Qatar Airways BEST Economy Class (Doha - Hong Kong)

[@CosmoguyDale]

Honest, constructive, and kind commentary is what is expected. The airline can't fix problems if no one points out how they can improve. Don't change a thing!! 🤗

[@yousefd9014]

Exactly! Finally someone talking about the bus rides to and from the planes! That's so annoying and tiring plus we spend the journey standing and crammed so it's not even comfortable.

[@geraldsnyder6482]

Never ever apologize for speaking the truth. That is the reason I love your channel.

[@roneylockwood]

It’s good to know what the actual experience is like without all the hype. Looks like Qatar Airways still holds up in economy! Great content bro

[@XB75015]

Where is 6’4’’?

[@darrenmark5525]

Does he have a name..

[@GaryInAmsterdam]

Congrats on your new home in HK!! Great video. I love your candidness and critiques in this video. I think it's good you're sharing this, they need to learn. But we also learned that you don’t like anything Mango related, that’s more #jaydentrivia 🤣 Thanks for sharing the Flying Dutchman KLM at 21:20 in HKG! I love the “retro” MTR (metro) cars. Wow, what a nice surprise to see Raymond here, so fun. He’s such a nice guy! Great VLOG of HK, my second favorite city! But the food is tops. Great views of HK!

[@JaydenWong]

haha I don't like yellow fruits in general, e.g. mango, pineapple, star fruit etc. I like bananas though haha

[@markcorneliuslau]

Mango is disgusting

[@patriciafuchs5970]

I really enjoy your reviews. They are honest as well as entertaining. It was nice of you to recognize the good job they did in dealing with entitled acting passengers. “Deal with it” LOL. The meals looked good. It’s nice that they don’t charge for snacks. I like it when you point out shortcomings of the plane and ground service. Advanced warning of the inadequate busing was good to be made aware of. Thank you

[@kurwayork]

When you're reviewing airlines, don't hold back, that's the idea, if you offend anyone, Tough!

[@LetsAllCruise]

I'm shocked by two things in this video. 1. They bought an old Cathay plane. I just assumed all the middle eastern airlines always bought shiny new planes. 2. Bus gates in Doha, or any other really hot place seems like a really bad idea. I live in Vegas which is easily as hot as Doha and even jetways can be very hot. You were on a night flight but imagine waiting on the tarmac to go up a flight of stairs when it's 50°C outside and you've got the sun on you. No thank you. Great video! X

[@LetsAllCruise]

Ok, this is kinda crazy but the place you went for breakfast, Veda, used to be Cafe O, and was a favourite of me and my husband back in the 2000s. I can't believe that's where you ended up having breakfast! Scott

[@BrandonToy1996]

No employee standby would go and "self upgrade" to a cabin they did not get a seat in and challenge the crew. Speaking from the POV of a UA employee standby PAX, that would probably go against the airline's policies on standby travel. If this IS the case, then shame on them. I accept whatever seat I am awarded based on my seniority because it is a privilege and not a right.

[@JaydenWong]

I certainly hope they weren't. I said so because they looked like a group of FA friends travelling together (bag tags, weren't seated together etc.)

[@scdondon]

Actually it's really common in DOH to get onboard or disembark outport in Doha, maybe simply not enough boarding bridge there. In view of the very hot temperature (36 degree in summer midnight), I think DOH really needs a major expansion to avoid outport boarding in future. BTW, I personally prefer this old CX cabin rather than QR's own one. It's just more comfortable. And QR's kid's kit is colourful and joyful.

[@bradleynettleship3504]

Excellent Review with a special guest apperance by Raymond!!

[@chanzeyuan]

If we see him gone, we know he's been Josh Cahill'ed

[@Imsogoodatgoalieirl]

Great trip report, love seeing you give you verdict about other airlines

[@JaydenWong]

thanks for watching!!

[@LetsAllCruise]

The ticking cross walk signals really take me back to HK.

[@airlinereviewer22]

Love your video! I'm flying this exact flight in a fews weeks time, lovely views of the landing btw! Thanks for the tips to adjust jetlag, travelling from London to Hong Kong is quite exhausting so it's very helpful to know what to do. :)

[@JaydenWong]

my pleasure mate! Hope you enjoy your flight to HK!

[@sumyuenchan6959]

U can try Melatonin, I fly from London to Hong Kong this February and used that

[@starvelk]

Nice review! I have been on this flight in the past, and it was actually quite a tiring experience with all the transfer and terribly long bus rides. Agree with the jet lag issue...I tried adjusting to the HK timezone but failed miserably and ended up sleeping the whole way 😂 As for the meals, the main definitely looks more appetising than what we got back then (we had three options but they were quite unappetising compared to the options you got). The first meal (breakfast) is now cut & replaced by a sandwich starting from the winter 2024 schedule though. Lucky you skipped the dessert since they tend to be terrible (overly sweet - just like how desserts are in the Middle East) Also, the mocktails on QR are amazing! I managed to try all of them & found the apple one to be the best.

[@RoRox_T-rex]

Love the CX QR collab

[@louiseleonard1992]

Love it Jayden

[@aviation405]

Another awesome review Jayden, I personally also don’t really like bus gates

[@LinuxChan-c2q]

Great video as always! Flew on a cathay 777 a few months ago, and the seats were so much nicer, almost like their A350 seats. Honestly, I would be pretty annoyed if I got this aircraft instead of the normal Qatar planes, since they have so much better seats. Anyways, good luck with your new home and keep up the great work!

[@JaydenWong]

Thanks for watching! I was happy that I got the premium seats but otherwise yeah prefer the OG Qatar planes

[@SahilRanchal-g1z]

Great review!!!

[@oscarwyer2771]

22:44 does that mean you are not doing flight reviews and hotel reviews anymore?? 😢😢😢😢 28:12 yes it really does look like that!!

[@gunvaldsandhaland7757]

Great Trip Report

[@rishaanplayzrishaanplayz8562]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS !

[@heathertruskinger6214]

Hi Jayden, back home in Hong Kong now, eh ? I guess it's good to be back near your family. I bet you have been asked a million times, but what happened to your cuddly little cat , who lived with you in Adelaide ? Great trip report as usual.

[@JaydenWong]

Right now I'm in Porto 🤣 But yes home is Hong Kong now :) We moved into a new flight just a week ago. My housemates from uni and high school lived with me in Adelaide. Some of us have left and new housemates moved in but my high school friend is still there taking care of Lily :)

[@EpicThe112]

Like the video and let me guess you must have flown heavily on CX B777-300er seats. They are basically way better than competition from the Philippines yet the South Koreans Japanese and Taiwanese versions of the same plane in CX service. QR factory versions are either Q suite and 2-2-2 seats

[@CrownPointeChroma]

Amazing mate!

[@JaydenWong]

Cheers mate!

[@jamessayers4046]

Another great trip report/vlog JW! Ah, the dreaded bus gate, not my favourite gate, last time in Sydney, it was 35 degrees! Air New Zealand also operates an ex Cathay Pacific 773ER, which they normally fly Sydney/Auckland/Houston! JW seemed annoyed, don't see that often hehe but I don't blame you, ignorant passengers! Yeah, love the sound of 777 GE engines! Wow, you nearly forgot the coat hook🤣 Agreed, always time for bubbles on board! You don't like mango, wow you're definitely not Filipino haha. Miss Hong Kong, the MTR system is so efficient! So lovely to see where you grew up! Well done and keep up the great work!

[@JaydenWong]

yikes! I wonder if there's a ban for bus gate in Australia if it's a 40c+ day🤣 I don't like yellow fruits in general, e.g. mango, pineapple, star fruit etc. I like bananas though haha

[@jamessayers4046]

@@JaydenWong it was 35 degrees in Sydney, and we used a bus gate at Haneda, and it was 5 degrees! I like bananas too🤪

[@lawrenceakini4981]

Thanks for this information. Fly safe! Take care. Keep up your amazing job. Cheers. 🛫🛬👍

[@JaydenWong]

thanks Lawrence! :)

[@lawrenceakini4981]

@ you’re welcome.

[@anthonywalsh2164]

3:00 I couldn’t agree more! Every time I’ve been through that airport it has been a bus gate and it has been awful.

[@ulfw]

It's a super highly rated airport that many people who actually used it just shake their head at. Because it's just not well done in reality.

[@kml62004]

Welcome aboard Qatar Pacific 😌

[@flyingdentist]

Hi Jayden,lovely flight review mate.I have flown with Qatar many times but such a messy boarding I've never experienced.I don't know what happened in your flight.See you on the next.Greetings from Athens.

[@JaydenWong]

not enough buses and boarding area too small I guess haha. Thanks for watching :)

[@clerouxbotha2784]

Although a bit tired i loved the premium economy on that plane. Sat in 31D last week ✅ Wish Qatar could have them on every plane.

[@asteverino8569]

Thanks Jayden. You have such integrity and good humor too. Two qualities I admire very much. 😊 I will test my own integrity now ... We have a new/old president now, who is handpicking his cabinet. All seem to give allegiance to him. I pray for my country, which I love. There, I hope I passed my test. ❤

[@Akshay.Rajbongshi]

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[@ruedigerwedi7957]

Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪. A wonderful start into the day, to watch ur Video!!!! 👍👍👍Thanks !!🙏🙏❤️❤️. Have a very good Day👌👌. Best wishes to 6,4♥️

[@JaydenWong]

Greetings from Porto 🇵🇹 Thanks for watching and have a wonderful day :)

[@ruedigerwedi7957]

@ same for You 🙏❤️. Porto is a wonderful Country. You have to try different Sorts of Olives :Fresh and also the Oil !!!!

[@calvinchan100]

qatar food alright. bread is not hot. drinks not generous. desert is always watery. always find qatar is overrated. crew is just doing their job. nothing spectacular but i fly this flight a lot. same reason you have. thanks for the video made jayden

[@davidsouthcott1564]

I love Qatar. I flew ADL to LHR in May. Just a pity that Cathay do not fly out of ADL anymore.

[@JaydenWong]

hopefully soon! Adelaideans have been waiting for too long!

[@oscar-brown1649]

Great video Jayden! I don’t see how Hamad is number 1 I’ve always found it severely subpar to Changi or even Dubai

[@JaydenWong]

And so many people on the forums agree!

[@joshuadominictoling5310]

@@JaydenWongFor people flying back home to the United States. Some Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, and New York. They fly the Airbus A350-1000 or Boeing 777-200LR or 787-8 Dreamliner.

[@kbroadhead10]

Those PE seats are so familiar from my last HKG-BOS leg in late 2019, even the actual seat numbers. It was below par back then and an embarrassment now for Qatar. We had done SYD-HKG on A359 and the 773 felt like such a downgrade. The soft product was the CX highlight and it looks the same here on QR.

[@charles8642]

As someone who flies Qatar frequently and enjoys desserts, Ive noticed Qatar simply using the same base pudding and changing only the flavor, ie chocolate, mango, passion fruit, etc, etc. Been going on like this for more than a decade. Maybe time for a freshening up.

[@bonifacebanta4590]

"i dont like anything mango-related" omg. if we were neighbours, I would take that! hahahaha

[@JaydenWong]

good neighbour 🤣 I had a neighbour in Adelaide who would come into our yard (with permission) to take lemons and she would leave us rosemary

[@bonifacebanta4590]

@ owh that was very nice of her!

[@tanzil88]

I personally prefer CX's green on their cabin instead of the new cream one. I haven't visit HK since post Covid.

[@JaydenWong]

The new cream certainly doesn't scream CX but it's nice to see something new :)

[@ian7463]

Have to go HK one day, can be my tour guide local knowledge 😅

[@JaydenWong]

Haha sure! Hit me up when you're here. 😄

[@joshuadominictoling5310]

How about flying with Turkish Airlines? From Asia via Istanbul, you can go to San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, Newark, and Washington Dulles. It flies the Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 777-300ER or 787-9 Dreamliner.

[@hannazampogna4688]

Incredible video! So I like to introduce myself, anyway I’m a LEGO aviation KZbinr so sometimes I take videos when I’m in Vietnam airlines Boeing 787-9 it was a really smooth and pleasant flight anyways I love airlines for enternity❤

[@kevin19358]

Is your flight to Hong Kong 85 to 90% full, how many hours did you sleep on the plane and do you remember how much you pay to fly Qatar from Zurich to Hong Kong via Doha?

[@abdullaalsaudi6288]

👍🏻💯💯

[@GauthamVishnu-x7p]

Good 😊 video Jayden

[@JaydenWong]

thank you!!

[@normanmcleod7169]

You MUST criticise when it is warranted otherwise you risk being sycophantic. Actually it was quite funny cos, although I know you edit in voice overs after the event, you still managed to sound pissed off in the early part of the video. Hot cabin attendant 😜. I know your advice about jetlag is correct, but my method is to sleep whenever the opportunity presents itself - and eat the rest of the time. I never seem to get jet lag.

[@LoneStarFlightReviews]

Hmm...so most of the ex-CX 777s on QR's fleet have the retrofitted 3-4-3 in standard economy, with those Recaro CL3710 seats? Funny how they changed the IFE screen for standard economy but not Eco comfort.

[@Au_Gt_Exotic_Cars]

Do you now live in hong kong or adelaide

[@JaydenWong]

Hong Kong

[@LetsAllCruise]

The 45 year old train in HK still looks more modern than public transit in the US. 😂

[@thehypetraveler8114]

23:09 - this street is where my church is at!

[@rishaanplayzrishaanplayz8562]

SECOND PERSON HERE !!

[@Patrickair4444]

Can you make a video on the 747 again?

[@David-ry6mo]

Hope they have alternative flight to fly to hk soon

[@johnwsmith5]

hi Jayden why don't you live in Australia anymore ?

[@Aviation_tech441]

have a question. why don't QR convert those CX planes to feature the QR seats instead? that way, they won't need to fly them to hong kong to get all the seats and other equipments repaired by the hong kong staff. Anyways, QR has only been flying those planes to hong kong and no wear else as far as i can tell based on the data available. By the way I think your video is better then Josh Cahill's. He discontinued the loo review for whatever reason😡 when everyone still does it.

[@JaydenWong]

Probably because they don’t make those seats anymore (especially economy), it has been a few years since QR received their last new 777. QR also fly then to Bangkok and Male haha :) Thanks for watching!

[@kevin19358]

And Istanbul. I saw Qatar's ex Cathay Pacific, Boeing 777-300ER in Istanbul last July and it's still flying to his day.

[@kevin19358]

19:25, What, they call it Gold Coast, Hong Kong? No way, wow. You mean Siu sau tsuen?

[@SetohKaiEnCvps]

Nice

[@JaydenWong]

Thanks! 😄

[@_yying_]

Qatar recently scrapped the second hot meal on flights to/from HKG 😭

[@alangaming2003]

How Porto

[@elie464]

Seats look old though

[@JaydenWong]

very old haha, it was introduced in early 2010s when premium economy just became a thing.

[@KhushArora-f7p]

6:26 India gate ahh

[@kwokleungchung8516]

😊😊😊

[@heinekenhenni]

And no usb C port …..

[@aldenaviations]

Oh my god... until today I found it absurd that Doha Hamad is the world's best airport, where I think it's nowhere near the best. I would agree if Singapore or Dubai are named the world best airport, Doha airport simply has a terrible management and yes, there's no point of the priority boarding, find it annoying that you have to wait for a long time. I thought things get better onboard but those ignorant passengers are simply a big embarrassment and I can really tell how annoyed you are 😅. But at least the crew are able to dealt with it and the onboard service just makes it better. I couldn't imagine having breakfast at approx. 4:00 a.m., it's kinda too early and the lunch being served 3hrs before landing to adjust with the HKG time is actually quite smart, since everyone may have jet lag, therefore the service flow is actually good. But overall, I feel like QR needs to learn better, and for Doha airport, what a joke. For a world-class airport and airline, it's subpar. Thank you for the trip report, Jayden, can't wait for ur Emirates' ADL-DXB

[@JaydenWong]

haha exactly, everyone has jetlag already, just wake everyone up 3 hrs before landing for the lunch service 🤣 The only thing I appreciate about DOH is that there's no gate security, but other than that, Changi is a more pleasant airport.

[@sean_king]

Feels cursed to see purple antimacassars on those green seats 😂. Qatar shouldve considered reupholstering them at the very least

[@shamster24]

"Jayden yapping" 😂

[@JaydenWong]

🤣

[@magnustan841]

Don’t feel shy to express dissatisfaction, Jayden. Social media is so widespread and “powerful” now, if enough people bang the same drum about a company, there’s a good chance it will reach someone high up there who can enforce any necessary changes. Your tone during your note about Hamad airport boarding process was perfectly good, it was nothing compared to the absolute hell you see in comments sections of online media about airlines and air travel. Keep being honest with your feelings and feedback, just don’t turn into one of those attention-seeking nobheads with the most clickbait of titles (ahem Josh Cahill ahem) and we will appreciate it.

[@JaydenWong]

Appreciate your comment! Just didn't want to sound too negative that's all. I was worried about giving the wrong impression that I am a whiner haha :) Thank you so much!

[@sjw2410]

Great video, but what an absolute shit show Doha airport can be at times. 😅

[@ulfw]

Most overrated airline in the world.

[@rachkate76]

I think the constructive feedback is warranted about the 40 minute boarding bungle and don’t see it as complaining or rude. Constructive feedback is just part and parcel of what has to be accepted when offering services. I hope you also provided the feedback to the airline- especially letting them know that you missed out on a shower because of it. You’re paying for their services so you’re allowed to have an opinion on your experiences. Nice to see some footage of your city too. Milk! Milk! 🥛 Egg! 🥚