Originally Posted by
Citoyen
This is as frustrating as it gets!
I am travelling on 1 Jan with a 7:59 stopover in J ( I) and do not qualify on the 8:00 rule or the +Qatar downtown free night program ( expires 31 Dec)
With such a short layover, I'd probably get a room at the in-airport transit hotel, which is airside. It's expensive, though. If you were to book a hotel in town, there wouldn't be much time for sleep after taking taxi or Uber there, checking in, taking taxi or Uber back, and reclearing security.