, it just moved my seat to be straight up and down. There is like a lounge button. It just reclines where your eyes are perfectly in line with the television.

Obviously, there's a lie flat button where the seats lie completely flat. And the flight attendants have told us multiple times whenever we're ready to go to slee, they'll come do turn down service and turn our seats into bed. So very much looking forward to seeing that process. The next button is near and dear to my heart because Nate was so excited on our 2016 flight when we had a massage button. I haven't turned them off in six hours. I actually don't know if it works. Oh, wait. I feel it kind of working. I have a little light right here.

Aw.

Little coat hook. The remote. When I first saw it, I thought it was going to be just like, really old and clunky But I was surprised to see that it's pretty much the size of, like, a cell phone. Let's talk amenity kit. Top three best reasons to fly. Business class, imo. This is by Diptyque Perfume, Paris. It comes in a box, which is.

A first, I think.

Amenity number one. We have fresh lotion for the body.

Does it say for the body?

It says for the body. Oh, it's so nice. Wow. I'm gonna put this actually all over my body. Next up, we have Nour nourishing lip.

Balm, which I have nourishing balm for the lips.

Next we have Il de Toilette.

Natural spray.

Like a toilet spray.

Surely it's not poop spray.

People are gonna think you did that on purpose, but I promise you did.

It.

Smells so strong, too.

Last but not least, socks, branded eye mask, and earplugs. Everything in this amenity kit is lovely. Very excited about it all. But I have to say, I'm a little disappointed because there's one thing that they don't have, and that is brush. Back in 2016, I opened my amenity kit, and it had this really fun brush that folded in half with comb on one side, brush on the other side. And I kid you not, I still have it.

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Thank you. I love these salt and pepper shakers. We have a candlelight. Obviously it's not a real candle because we're on a plane, but what a great vibe setter. I mean, this changes everything.

I've just been served an unexpected amuse. Bouche of lobster with caviar. I think this is the first time that we've ever been served caviar in business class.

It's no Emorett's first caviar, but off to a good start.

Since I pointed out that the nuts were cold, I needed to point out that the bread was warm.

Thank you. I'm starting with the Arabic mezzi, spicy hummus, o shishuto, peppers and feta. Honestly, if this was my meal, I would be happy. But this is just the beginning.

There are few things more relaxing in life than settling in for a nice meal and a movie on an airplane where you have no Internet connection and just relaxing.

I'm finally getting to watch Barbie after all the hype. Oh, scandalous. The beginning of nearly 15 hours of eating and watching movies. Can I use my hands?

Whoa. One of the best things I've ever had on a plant. Beautiful. Thank you. Grilled tofu with vegetables and sweet and sour sauce.

Do I even need to say it?

So we both pre ordered the vegetarian option. I went with the Asian Carol oriental which turned out to be a paneer curry with rice and maybe a lentil dal.

The paneer. Jealous, aren't you? No. You got to get the piece of paneer though. Cut it in half. Will you feed me? Cut it in half.

Will you just feed me?

Are you ready?

No.

Yeah, ready. Smaller?

No, smaller than that. I won't eat all that.

3, 2, 1.

Get the paneer.

I feel like I'm in India.

For the dessert course, we both went with the cheese platter, which like everything else, was absolutely delicious.

This Bathroom is lovely. The mirror has these beautiful lights and a makeup mirror in the middle. Typical sink and toilet, but so much space. And there's even a window in here. There's a baby changing station. A full length mirror. Hello. Some lotion. And this spray is actually supposed to go on your face.

Unlike the perfume I used earlier. And now it's finally time to change out of my clothes and into my PJs. We have these drawstring navy pants, a gray top with a lined V neck. That's a first. They even include a bag for you to put your clothes while you're wearing your jammies. Big fan of the PJs. And this restroom. Oh my gosh. They even have toothbrushes in here and razors.

So they came and offered to make our beds and that consisted of putting this little mattress topper thing on top of our seat. And then they added a pillowcase to the pillow that we already had at our seat. Feels very nice. We also each have a cute mini pillow. And then we have a blanket. Oh, I like the blanket a lot. This brings coziness level up multiple notches. Oh my gosh.

Made it till 8pm so much for not sleeping. We still have 10 hours left on flight. We're going to get a little sleep. We'll see you soon.

Morning.

I just lit so good.

Somehow we have already been on this flight for 12 and a half hours and it's already time for breakfast.

Fried rice and tofu for breakfast. Don't mind if I do.

Nothing like fried rice and black coffee at 5am 2016 me wore these pajamas confidently right off this plane and into the lounge and onto our next explain. Current version of me is not jet lagged enough to do that. So back to my normal clothes. I am going to try to steal them though.

Cara is 32 minutes away from finishing the Oppenheimer movie and there are 29 minutes left in this fight. And he keeps showing his commercials for guitar.

I will not get off this airplane until I see what happens.

They gave us chocolates and then.

Wow. This is crazy. So cool.

Whoa. You can see the smoke coming up off the wheels. Fifteen hours later, we have made it to Doha. And I have to say Q Suites lives up to the hype.

This does not feel like an airport.

Like ouch.

I'm not sure what just happened. Technically, our next flight is in first class. So I don't know if all first class passengers get special treatment or if Nate and I are actually just getting special treatment because technically we had to get Permission from Qatar Airways to make this video so they know we're here. First of all, there was a sweet woman with a sign with their names on it waiting for us when we do boarded the plane. Nothing makes me feel fancier than that. And then she led us to this bus that on the inside looked like a private jet. The bus brought us to the terminal where we just walked in and she escorted us all the way here to the first class lounge, which feels nothing like an airport lounge. It feels like I'm in a very fancy museum where I don't belong. Honestly, 2016, Cara would be flipping out. In 2024 K, Cara is flipping out. There are these amazing like water features everywhere. Multiple sit down restaurants, a full bar. It's massive and it's all free. But best of all, they have these quiet rooms and they already reserved one in our name. The quiet room is basically like a hotel room.

One twin bed, two twin beds, a desk, tv. And the best part, in addition to the robes, we have our own private bathroom. Bathroom with a shower.

So we could go sleep there for the next six hours. But nah.

I already had a coffee, have myself a glass of champagne and then believe it or not, we're gonna leave this lounge, we're gonna come back, but we have to leave this lounge for two reasons. Let me show you why.

Okay, reason number one is we have to go visit the business class lounge for old times sake.

Also, you can't come to Doha without seeing the giant teddy bear that costs millions of dollars.

I still think it's overpriced. I don't understand. I just wonder like why.

I cannot believe we're back. I am just flooded with memories right now.

Okay, story time. In 2016, when we were flying home from Nepal, we spent the night in this lounge. We thought it was the greatest thing ever. There were chairs and that basically laid flat. We could not have been happier because there is no way that we were paying for a hotel. Also, this lounge has one super unique.

Feature that is the world's largest indoor pond. That's not true, but it feels like it.

The seats that we slept in were over there and the bathrooms are over there. And the reason that's important is because neither one of our stomachs were feeling well after having been in Nepal for a few weeks. So I would wake up in the middle of the night with my stomach rumbling and need to get to the bathroom really fast. And all I remember is just having to walk around this giant pond like 10 times in the middle of the night to Go to the bathroom.

Trust me, it feels 10 times bigger when you're about to poop your baby.

I'm also just remembering that they had attendants in those bathrooms that would go in and clean every single time after you used it. And by the end of the night, it was just like so embarrassing to have to go in there again. And I just felt so sorry for that person.

Train is arriving at Northwest Station. So the other reason that we talked ourselves into leaving the first class lounge was to come here and see this indoor garden. It's called the Orchard. It is a hundred thousand square foot tropical garden built inside the airport. They've obviously taken a lot of inspiration from Singapore's Changi Airport. And that has the jewel with the big waterfall in the middle. This feels so much like being in Singapore, which is the best airport in the entire world. So that says a lot. But the really neat thing about this garden is that it's actually inside security. So to get to the big waterfall in Singapore, you actually have to go into the country of Singapore, where here, if you're just transiting through, you can come here and hang out at Tropical Garden, go to a coffee shop, shop at Chanel or Louis Vuitton, spend all your money, you have all kinds of options. I think this is the only lounge in the world that has a Louis Vuitton in the lounge. Over the top. It's honestly really hard to know where to spend your time in this airport. Like obviously the first class lounge is amazing and over the top and if you have access, that's where you should be. But I just found another business class lounge and this one actually overlooks the tropical garden. Like, there's so many amazing options when you're laying over in Doha.

Cheers.

This has to be the latest espresso shot I've ever taken. It's 1am here in Doha. We're about to board our last flight, which will take us one hour to Dubai, where we'll then take an hour plus car ride.

No, we're going to Abu Dhabi and then the hour car ride takes us to Dubai. Basically, no matter whether our bodies think they're in the time zone that they came from or the time zone that we're in right now, we should not be awake by the time we get to our hotel. I know we flew business class and we should be rested, but we have this problem where when we're flying in a lay flat seat, we feel like we should just like stay up and make the most of it, which is what we tried to do. And then we got to this lounge and they put us in a room that had these amazing beds and we totally could have slept and been super rested by the time we got to our final destination. But then we're just like, we're here, we're in a first class lounge. We can't sleep while we're our first class lounge. And then we end up at our destination just as tired as we would have been if we would have flown economy. But it's a lot more fun. Ten glorious hours later, it is time to board our final flight to Abu Dhabi. And we are boarding from the first class lounge. We don't even have to leave the lounge. We were walking straight onto the plane.

All right. Our last flight of this multi day trip. One hour to Abu Dhabi. Oh, looking good. I want to be. Good morning. Yeah, of course, yeah. Is it morning?

Yeah, it's morning.

It's 2am already. Good morning. Enjoy flight, have a pleasant protest. Thank you ma'. Am.

This is amazing. No regrets about the double espresso I just shot.

This is a pretty insane seat for a one hour flight. It really doesn't matter what day I'm in because I'm definitely sleeping from here to Abu Dhabi. But to have a full lay flat seat for an hour long flight flight is ridiculous. This might be the shortest flight that I've ever been on. We haven't even taken off yet and it already says 37 minutes. Dabu Dhabi also, so give you a little more appreciation for how much privacy we had in our two suites. Like an incredible seat for one hour flight. But if we would have been on this for 15 hours, you can see everyone else.

We'Re literally just going from here to here.

Lemon mint juice. Honestly the best juice I've ever had. I don't know how many hours it's been since we've been flying and eating and drinking. But kept clear.

37 minutes. But we're gonna order something and we're gonna eat it.

Yes, it is 2am and we're having coffee.

This is absolutely ridiculous. A white table fall and a full meal on a 37 minute flight.

Literally they just set the food down. This is crazy.

Then come to Abu Dhabi. The local time here is 4:11 in the morning.

28 ish hours later, we have almost arrived at our final destination.

Still have a little ways to go.

That was our last flight. For some reason it was literally half the price to fly to Abu Dhabi instead of Dubai. So from here we're gonna grab our bags and then get a taxi.

Oh.

We made it. It's a rough life, flying Q suites and hanging out in the first class lounge. But honestly, I am exhausted. If you enjoyed this video and you want to see more flight review videos, we usually save the best ones for this channel, but we film the majority of our flights. And the ones that don't make this channel go up over on Daily Drop, we'll link those down below. If you've never been to that channel before, there's probably four or five other flight reviews over there that you might want to go check out. And if you're still here and wondering what's next, why we're in the Middle east, we'll give you a little sneak peek.

Hello, world.

Honestly, if we just turned around and went home now, it was all worth it. This is everything that I hope it would be.

Wow.

That's insane. All right, let me show you what's going on. This tire here is completely flat. It's come off the rim. It's so flat. Like, at this point, I don't even have an idea of how to fix this. See you next week from a much less comfortable bed.

By the way, I'm not the biggest fan of the Barbie movie. I mean, it was fine. I feel like there was a lot of hype, so my expectations were very high. Maybe that was the problem. I'm sorry. This is probably very polarizing. I feel like everybody loves Barbie. Okay, what else? I think there's one more thing down here.

I can't even open my eyes. Okay.