napamatt

Traveling QR to DEL in April on UA award ticket.

SFO-IAH-DOH-DEL

The layover in IAH is just under four hours, will bags be interlined given that ticket was one itinerary when booked even though the agreement is no longer active? I figure yes, but would like to be prepared if I'm wrong.

Next question is lounge usage at IAH - we're traveling in Business on QR so presume use of a lounge, anybody able to confirm which one?

Thanks in advance.

AlexCM

Hi Napamatt,

For the through checked luggage inquiry, could you please kindly send the electronic ticket number via "private message" so that I can check for you.

Concessions of Houston lounge is used for the departure passenger from IAH airport.

Best regards,
Alex @ The Qatar Airways Community.

kmd0506

There is an executive lounge for use in the "D" terminal. It is a decent size, but was fairly crowded when I used it last month. The wine/alcohol selection was better than the United Clubs at IAH (not hard to do), and there was both hot and cold food (soup, sandwich, veggie slices, fruit, chips), free wi-fi. I had a little to eat, but the food wasn't that good so I didn't really eat too much before the flight, which was a good choice because the food onboard was really good.

TechMarauder

Is the concessions lounge independent? I've never heard of that one before.

kmcbrid2

The lounge in IAH, as is with all QR lounges world wide, are not operated by QR. The lounge in IAH is used by Lufthansa and other airlines.

Even the lounge in Doha is not an QR exclusive lounge.

napamatt

Thanks for the help guys.

Sixth Freedom

I believe that the IAH lounge is very near the gate that they use. It is like a small independent structure within the terminal and looks quite good for an outstation lounge.

Although I have had the good fortune to take IAH-DOH in J twice (it is a great flight, I hope you enjoy it!) I have not been in the lounge!

Sixth Freedom

I think that they are...

The Premium Terminal is definitely a QR exclusive. And then in the main terminal there are two lounges (the old F and J lounges for those who remember) for QR FFP Gold and Silver status holders.

There is however another lounge (the Oryx Lounge) which is used by premium passengers of all other airlines and is also available to all economy passengers who wish to pay a fee to enter.

kmcbrid2

Only the silver lounge is exclusive to QR, they now use the oryx lounge as the gold lounge. So you can imagine how busy that lounge is with all QR gold, all other airlines premium passengers and parakeets paying a fee.

napamatt

My transit time through Doha is two hours, so I don't expect to spend a lot of time in the Premium Terminal.

st530

I was at the Terminal D Eexecutive Lounge yesterday for about 45 minutes pre-IAH-DOH. It was immensely crowded, which I couldn't figure out since it looked like the only passengers who should have access would be QR C and EK C/F, but the # of people seemed double that. (The lounge is also used by LH but that fight was long gone. It used to be used by SQ as well but I did not see SQ's name any longer, so I'm not sure what SQ is using these days.) As others have said, liquor and food selection quite good for an outstation. I enjoyed the "spicy beef rice" which for Southern Yanks was basically Cajun rice. I also really enjoyed QR C on IAH-DOH. The boarding and jetway are a disaster but the flight was really great. Looking forward to DOH-IAH in a few days. Enjoy!

kmcbrid2

By QR C I'm guessing you mean business, I'm still trying to get used to all the codes. Keep in mind that QR gold and silver PC members have access to the lounge as well. I would not be surprised if this is the case for EK as well.