Using DOH Arrivals Lounge For Shower While In Transit
#17
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,387
I assume you have an onward ticket, right? You clear immigration, use arrivals lounge, then go back into the airport for departure.
#18
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 776
Yeah this whole subject of upgrades and lounges is just sad. I am not aware of any other airline doing that, especially for paid upgrades. And was Al Safwa as empty as it is really worth yet another heavy blow to the value of QRPC upgrades? Do these ~2 upgraders per A380 really overfill their essentially deserted lounge?
I am not bluffing, stuff like that severely lowers my threshold regarding how much I am willing to pay to fly QR.
I am not bluffing, stuff like that severely lowers my threshold regarding how much I am willing to pay to fly QR.
#19
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Bellevue, WA - AA EXP 3MM
Posts: 2,756
I have used the arrivals lounge during a connection (primarily for jogging, but that doesn't matter). Works fine. More sensible now that visa is free for most folks. Showers are very nice in the arrivals lounge, much more so than in the main lounge. Odd to be the only person there, which I always have been. A shame that food is so basic.
Bottom line is that your plan is fine.
Bottom line is that your plan is fine.
#20
I've had waits for an hour in the quiet area, waits for 15 minutes, waits for 5 minutes, and at times no waits at all (usually at 5pm interestingly).
Other than that, I've never been able to use the showers at the main lounge area because there's always a significant wait involved.
#22
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: W29
Programs: It's Complicated...
Posts: 6,796
#24
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: South Bend, IN
Programs: AA EXP 3 MM; Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium Elite
Posts: 18,546
Thanks all. I am usually there connecting b/w India and North American, so always at peak times. The arrivals lounge is the way to go, I think.
Thanks!
Thanks!
#25
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AI Gold, TK Gold, QR Silver, 9W BluePlus
Posts: 394
#27
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: South Bend, IN
Programs: AA EXP 3 MM; Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium Elite
Posts: 18,546
Quick update. I used the arrivals lounge for a shower this past Saturday, connecting from DEL to JFK. I arrived from DEL at 5:15 am at a D Gate. I was in the arrivals lounge by 5:30 am and back in the business class lounge by 6:20. I was literally the only customer in the arrivals lounge. The shower rooms are larger than the departure lounge, have a better luggage/changing area and, of course, no wait. This is the way to do it if you want a shower between flights.