Originally Posted by
brunos
I do not know QR exact rule, but both legs are considered longhaul. AS and AM are departure lounges, so I assume that you won't get access because your longhaul departure from DOH is in Y, besides the overnight layover. But I could be wrong.
ANyway I strongly advise you to try to change your DOH-MLE to either J or a shorter layover. After 6 hours of flying F, a 9h layover (even with lounge) followed by a 5h flight in Y will be a HUGE letdown.
I really appreciate everyone's advice here. At the moment, I don't have any other options for booking awards tickets at the moment. Y was the only thing available.
I will take a look at Onyx for resting. I'm concerned about my own general luck when it comes to leaving the airport, so going into Qatar makes me nervous. I kind of just wanted to experience both lounges, AS on the way in and AM on the way out. I supposed I can always still do that on my J flight back by paying for AS access.
I guess we'll just see what happens and I'll book a hotel just in case.