I’ll be flying business class in September from JFK to JRO with a short connection in Doha of exactly one hour.
The connecting flights are Flight 704 out of JFK to flight 1357 from Doha to JRO.
As this is a legal connection do I have any reason to be concerned as this seems like an awfully tight connection to get through immigration and then security and check in.
Are business class passengers expedited?
Is there a way to pay for expedited services?
Will I land and takeoff from the same terminal?
Any sight is appreciated

An hour is plenty. The minimum connection is 45 minutes I believe. There’s only one terminal at Doha. We were in business and slightly delayed and still made a 35 minute connection (and so did our luggage!). If you’re very late they’ll sometimes send a golf cart for you.

If your JFK-DOH is on time, you'll have no problem, but no extra time for shopping, lounges, dawdling, etc., either. If JFK-DOH arrives late and things start to look tight, there will be a QR rep meeting your plane with a sign/paper/clipboard with your name on it as you enter the terminal. S/he will expedite you through the process and to your departing gate as necessary.

If you're not late and go through the regular process, yes, there is a separate premium cabin lane at transfer security. You'll need to show your boarding pass to access it. A very small number of flights every day bypass transfer security and go right from the plane to departure gates. It's impossible to predict in advance whether your JFK-DOH flight will be one of these.

DOH is one huge terminal with different wings, what they call Concourses. It can take a while to walk from, say, an A or B gate to a D or E gate. There's a moving sidewalk along Concourse C, and an overhead train from the head of Concourse C to the other end, where Concourses D and E start.

There is a paid meet/greet service which I've used, but IME it doesn't get you there any faster. It gives you someone to accompany your party while you walk from gate to gate, making sure that you don't get lost. There are electric golf carts, but I don't know how to reserve one. OTOH, unless someone in your party has mobility problems, that's probably not necessary.

Personally, I think that you'll be fine, either way.

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mate, don’t attempt it, this is really cutting it close, especially in your circumstances

Take an earlier flight or fly the day before

OP, is this all in one ticket? If so, don’t worry. You don’t need to go through immigration (even if you are on separate tickets, just go to the transfer desks or better yet, check through to JRO at JFK). Doha is one terminal, and in my experience, security (particularly the “premium” line) is often not crowded.

Both flights are on one business class ticket. So if I get boarding passes in JFK what is the process? If I don’t get a boarding pass before what is the process then?

Since it is all in one ticket, you would generally receive the boarding pass in JFK. Thus, you will just need to head straight to transit security, before being allowed into the departures/gate level.

If you don’t receive the boarding passes, you head straight to the transit desks behind transit security and get your BPs there, then go through security.

Safe travels

R