We are flying ORD-DOH-CAI on QR, then CAI-LXR on MS. The QR flight arrives CAI at 22:55, the MS flight for LXR departs at 06:30 the next morning.

We have a room reserved at the Le Meridien but realistically we’d be looking at about 4 hours of “sleep” at best. So considering the idea of staying in the QR lounge in T2 at CAI until it makes sense to navigate over to T3 for the MS flight and then collapse into a heap upon arrival in LXR at 07:30.

A couple of questions: is it possible to enter the QR lounge in T2 upon arrival or is it for departures only? If we’re able to use the lounge, how much time should we leave to get airside in T3?

Many thanks in advance!