Schwann

Yes, but there's a high chance you'd have to go through transfer security anyway. Actually, the exit and arrival lounge idea sounds like a good idea... The transfer security can be a bit of a shambles

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plunet

You won't be able to do this as you describe - the arrivals lounge is airside. It is alongside the immigration hall for arrivals and is guarded by a dragon that checks your inbound boarding pass. It has its own dedicated immigration counter at the exit from the lounge. You can only get access as you are leaving the airport. You could use it on the way into Doha but not on the return to the airport

Dr. HFH

I'm going through Doha next week. I think that if they let me bypass transfer security, I'll just go to Al Mourjan. If I have transfer security, maybe I'll try the Arrivals lounge.

remdk

There are TWO Arrivals lounges at DOH. The first is airside and is not much more than a waiting room for Immigration for QR Premium arrivals. The second is landside on the left(?) after you leave the baggage hall. It is the landside lounge that contains the usual lounge facilities, includng showers.

plunet

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Ah, I didn't realise there was another arrivals lounge, apologies for the duff info.

Cspnvdl

klausa

The Premium immigration facility and the "landside" security channel are both so fast that it probably takes only a few minutes more than the transit security.

plunet

Check post 33 upthread, the arrivals lounge that does your immigration clearance is on the left as you walk into the immigration hall.

PresRDC

I have never had to wait for Passport Control in the premium arrivals area. The vast majority of QR passengers are connecting. Of those that are terminating in DOH, most are Economy passengers and not eligible. Of those that are eligible, I suspect the majority can use the eGates for immigration. So, really, the only people using the premium facility are foreign J class passengers who are not eligible for eGate immigration.

PresRDC

There is an escalator too. More specifically a moving inclined ramp to the level just below departures and a short escalator up from there. The QR Premium area is separated from the rest of the terminal by a barrier, but there is a door you can pass through. Worst case, walk outside, turn left and go to the far door to get back in. Very easy.

One more point to make. If you are connecting to a U.S. flight and get the "SSSS" on your boarding pass (something that is happening to me every time I depart India now, but I digress), do not let that deter you from using the Arrivals Lounge. The secondary screening takes place at the gate for U.S. bound flights. It has no bearing on the level of security you receive when you go through either transit or landside to airside security.

vprp

Going to do this for my flight tomorrow. Have a 3 hour connection and as long as my inbound flight is not delayed, I will go to arrivals for a shower and go back to departures.