Originally Posted by
ft101
I never made the lounge in DOH but any airline lounge I've been in before takes your boarding pass to scan and verify entry permission and writes the gate on it if not already there.
AM boarding pass scan is done in the terminal at the base of the elevators with a handheld device. It is only a scan for admissibility. However, at the top of the escalator, when you turn left to enter the lounge, there's a departure monitor staring you in the face which you must walk by in order to get into the lounge.