Transit Area at Terminal 3For my third trip to Jakarta, I flew by Qatar Airways. I was supposed to be taking a budget airline (like Jet Star, Value Air or Air Asia), but because of my fear and distrust for budget airlines, I managed to snag a flight on Qatar instead. No, I’m not a spoilt princess, I just wanted to have a comfortable flight. Nobody wants to be cringing and panicking throughout a flight. It will defeat the very purpose of flying, don’t you think?
What I didn’t realize at first when I looked at the E-ticket, was that I would be flying from the coveted Terminal 3 at Changi Airport. It was only the next day that I did a double take at the E-ticket when I saw that my flight would be embarking from Terminal 3.
I almost hyperventilated 
As you might already figured out, I am extremely particular about my flights. I normally prefer Singapore Airlines any time of the day. So it is a big thing when I say that I love Qatar and it comes on par or even better than Singapore Airlines.
Here’s why I love Qatar Airways:
Gorgeous crew
Honestly, you’d think that you’re on a fashion runway. Both the male and female flight attendants are drop dead gorgeous, which made the flight even more enjoyable. <3. Wish I had taken snap shots, hehehe. Maybe if I had a companion that I am more comfortable with next time.
Could you believe it, even the flight attendant in the safety video looks like a model. He made blowing air into life jackets look so attractive!
Excellent service
As if it is not already enough that they are all so good looking, they do their service with a genuine smile that is so often not seen. Doesn’t help that good looking people have the best smiles. I love it because it makes the flight a lot more pleasant, especially if you land in the wee hours of the morning.
Also, the male flight attendants offered to help Maggie and I out our heavy laptops in the top cabin, without even being asked. How nice!
This happened on both flights. You may say it’s part of their job, but I didn’t see the same thing on Singapore Airlines or Lufthansa at that.
Food looked great, and tasted great!
For the flight to Jakarta, I was still fasting during the flight. But I saw the food being served to the people next to me, and the food looked awesome. For the flight back, I managed to have a taste of Qatar’s food since it was a late night flight.
Looks good doesn’t it? The first photo shows a chicken and yellow rice dish – which was yummy. The second is some kind of salad and fruit.
But just a slight turn-off though they may have a good reason for doing what they did. The gorgeous flight attendant, with this thick lashes and sharp nose cleared my meal tray while I was halfway through my watermelon. I guess it must have been because it was a pretty short flight (1 1/2 hours?) and that soon after he cleared we started our descend.
Just thought it was weird that he cleared my tray too fast but it’s okay
In-flight entertainment
This is where Qatar might have an edge over Singapore Airlines. On my SQ flight for my first trip to Jakarta, we were not even given earphones to watch movies or listen to music. So Toni and I had to watch Watchmen in silence, with me explaining what’s going on in the movie to him.
For Qatar, not only do they have excellent movies and TV shows – they provided earphones for the short trip because you know it only makes sense.
One plus point that they have is that, they had Big Bang Theory amongst the many TV series! It was just one episode, but it was enough to make my late night meal on board extra enjoyable. It was the episode where Penny gets addicted to online gaming! HAHAHA!
So two thumbs up for that!
In conclusion
I highly recommend Qatar Airways! Trust me, I hardly recommend airlines (I normally recommend Singapore Airlines). Great now I feel like a traitor. But seriously, I believe that it is on par with Singapore Airlines, at a much cheaper price. Plus you get real eye candy (whether you are a guy or girl) so why not?
Book your next flight on Qatar! (someone should really pay me to promote things like this)