QR Suites: JFK - JNB $2350
Jun 14, 21, 7:03 pm
#46
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: COU
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Posts: 498
Originally Posted by futuramadramallama
Does the Al Mourjan lounge "officially" (or at least regularly) allow transit passengers to overnight?
Jun 15, 21, 4:57 pm
#48
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Portland, OR.
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 455
We are flying SEA-DOH-ATH in late july. The challenge of the hotel on the way out is that we get there are like 7am SEA time and would be awake all day. I'm going to try to exercise, eat, walk the corridors on the way out cause I would go stir crazy in a hotel room where I can't sleep. But will get the hotel on the way back when we will be acclimated to that time zone.
Jun 16, 21, 2:13 pm
#49
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: AA PLT
Posts: 25
Did anyone notice how QR bump up the base fare when you add the coupon? So you're "saving" $275 per leg off a $150 more expensive fare. AFAIK, the two fares that I found here book into the same fare class. Its kind of a shady thing they do...
Jun 16, 21, 3:15 pm
#50
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAX/SFO
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Originally Posted by ryanlyma
Did anyone notice how QR bump up the base fare when you add the coupon? So you're "saving" $275 per leg off a $150 more expensive fare. AFAIK, the two fares that I found here book into the same fare class. Its kind of a shady thing they do...
Jun 17, 21, 10:29 pm
#51
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SBA
Programs: UA & AA 1 million miler
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Originally Posted by HLCinCOU
I did ATH-DOH-SEA last week (purchased last time they had the MPMEMBERS fares, in February) and they gave me access to Al Mourjan on an R fare. I am OW Emerald (AA EXP) but my understanding from the QR newbie thread is that the status wasn't necessary for that access, they're just giving it "as a courtesy" since you can't enter Qatar right now. The lounge was really fantastic, but it's still a drag to be stuck there overnight. There are some "quiet rooms" that apparently have something like a real bed; they were full when I was there so I had a pod with a recliner good enough to sleep in, at least for me. My guess is if you book toward the end of the year or early next year they will likely have started allowing entry to Qatar, in which case the stopover is a feature not a bug. If not, then I think it's likely you'll still get Al Mourjan access. But that's really just a guess.
Don't forget these are fully refundable...go get you some.
Don't forget these are fully refundable...go get you some.
Jun 18, 21, 8:58 pm
#52
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Programs: AA EP, DL Plat
Posts: 29
Sea-doh-ath-doh-sfo
Just got back from Greece last week. Q-suite experience was awesome! No need for negative COVID test to transit through DOH if coming from US (certain countries will need to have a negative test to transit). For the 14 hour layover both ways, booked a room at the Oryx using Agoda and was able to get a rate for $235 each way. Kept checking Agoda to see if price dropped.
Was also able to access Al Mourjan lounge with R fare bucket on the flight to Greece, great place for dinner and breakfast. Fare bucket I on the way home and had access to Al
Mourjan lounge.
Was also able to access Al Mourjan lounge with R fare bucket on the flight to Greece, great place for dinner and breakfast. Fare bucket I on the way home and had access to Al
Mourjan lounge.
Jun 19, 21, 10:17 am
#53
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Portland, OR.
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 455
Originally Posted by markiedawg
Just got back from Greece last week. Q-suite experience was awesome! No need for negative COVID test to transit through DOH if coming from US (certain countries will need to have a negative test to transit). For the 14 hour layover both ways, booked a room at the Oryx using Agoda and was able to get a rate for $235 each way. Kept checking Agoda to see if price dropped.
Was also able to access Al Mourjan lounge with R fare bucket on the flight to Greece, great place for dinner and breakfast. Fare bucket I on the way home and had access to Al
Mourjan lounge.
Was also able to access Al Mourjan lounge with R fare bucket on the flight to Greece, great place for dinner and breakfast. Fare bucket I on the way home and had access to Al
Mourjan lounge.
Jun 19, 21, 2:24 pm
#54
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Programs: AA EP, DL Plat
Posts: 29
Agoda is probably one of the best apps I’ve used to book accommodations abroad. Make sure you read what you’re booking - nonrefundable, pay nothing until x date, free cancelation, etc. I booked a free cancelation room at the Oryx transit hotel and just kept checking the app to see if price dropped. Would cancel and rebook. Also used some agoda ‘discounts’ thats how I was able to snag the room for 235. Booking through hotel site was about $300 a night…
Jun 22, 21, 8:48 am
#59
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 4,722
Originally Posted by SSF556
I could live in Cape Town...
What I was asking is....I cant find $2300 anywhere.
What I was asking is....I cant find $2300 anywhere.
Here is a search I was able to do using Matrix ITA to find the lowest (non discounted) fare. I then used the power tools to do the direct link to the QR website. I added the promo code as indicated on post #1:
I was able to select flights and got to the add passenger details page, with the following summary:
So it looks to me like this is very much alive.
Jun 22, 21, 3:19 pm
#60
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: COU
Programs: AA EXP, Bonvoy Ambassador, Hertz PC
Posts: 498
Originally Posted by MrJBoy
Did you need a proof of negative COVID-19 test results to stop over at DOH for your outbound trip (SEA-DOH-ATH)?
On the other hand I did need to take a test to get back into the US. For that I brought with me a couple of the online-proctored Abbott tests. Did it in the hotel room, worked fine.
Last edited by HLCinCOU; Jun 22, 21 at 3:24 pm
