Vienna-Doha-Bangkok

We flew Vienna-Doha-Bangkok with Qatar Airways. The airline itself is good but the flight experience was not excellent.

The first flight was in a fairly old aircraft, an Airbus A320-100 or -200. It still had ashtrays and no individual tv screens, and the movies on offer weren't interesting. But we were fresh, had plenty of entertainment with us, and the time passed.

The second flight was supposed to be an A330-200 and according to their plane layout when I booked the seat the economy cabin had a 2-4-2 (or 2-5-2, maybe) layout. We booked 2 pairs of seats on the window. It turned out to be a 3-3-3 layout which meant we had 2 other people blocking our access to the aisle. Not convenient with kids. It may have been a Boeing 777 according to the plane types shown on their website. Luckily there was an individual entertainment system, and it was a night flight so we didn't need to move around too much, and the neighbours were understanding. Briana and I were sitting together, and we were delivered the meal, but then the girl went off and never offered a drink, so I was getting pretty thirsty and thinking of pressing the assistance button by the time someone arrived again which was 20 or 30 mins later.

The main problem was the guy behind Gyorgyi, a 50-something Mr. Chatterbox - he never shut up the whole flight long. Even with ear plugs in, I could hear him clearly from 2 rows away. At the end of the flight I heard him tell his neighbour it was great to have a good chat on a plane - not surprising since he was doing all the talking! And also no surprise when he said that he liked going to Thailand because the ladies in England have no time for him. Poor Gyorgyi could get no sleep at all and was exhausted when we arrived (at 7:10 AM Thai time).