It was and still is a nightmare because my vacation has been ruined due to having no money. Eventually, I was told to get off the plane, which ended up costing me over $1,500 in transportation, hotel, and new flight (on Emirates) fees. He didn't like that, and so for the next ten minutes he sent three different flight attendants over to ask me crazy questions like, "Do you have anything you would like to tell us?" I have no idea what this was about. The flight attendant laughed at me, so I told him, calmly, that if it happened again, I would sue the airline. When I got on the plane, I asked the flight attendant to please be careful when he pushed the cart down the aisle because the last time I flew, the flight attendant smashed the cart into my elbow and drew blood. Pros: "I recently booked a flight on Qatar first, to Ko Samui, Thailand. Avoid unless you love sleepless nights crossing the international dateline." As stated, this is a bush league international carrier. To the detriment of their own crew, who is left apologizing for things they can do nothing about. The ticketing counter in particular seems to be skeevy, at best. Not the end of the world if one had no choice, but certainly not what I paid for and certainly not what the ticketing counter people stated we were getting (under specific inquiry about the very point). Instead we got seats that did not recline and a fold out screen that came from the right-hand arm rest. The entire reason I asked is because we got stuck in the last row on the way in with seats that don't recline, which blows for a 12 hour red-eye flight. They specifically told us that these were not emergency row seats and that we would have reclining seats and seatback displays in front of us like everyone else. The ticket counter folks literally mislead us. It wasn't the crew's fault (though they, unfortunately bore the brunt of my displeasure) so much as the counter's fault, but airlines charging what they are shouldn't be putting passengers or crew in this position. Seated upright for an overnight flight (for the second time on the same trip) for 12 hours. For a 12 hour flight with seats that don't recline and nothing the on-board staff could do about the ticket counter's negligence and bad faith other than apologize. Cons: "Asked specifically at the ticketing counter not to be seated in a non-emergency row.
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