QR Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge
#316
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: UK/Australia
Programs: BAEC Silver, UA2MM, QF Platinum, VA Platinum., Volare Executive Club
Posts: 2,512
Had the Pommery in the bistro and on DOH-BKK flight on 20 November. Never had it before and will refuse it if offered again. So acidic I could hardly drink it. But that's just me, of course.
#317
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: QRPC Gold, EK Silver
Posts: 32
Last bottle of the fridge as per the waiter...
Thanks to the previous poster for the tips.
Only Lanson - White and Rosé - from now on
#319
In Al Mourjan now. Can't find any trace of the Billecart or Pommery, it's all Lanson.
Update: I spoke to someone who seemed like a Supervisor who said the Billecart will be back in December. No idea if he was ........ting me.
Update: I spoke to someone who seemed like a Supervisor who said the Billecart will be back in December. No idea if he was ........ting me.
Last edited by Beltway2A; Nov 24, 2017 at 7:46 am
#320
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Silver, Hilton Honors Gold
Posts: 627
Really hope he's right I am fond of the Billecart and flying in Dec
#322
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 3,944
joyoftravelling welcome to the QR forum. You will find the QR dashboard a useful tool.
If you look at QR Lounges at HIA you will see that rriving in longhaul (more than 5 hours) J and departing in Y you will have access to Al Mourjan.
If you look at QR Lounges at HIA you will see that rriving in longhaul (more than 5 hours) J and departing in Y you will have access to Al Mourjan.
#326
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA
Posts: 609
I'm in AM now (11am local time). If there are 20 passengers across the whole lounge I'd be amazed. It would be ridiculous to have food and staff standing at both the restaurant and the sandwich bar. No doubt the removal of regional flights is the main issue at this time of day, and they could just say it is only open during certain hours rather than the cleaning story, but the concepts of face and not saying negative things to customers probably come into play here
#327
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 17,008
The food and beverage offerings in this lounge have declined absolutely massively in the past few years— massively, and has nothing to do with the regional flights cuts since the summer. Also any premium passenger on the regional flights would be in Al Safwa (also huge decline in quality).
Still, it remains a comfortable place with fine facilities and quality food and drink.
The first-class lounge reverts to its museum status.
The champagne brand discussion is a fatuous distraction: the airline is facing an existential crisis
#328
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Doha, Qatar
Programs: Qatar Airways Privilege Club Platinum; Accor Le Club Platinum
Posts: 1,077
Maybe, but don’t make excuses for them just yet. The blockade has been a boon for the QR cargo division in addition to the fact that QR also owns the nationwide monopoly for ALL booze and pork sold at wholesale and retail in Qatar. At the lounge level, there is no excuse why the ‘chefs’ can’t cook a pan fried steak in the lounge kitchens. Precooking the steak in an off site building is just operational laziness. :/
#329
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 17,008
Maybe, but don’t make excuses for them just yet. The blockade has been a boon for the QR cargo division in addition to the fact that QR also owns the nationwide monopoly for ALL booze and pork sold at wholesale and retail in Qatar. At the lounge level, there is no excuse why the ‘chefs’ can’t cook a pan fried steak in the lounge kitchens. Precooking the steak in an off site building is just operational laziness. :/
The cargo argument is interesting, but there's a double-edged element - inefficient use of large passenger aircraft on passenger-light, cargo-heavy routes might be one of them. Who is paying for the airlifts and the form of that payment is another worry.
One thing for sure: if it's turning into a cargo carrier, they're not going to need the lounges
#330
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 795
The food and beverage offerings in this lounge have declined absolutely massively in the past few years— massively, and has nothing to do with the regional flights cuts since the summer. Also any premium passenger on the regional flights would be in Al Safwa (also huge decline in quality).
Personally, I preferred the old Premium Terminal. But apart from the crowds at certain times, I really don't see al mourjan having the massive, massive decline you describe
Last edited by Johnnieboy; Nov 25, 2017 at 1:01 pm