Desirees

good point - yes I am AA plat - so I guess I don’t have to worry

daniellam

I believe "U" class is also used for employee and travel industry non-rev travel. These types of passengers are never entitled to lounge access.

ahcjar103

Update 2: Went again this morning with my wife to get a quick breakfast and no problem whatsoever. So at this point it seems that at DOH nothing has changed.

As ISTflyer notes it may have been a misinformed outstation agent, but still puzzling that this occurred since it seemed well rehearsed and called out specifically with an up-sell offer for lounge access.

Thanks all and apologies for the false alarm!

The.walker

This isn't true at all. During my last trip to the states, I used my AA miles (KTM-DOH-DFW-ORD) and I accessed 3 lounges. I must admit the AA admiral club lounge in DFW appeared like a literal garbage, having spent 15 hrs on Qsuites and more importantly, 7 hrs in Al Mourjan Lounge. The quality of food was comparable to a fast food chain.

ISTFlyer

I am pretty sure that awards and upgrades in Business Class on QR metal are issued on "U" fare class.
At least my recent upgrade with Qcredits was issued in "U" fare class after the upgrade and dummy award searches that I made recently map to "U" fare class.

Just a warning that the thing that has changed is that "R" fare class ( a.k.a. Business Classic ) passengers now could not access the Al Mourjan Lounge for free anymore.
No changes for award tickets though as you experienced.

I assume that the food compared to a fast-food chain was at the Admirals Club in DFW D but not Al Mourjan.
Also, there were reports in the AA board that DFW A & DFW C clubs have better offerings compared to DFW D.

The.walker

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I assume that the food compared to a fast-food chain was at the Admirals Club in DFW D but not Al Mourjan.
Also, there were reports in the AA board that DFW A & DFW C clubs have better offerings compared to DFW D.[/QUOTE]


haha, I was obviously talking about DFW. It was atrocious. More like a worse version of Panda Express (they had some chinese). Al Mourjan is on a different level. I could never get myself to enjoy first-class flights or lounges because I'd go insane starting to wonder if I even "belong" there. Business isn't an issue - whether by paying $$ or using miles. Al Mourjan is pretty fantastic albeit I wish the location was a tad different, especially in regards to views from the lounge.

whitecastle

Just to confirm, this policy would apply to those without status as well right? I’m trying to book IAD-DOH-MLE using AA miles but only the IAD-DOH segment is available in Business Class. The flight would arrive in DOH at 5pm and the next flight wouldn’t be until 1am so really don’t know what I would do without access to the lounge.

ISTFlyer

Yes, this is the oneworld Long-Haul -> Short-Haul transfer lounge access rule and applies to non-status passengers as well.

Kacee

Flying LAX-DOH-BKK on QR in May on an R fare. AA EXP. Al Mourjan access with guest? I've read the OMAT posts, as well as everything on QR website, and wow is this murky. We were able to select seats at purchase.

ISTFlyer

Currently, QR does a goodwill gesture and admits all status passengers ( QRPC Silver & higher or partner OWS & higher ) regardless of booking class and there is no published end date for this gesture. If the current gesture is still there in May, you would be admitted to the Al Mourjan Lounge as an AA EXP with one guest allowance. However, if this gesture is not there, it would be the First Class status lounge for you and your guest or you would need to pay for Al Mourjan. Most likely, the current situation would continue in May but nobody could say a definitive answer.

For the seat selection part, that is also because of status; your AA EXP status allows free seat selection regardless of booking class. If you didn't have that status, you would have needed to pay for seat selection.

Kacee

Thank you!

I guess we'll keep our fingers crossed for free access. It's a very well-priced ticket (about $2k less than most carriers) so not going to complain if we have to pay.

lamphs

Any recent experience with the quiet rooms at the Al Mourjan? I have AMM-DOH-IAD, arriving at DOH around 2230 and departing DOH around 0800 the next day. Trying to decide whether or not to book a room at the Oryx airport hotel (not looking forward to that price).

ISTFlyer

Why should you pay for the Oryx Airport Hotel for 6-7 hours, the quiet room cubicles at Al Mourjan are comfortable and would be OK for a short nap. Although, they are sleeper sofas and would not give the comfort of a bed, it's definitely not worth to spend $200+ on a hotel room where you have the chance to sleep on a 13 hour flight afterwards during the flight.

SAWorldVoyager

I read somewhere you can access the sleeper rooms at Al Safwa again, although the lounge is mostly closed. Might be worth the fee they levy?

ISTFlyer

In another thread it was reported that paid entry to the sleeping rooms at Al Safwa is not possible at this time.
You would need to be on a "First Class" ticket or a QR Platinum traveling in J to access those sleeping rooms.