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Old Feb 26, 2012, 3:33 am
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Originally Posted by manhattan92
I was recently denied a complimentary hotel stay in Doha despite flying in C Class with a 9 hour layover in Doha. The Doha airport staff were incredibly misinformed and kept telling me about having to pay extra in advance to have a hotel stopover. I guess this webpage is useless: http://support.qatarairways.com/entr...-hours-in-doha

The supervisor in the Premium Lounge suggested that I spend the night on "one of their nice reclining chairs" which is exactly what I was forced to do.

I was consistently disappointed by the ground staff personnel as much as I was impressed by the flight crews. A very strange airline--5 stars in the air, 2 stars on the ground.

Any suggestions as to my recourse here would be appreciated.
Sorry can't help with any suggestions, but agree 100% with your assessment of the airline. Good in the air, hopeless on the ground. We recently flew AUH-DOH-SIN in economy, and the in-flight experience was good, but the whole transfer process at Doha airport was a huge pain!
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