Avios redemptions at the O2 now come with £400 to spend on food and drink

We’ve covered Privilege Club Collection a few times recently. This is the new events platform launched by Qatar Airways Privilege Club which allows you to use your Avios for VIP tickets to key entertainment and sporting events (British Grand Prix coming soon, Monaco Grand Prix available now).

Tickets for the O2 concerts come with access to The NinetyThird, the new private club at The O2. My review of The NinetyThird launch event is here and Qatar Airways has the naming rights. You also get to take some Instagram pictures from The Walkway, pictured below.

The NinetyThird has multiple bars, including a champagne bar, and multiple places to eat including a fine dining restaurant.

Qatar Airways has had some teething problems delivering food and drink to people who buy O2 tickets for Avios via Privilege Club Collection. It now seems to have come up with a solution.

If you redeem Avios for an O2 event via Privilege Club Collection, it will come with £400 to spend at The NinetyThird. Between two people. You don’t need me to tell you that you’re going to get a pretty good night from that:

You can check out the auctions currently available by clicking here. As you can see, the WWE wrestling is currently priced at 10,100 Avios. Thirty Seconds To Mars is currently at 2,100 Avios as you can see above. These packages come with £400 to spend on food and drink between you and your guest in The NinetyThird, remember.

(EDIT: a reader has posted his experience of using the £400 credit in the comments below)

How can you bid for Privilege Club Collection experiences?

You must have Avios in a Qatar Airways Privilege Club account before you can bid. It is NOT good enough to have Avios in a British Airways Executive Club account which is linked to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account. You must have physically moved Avios across to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account.

(One snag here is that you can’t use the entire balance of a British Airways Executive Club household account to bid. The only Avios you can move into a Qatar Airways Privilege Club account are those in your own personal account. If you have 100,000 Avios and your partner has 50,000 Avios to give you a household balance of 150,000 Avios, the most you could use to bid for a single Privilege Club Collection auction is 100,000 – ie your own balance.)

Your must have enough Avios in your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account to match your maximum bid. You cannot bid more than your current Avios balance, and you cannot set a future auto-bid which is higher than your balance.

This Head for Points article explains how to link your BA and Qatar Airways Privilege Club accounts and transfer Avios between them. Transfers are free, instant and can be reversed at any time.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 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:

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.

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

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.