Originally Posted by
MrSimonR
And specifically, could anyone advise what lounge access at DOH you have in this case:
BA Silver (OW Sapphire), travelling on a Business Lite fare BHX-DOH-MCT, booked into P class on BHX-DOH and A class DOH-MCT
- Al Safwa, based on departing flight in first class
- Al Mourjan, based on a business class itinerary, with "no lounge" cancelled out by the OW status
- Gold, based on above lounges not applying to a Lite fare even with OW status, therefore only the FF lounge (the same as if travelling in Y, with status)
If your underlying business-class fare bucket were other than P, the regional first sector would do its magic and open the gates of Safwa.
Sadly, the P fare strips the whole itinerary of lounge access, so you'll be down to the backing of your OneWorld status. The Gold lounge is absolutely fine.
That said, Qatar runs a strangely nuanced ship: there's a body of underlying and unpublished rules which can shift without notice. So if you are OK running the (almost certain) risk of rejection, there's no harm in presenting your first-class boarding card with a confident smile at the staircase to Safwa. If you get through, the next hurdle will be the gatekeepers at the top of the escalator. If you do try your luck, please report back.