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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Qatar Airways has launched an exclusive sale for Privilege Club members. There are discounts of up to 25% off the base fare (excluding taxes and charges) when you book before 28th August 2022.

For four days only, you can save up to 25% on Economy flights and 12% on Business Class and First Class flights from the UK to destinations including Cape Town, the Maldives, Sydney and more.

You will also get a bonus 2,500 Avios for all flight bookings made from today until 28th August.

How does the offer work?

You will need to be logged in to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account to access both the discount and the bonus Avios.

Once logged in, search using the promo code 25YEARS in the booking widget.

The promo code discount is deducted from the ‘fare per passenger’ amount visible in the price breakdown summary after flight selection. We are writing this before the sale goes live so we can’t give any pricing examples unfortunately.

Why join Privilege Club?

If you are yet to join Privilege Club, you can sign up here. As well as being able to get up to 25% off flights in this offer, there are additional benefits to joining the Qatar Airways loyalty programme.

Back in March, Qatar Airways officially adopted Avios as its frequent flyer currency. This was an exciting change, and has meant that if you already collect Avios, signing up to Privilege Club is a sensible move. Here are just a few reasons why:

  • Qatar Airways has lower taxes than British Airways. When comparing British Airways and Qatar Airways redemptions to the same city, you should find that taxes and charges are lower on the Qatar Airways flight.
  • Qatar Airways redemption flights starting outside the UK are great value. Qatar Airways has a broad network of departure points across Europe, allowing you to save a substantial amount on Air Passenger Duty and UK airport charges.
Qatar Airways Qsuite
  • Qatar Airways has a superior Business Class product to British Airways, especially if you can secure flights with Qsuite – read our June 2022 review here
  • You can use ‘Cash and Avios’ alongside these sale fares to reduce the cash cost of your ticket further. You can pay up to a maximum of 50% of your flight cost with Avios.

You can read about the Qatar Airways and Avios partnership in this article.

The small print ….

The booking period is from 25th August to 28th August 2022. You must travel from 1st September 2022 to 28th August 2023.

Departures can be from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester and Edinburgh. Not all routes are included, but the list of destinations is considerable.

Full details of the sale are on this page of the Qatar Airways site. The full list of qualifying destinations is in the Terms & Conditions section.

If you are not already a member of Qatar Airways Privilege Club, you can sign up here.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2024)

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:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

Huge 80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

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, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) and NO FX fees Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

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.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

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

Comments (56)

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  • krys_k says:

    12% business discount isn’t particularly impressive (or maybe it is given the way the market is, and I’m just comparing to halcyon days of yore). Any likely sales to SEA from Europe coming up? Would snap those up.

  • Paul says:

    Just did quick booking to DPS for midweek next June for 2. With the discount the fare in business is a dizzying and eye watering £12k,
    Qatar are good, very good in fact but never £6,000 good

  • tony says:

    Oman Air have good prices on their slightly convoluted BHX-FRA-MCT-BKK route. £1700. About the same into KUL, too…

  • Andrew J says:

    As the author hasn’t taken the time to highlight any bargains, I’m guessing this is another QR “sale” that’s not worth my time exploring?

    • Rob says:

      We don’t know – the sale didn’t go live until midnight.

    • points_worrier says:

      Yes. I have been closely following a business ticket I am about to buy. The code is giving me a 2% discount on business. It is a saving, but minimal.

    • pbcold says:

      I am so grateful that my mind does not work like this.

  • memesweeper says:

    Genuine savings to Africa in Economy — result.

  • Chris says:

    I need to buy a ticket LHR to Singapore and thought this sounded like a pretty good deal.

    Unfortunately despite logging in to my QR account, and typing the code… The final price was not even 1p less than the non discount code. And i did comparisons on the app and the website.

    • Paul says:

      EX SOF the QR fare is just £1500 to SIN.

      • Lady London says:

        ….and that SOF fare used to go all the way to SYD often enough at 2/3rds the price and very occasionally less, very few years ago

    • Lady London says:

      Sounds a bit like what BA seems to quite a lot with Inverness.

      The govt does not charge APD out of there but BA seems to “claw it back” a lot of the time by somehow upping their own fares so it’s not much cheaper than other airports.

      • Andrew says:

        “Somehow” being relatively easy as they set their own fares on an origin-destination basis 😉

        Next time we hear airlines bleating about how removing/reducing APD would lead to lower fares we can remember this worked example!

        Fares are set based on price expectation and what the market will bear, not cost+.

  • Bob says:

    The first 3 bullets on benefits of joining the QR programme you also get through your Exec Club account.

  • Chad McChadface says:

    These QR codes are usually a waste of time and a poor advertorial standard for the site.

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