‘I keep forgetting we’re on a plane,’ my husband, Dan, says as we settle into our gigantic thrones.
Around us, passengers are sipping on the finest Champagne, perusing a menu that consists of plates of poached Atlantic lobster with smoked salmon and grilled Angus beef fillet, and opening their red ribbon-wrapped Diptyque gifts, which have been left on our marble tables.
We’re on board a Qatar A350-1000, flying in ridiculously luxurious style from London Heathrow Terminal 4 to Doha, Qatar.
We’re here to test out the airline’s Qsuite – business-class seats with doors that convert into a double bed when travelling as a couple.
I’d heard so much about the Qsuite since it launched in 2017, with experts in the industry repeatedly referring to it as the very best in the business-class world. ‘Better than some first-class cabins,’ one said. So I had huge expectations.