You may not have paid much attention to QatarAirways unless you’ve heard about its award-winning business class. However, since its switch toAvios rewards and its tie-up with BritishAirways to expand the airlines’joint network, there are plenty of reasons to take a closer look.
Here’s our guide to what Qatar’s loyalty scheme could do for you and how to make it work in tandem with your BritishAirwaysAvios.
This Middle Eastern carrier is among the world’s most respected airlines for the quality of its product. Its business class is highly-prized, particularly the new Qsuite, on selected flights, which enables four enclosed seats to open into a group facing each other
In the UK, Qatar uses Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Gatwick. Via its hub in Doha, it has useful connections toAfrica, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific, besides the Middle East.
QatarAirways Privilege Club is the equivalent of BA’s Executive Club, it’s where you earn and redeem QatarAirways rewards.
Frequent flyers can progress through the tiers of Qatar’s club, gaining perks like lounge access.The tier points that enable you to do this are called Qpoints.
You can also earn loyalty points through the Club to spend on reward flights. Previously, QatarAirways air miles were known as Qmiles but this year it has swapped the currency toAvios.
The Privilege Club has four tiers: Burgundy, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. You start automatically in Burgundy.
You receive the Qpoints that enable you to climb the tiers by flying with Qatar Airways or another Oneworld member.The amount you earn will be based on the distance you fly and your class of travel.
Burgundy benefits include:
● 100%Avios collecting rights on eligible flights per family member and 100% Avios collecting rights per family member with Qatar’s non-air partners.
● 10% off the cost of seat selection.
● Priority standby for your first choice of seat, so you’re notified if it becomes available.
● Flexi awards, which let you bag an award seat at peak times by cashing in double the cost inAvios.
● The option to pay withAvios at Qatar Duty-Free and Oryx Galleria.
In addition to the Burgundy perks, Silver members receive
● 25% bonusAvios on eligible flights with QatarAirways.
● Priority check-in
● Priority boarding
● Preferred seats
● Excess baggage allowance
● Lounge access Silver is the equivalent of Ruby in Oneworld tiers so reciprocal perks such as access to Ruby-level lounges apply
In addition to the silver benefits, Gold members receive:
● 75% bonusAvios on eligible flights taken on QatarAirways.
● 40 Qcredits to redeem for upgrades, excess baggage, and other perks.
● Al-Maha 'meet and assist' gold service.
Gold is the equivalent of Sapphire in Oneworld tiers so reciprocal perks including access to Sapphire-level lounges apply
In addition to the Gold level perks Platinum members receive:
● 100% bonusAvios on eligible flights by QatarAirways
● 60 Qcredits to redeem for upgrades, excess baggage, and more
● NoAvios expiry
Platinum is the equivalent of Emerald in Oneworld tiers so reciprocal perks include Emerald-level lounge access.
See full details here.
You’ll need 150 Qpoints to reach the Privilege Club’s Silver tier, 300 for Gold, and 600 for Platinum, and will be automatically upgraded as soon as you reach each threshold.
Your Qpoints reset each year but the number of Qpoints needed to retain your place at each level is a bit lower, for instance, 135 points in a year to retain Silver
You can earn Qpoints by flying with both Qatar and other Oneworld members. However, to hit each tier target, you’ll need to have earned at least 20% of your Qpoints as QatarAirways air miles or to have flown four sectors with the airline within 12 months or eight sectors within 24 months. See the full rules here.
As with BritishAirways, QatarAirwaysAvios can be earned through flying with the airline and its partners (in addition to the Qpoints you earn towards your tier status) and also through Qatar’s hotel, car rental, banking, and retail partners.
Some of these partners are the same as BA’s but if you’re in both clubs it’s worth checking out the BritishAirwaysAvios that are exclusive to the airline so you can make sure you’re earning the mostAvios across both loyalty schemes.
Among airlines outside the Oneworld alliance, Qatar has a separate partnership with BangkokAirways, JetBlue, MEA, OmanAir, RwandAir, and VirginAustralia.
Accommodation partners that will give youAvios through Qatar’s Club but not BA’s include Booking.com, trip.com, Centara and Millennium hotels and resorts, Rotana, and various Hilton brands.
You can also earnAvios through Qatar’s tie-ups with Europcar, Hertz, Rentalcars.com, and Sixt as well as some car rental companies that also partner with BA.
Qatar’s banking and retail partners are less familiar to UK-basedAvios collectors or are region-specific but you can check out the full list of partners here.
In a similar way to BritishAirwaysAvios, you can pool QatarAirwaysAvios through the airline’s Family Programme.This lets you add up to nine close relatives and is particularly handy if you have children who can’t spendAvios but can accrue them through flights.
If you’re new to the Privilege Club, you could also bag 5,000 bonusAvios thanks to a FIFAWorld Cup promotion.You’ll need to join by 20 December 2022 using the promotional code on the website and fly with Qatar by 31 March 2023.
To bag the best BAor Qatar reward flights, it pays to link your BritishAirways Executive Club and QatarAirways Privilege Club accounts so you can move your Avios between the two.
Look for the ‘link my accounts’option where you check your balance on qatarairways.com or find the equivalent page on BA.com.
Once your club accounts are linked, you’ll be able to select ‘combineAvios’to put them into one pool.
PooledAvios can be switched instantly between the clubs to part-pay withAvios for your travel or to bag a reward flight. Just type in the amount you want to transfer This means you can move fast if one airline offers a better deal or availability than the other on a particular route.
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