DOH layover on a Friday evening
Mar 23, 2016, 10:14 am
#16
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: London
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Fabulous! This is all sounding like a plan. Thanks all.
Just one minor thing on the feedback I had up-thread about online checkin: it's not true to say it's available at 48 hours prior for the connecting leg too; the connecting flight only opens at 60 hours prior, so in the case of my own flight, I needed to wait a further three hours, to hit that T-60h point and check in for both legs. No issue but I thought I'd correct this.
Interestingly the main website just wouldn't let me check-in, with an error box saying I couldn't. It was only when I then tried on my iPhone app that it told me about the T-60 rule.
Just one minor thing on the feedback I had up-thread about online checkin: it's not true to say it's available at 48 hours prior for the connecting leg too; the connecting flight only opens at 60 hours prior, so in the case of my own flight, I needed to wait a further three hours, to hit that T-60h point and check in for both legs. No issue but I thought I'd correct this.
Interestingly the main website just wouldn't let me check-in, with an error box saying I couldn't. It was only when I then tried on my iPhone app that it told me about the T-60 rule.
Mar 23, 2016, 10:54 am
#17
Join Date: Apr 2008
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I have an 8.5 hour layover coming up but I arrive around 11PM and depart at 7:30AM. Is it pointless to ask if it's worth leaving the airport at those hours? Are my only choices the transit hotel or Al Mourjan?
Mar 23, 2016, 11:08 pm
#19
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Abu Dhabi
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Doha is quite a nocturnal city - because of the heat it's embedded in the culture. Souq Waqif is buzzing all night and some of the cafes there are 24 hours.
Mar 24, 2016, 11:14 am
#20
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Thanks for the replies. So it's best to just buy a Visa and take a taxi to the Souq Waqif? Will I need another taxi to get to the Corniche and, if so, are they easy to find?
Mar 26, 2016, 8:33 am
#23
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Abu Dhabi
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