remdk

frandrake the only arrivals lounges for QR are to be found at DOH. Arrivals lounges are not part of the Oneworld alliance and most airlines reserve them exclusively for their own passengers.

frandrake

Well, actually you can sometimes access OW lounges on arrival if Emerald, even if you are not travelling on a premium cabin, that's why I was wondering.

I expected no arrival lounge though, as T4 is mostly SkyTeam and Qatar does not have its own lounge. I was hoping for a ad hoc agreement with LHR or something but apparently I'll have to do a quick stop home for a shower!

Thanks

remdk

frandrake I am not sure if you mean arrivals lounges or just lounges at T4. QR has a Premium Lounge in the departure areas of T4. Mt impression is that arriving and departing passengers are segregated so access to the QR lounge is not possible.
As far as I know QR have no agreement allowing access to arrivals lounges. I have been told, but never seen, there are paid arrivals lounges available.

frandrake

yes QR only has departure lounge at T4 and the only other OW lounge I am aware of at T4 is Malaysian Airlines, but that is again only a departure lounge.

Dr. HFH

Yes, I believe that that is the case at all LHR terminals.

JMS87

Hello,

First of all apologies that I've not been able to answer the question by searching. I have tried!

I am about to book a sale fare routing SOF-DOH-SIN-DOH-SOF for February, and I can see from the cargo website that the aircraft that operates this route is an A320H, which from looking at the wiki has the short haul configuration with reclining seats in business.

When looking at the booking page on the Qatar website, for both QR226 (SOF-DOH) and QR225 (DOH-SOF), it states under flight and cabin features that the seat is '180 degree lie-flat' albeit followed by 'available on select aircraft'.

Is there any chance that I will actually get a fully flat seat, or will it definitely be the short haul recliner?

Thanks in advance!

remdk

JMS87 welcome to the QR forum.

According to http://www.theqatarsource.com/qatara...tetracker.html during the last month all direct flights SOF-DOH have had reclining seats. Flights via Bucharest (SOF-OTP-DOH) have mostly had lie-flat seats.
QRcargo.com is only accurate for 6-7 weeks from today so things could change!

JKG

In case this is your first time in Doha, one thing to note (if its not, you can stop reading here) is that there are actually 2 hotels named "Intercontinental". There's the "Intercontinental - The city" which is in the business center of Doha and there's the "Intercontinental which is a little further to the north towards the Pearl.

Also, thanks to plunet & remdk for their responses to my q regarding runs from Doha.

highexpectations

Just booked BKK-DOH (19:30-2305) connecting DOH-BRU (09:05-1400). The connection time is 10:00. I’ve read in various places about the airport hotel, but not sure whether it’s complimentary or not? My ticket is in business R class.

Thanks for any help.

Johnnieboy

There is a later departure from BKK with a much shorter connection to your BRU flight so unfortunately you will not get a free hotel from QR. You may of course pay for the airport hotel yourself, although others off airport are cheaper

remdk

highexpectations welcome to the QR forum.
The airport hotel is not complimentary, in fact many regard it as rather expensive. The complimentary hotel could be one of two different schemes:

1) STPC where QR will accommodate you at a hotel, provide transport, meals as appropriate and a visa if required.They will do this only if you have the shortest connection and it is over 8 hours. Because there is a shorter connection (QR195) you do not qualify for STPC. See the Wiki on the QR dashboard widget The QR STPC (stopover) policy? for details.

2) The +Qatar free Doha stopover package where you can book one night at a hotel free of charge. See https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qata...er-2017-a.html and https://www.qatarairways.com/en-dk/o...lus-qatar.html for details. Here the minimum time is 12 hours scheduled transit to qualify. So again you do not qualify.

Since you are travelling in the J cabin you will have access to the Al Mourjan lounge. Here there are resting rooms available on a first come first served basis.

If you want to use the airport hotel remember that it is expensive and is usually very full. So reservations are required.

highexpectations

Thank you for the welcome.

Since you are travelling in the J cabin you will have access to the Al Mourjan lounge. Here there are resting rooms available on a first come first served basis.

If you want to use the airport hotel remember that it is expensive and is usually very full. So reservations are required.

With regards to the lounge mentioned above is it open 24 hours then? Is this the lounge that I’m entitled to as a oneworld emerald member or is there a separate lounge with other resting rooms?

Yes I cost up the hotel and not really worth it for nine hours or so. If the lounge is open all night I might just slum it in the lounge.

Thanks for the info.

Zolex

You are entitled to access the Al Mourjan lounge because you travel in J class. And it's open 24/7. There is a seperate much inferior lounge for OWE members.

remdk

highexpectations Al Mourjan is the Premium Business class lounge for QR and OW First and Business class passengers only. As an OWE you are entitled to use the First class lounge but it is of a much poorer standard then Al Mourjan and I do not think that it has resting rooms. See the Wiki on QR Lounges at HIA for more details. For further details and hints about Al Mourjan look at QR Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge.
All lounges are open 24 hours a day.

klausa

It was my second time on this trip and on the outbound we stayed at St. Regis, so I was aware that there were more than 1 Intercontinental in the city

Thanks for the heads up though!