New DOH lounges for status-holders

[motef]

I believe the hotel on long layovers need to be on Qatar ticket stock. That’s my understanding but happy to be corrected

 

[RooFlyer]

I believe the hotel on long layovers need to be on Qatar ticket stock. That’s my understanding but happy to be corrected

I'm sure that's correct, but again, at least in the past a few years ago, they were pretty specific with which QR flights/routes qualified (including when the layover was about the same as flights that did qualify) ; there was certainly one from OZ, connecting through DOH to Europe, where I was knocked back on, including after appeal. May be different now.

 

[Port Power]

I'm sure that's correct, but again, at least in the past a few years ago, they were pretty specific with which QR flights/routes qualified (including when the layover was about the same as flights that did qualify) ; there was certainly one from OZ, connecting through DOH to Europe, where I was knocked back on, including after appeal. May be different now.

The only time I went to a hotel was 2018 flying Madrid-DOH-PER. As
I said in my previous post, about 9 hours layover. Not sure I would bother again because of the waiting time and travel time. Not after seeing the sleeping pods.

 

[BNEFlyer]

I have a 20 hour layover in November (23:35-19:50). I'm eligible for a transit hotel arranged by QR and me paying USD$125 (due to my booking class), but the STPC/transit hotel scheme isn't available at the moment due to Covid protocols.

I can't book a hotel in the city because 99.9% of hotels are showing as booked out (even though I'm there 3 weeks before the World Cup starts) and the 0.1% that are available are $000's for one night.

Oryx Hotel at DOH is ridiculously expensive too but there is a short-stay/capsule type hotel airside too. Though that is around USD$150 for 8 hours. So it looks like I'll be catching some Z's in the Gold lounge before I go into Doha for a few hours during the day.