Saturday 22 November 2014

前往意大利交通 Fly to Italy (Viaggiare in Italia)


由香港出發到歐洲,我最喜歡的還是搭乘卡塔爾航空 (Qatar Airways)。原因十分簡單︰


-        價錢經濟實惠
-        對於一些不能十幾個鐘坐在機艙內、膝頭常有酸軟不知放在哪裡感覺的人如我,轉機確是一個好選擇
-        中東航空公司十分有錢,機艙服務一流
-        飛機餐好味,飛一程歐洲,前後共有5餐,食到唔想食
-        經濟艙坐位寬敞
-        電視電影頻道超多選擇


與阿聯猶航空對比,卡塔爾價錢更勝一籌,而兩者的航班時間也差不多。2013,卡塔爾更與國泰航空簽成聯航,去程其實是有機會用國泰機,喜歡國泰的人一定覺得不錯。


(不過,我還是只喜歡卡塔爾,因為國泰經濟艙的位其他都幾狹窄,普遍經濟艙的電視更無甚選擇。卡塔爾呢? 大把好戲任你選,真係唔怕冇野做~而且CHECK IN 時沒國泰那麼多人呢!不用和國泰的其他乘客一起排隊等CHECK IN)


重要一提︰


卡塔爾服務如何一流?
 試過一次乘搭卡塔爾由香港到羅馬航班,因為轉機時間要9小時,到達多哈已是晚上10時多11時,心裡總是猶豫應留在機場或是怎樣?

竟然給我們發現,原來在卡塔爾網站上寫明,如果你的航班轉機時間逾8小時,卡塔爾是會在多哈轉機時提供免費酒店住宿的! (當然,有少少條件限制,例如你買的機票是哪一類,要致電卡塔爾服務熱線查詢)
 
到達多哈時,我在ARRIVAL HALL下車(平常記得是要到TRANSFER HALL才下車!)ACCOMMODATION櫃檯,連同出發前由香港服務中心電郵給我的酒店住宿證明,櫃檯服務員便會幫你安排住宿,而且還會有100多哈幣餐膳費用呢!然後,知道是哪一間酒店後,便可辦理出境手續,再到酒店櫃檯,他們便會安全專車送你返酒店!整個過程也不會有賣豬仔的感覺的呀!十分安全!


100多哈幣(qatar rial)可以食到幾多?
我住的那間酒店一個自助早餐只是55!所以,想吃得好一點也可以的呀!

而第二朝早,他們知道你的航班時間,也會安排專車送你回機場,辦理入境手續,便可精精神神準備出發歐洲了!!!!!



ACCOMMODATION櫃檯 (Doha舊airport)

在DOHA 住既酒店, 免費的!但都很舒服! 不過唔記得酒店名


Qatar Airways has always been my favourite airlines travelling to Europe from Hong Kong. There are just several reasons for that:

- reasonable fares
- suitable for those who cannot bear the "pain" from longhaul flight (transit at DOHA)
- wonderful inflight services (bear in mind that this airlines is from MIDDLE EAST!)
- delicious inflight meals, a total of 5 meals in total
- comparatively spacious seat in economy class
- lots of choices of movies, tv show, etc.

as compare with Emirates, the price for Qatar Airways is usually slightly cheaper while the flight time for both airlines are more or less the same. In 2013, Qatar Airways has signed codeshare with Cathay Airways and some of the flights to and from DOHA are operated by CX, it may be a good news for those CX lovers.
(for me, it is not, as the seat of CX flight is not that comfortable and the inflight entertainment is not as attractive as QR, too... even worse is that there is always a long long long queue for check-in at CX counters!)

How good is QATAR's services?

I have once travelled to ROMA from Hong Kong, and I chose the flight with more than 8 hrs waiting during transit. It arrives DOHA at around 10/11pm at night and at first, I just wonder if I can stay overnight at the airport without falling asleep? 

Then I just found out from Qatar's website that, for flights with more than 8 hrs transit time, the airlines will offer a FREE STAY at the hotel in DOHA (of course there are several conditions to whom is eligible for that, you have to call the service hotline to check)

Once arriving DOHA, what you have to do is to go to the arrival hall (NOT transfer hall) and right there is a accommodation counter, show them the email/voucher the service center sent to you and the staff there will find you a hotel!! and it also includes a QR100 (doha currency) for use! They will then check which hotel you will be staying and pass you all the necessary document, then you can go through the custom and go to the hotel counter, you will be arriving the hotel soon! I was doing this alone last time and I think it's better than staying at the airport overnight!

How much can I have with QR100?

Taking the hotel i stayed as example, a breakfast buffet just costs QR55, thus it means that actually you can even call room service, too!

In the next morning, they will arrange hotel shuttle to the airport around 2-3hrs before your boarding time!

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