Qatar Airways launches a two day flash sale

This article is sponsored by Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways has launched a two day flash sale, running today and Friday. It could be for you if you want to get something in the diary to look forward to, post covid.

Whilst most Qatar Airways flyers from the UK choose to credit their flights to British Airways Executive Club to earn Avios and tier points, you will receive double miles in Qatar Airways Privilege Club if you book during this offer and choose to credit your flights to their programme instead.

You will also earn 2,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club miles as a sign-up bonus if you choose to join today or tomorrow.

Full details of the sale fares are on the Qatar Airways website here.

Here are some headline fares I picked at random from London (but don’t forget Manchester and Edinburgh):

Economy

• Karachi £451
• Zanzibar £467
• Muscat £445
• Cape Town £538

Business

• Cape Town £2,459
• Singapore £2,439
• Phuket £2,179
• Bangkok £2,229
• Sydney £3,489
• Bali £2,609
• Muscat £2,046

Manchester to Tokyo for £2,169 is one of the most interesting regional deals I spotted.

52 weekly flights from across the UK

With the recent resumption of flights from London Gatwick at the end of August, Qatar Airways remains the biggest international airline flying into the UK.

From mid October there will be 52 UK departures per week, comprising:

• Edinburgh (three weekly flights)
• London Gatwick (four weekly flights)
• London Heathrow (four daily flights)
• Manchester (17 weekly flights)

You are covered by the Travel with Confidence policy

Qatar Airways has recently extended its ‘Travel with Confidence’ policy. The new policy applies to new bookings made by 31st December 2020.

This article explains Qatar’s original ‘Travel with Confidence’ policy. The changes now mean that:

• Date changes are free for travel up to 31st December 2021. This applies whether your flight is cancelled or still operating.
• Destination changes are free if your original booking is cancelled, for travel up to 31st December 2021.
• You can choose to swap your ticket value for Qmiles if you wish to cancel. You will now receive 80 Qmiles per $1 spent (previously 100 per $1).
• You can, on request, have the validity of your ticket extended up to two years from the date you originally booked
• The option to cash in your ticket for a Qatar Airways voucher, topped up by an extra 10% of the base fare and valid for two years, remains

If you are not a Qatar Airways Privilege Club member, you can only change the destination within the same country or to another country within 500 miles.

You can find full details of the flash sale on the Qatar Airways website here.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.