Sofia lounges
Oct 14, 2019, 4:51 pm
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Check out the BA board for comparisons. They're both pretty basic, and not worth spending much time in. Pliska is smaller, upstairs, next to the BA (but not QR) gate, can get hot, don't think it's open for the evening QR flight. Preslav is larger, more but not outstanding snacks, draft beer machine, smoking room, can smell of smoke (also jetfuel, if random ground staff leave the door open and "hang around"). Pretty standard Eastern European lounges, so I wouldn't go out of your way. Having said that, the terminal is pretty quiet (esp for the late QR flight) - there are a sum total of 7 gates - so it's not unpleasant/crowded, although it's not especially interesting either
If you have a long layover, I'd pop into town on the metro. Costs pennies, mildly diverting and cultural, and you can have a decent meal for not-much-money-at-all. Remember it's only a short, but pleasingly 140TP, hop to DOH (it's exactly 2k miles!), so don't expect the works onboard
If you have a long layover, I'd pop into town on the metro. Costs pennies, mildly diverting and cultural, and you can have a decent meal for not-much-money-at-all. Remember it's only a short, but pleasingly 140TP, hop to DOH (it's exactly 2k miles!), so don't expect the works onboard
Oct 15, 2019, 1:19 am
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Thanks, didn’t want to risk it so booked a night at the Intercontinental Sofia either side of the QR flights, Lucky I did as BA changed the flight times. Have a full day at the end of the trip so looking forward to exploring Sofia. At the moment the SOF to DOH is the old style A320 so fingers crossed they don’t do any last minute changes on the DOH-SIN so I can enjoy the Q Suites, but I’ve experienced Qatar’s last minute aircraft changes before.