Get a 50% bonus when you buy Avios via Qatar Airways Privilege Club

Qatar Airways (yes Qatar Airways, not British Airways) has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. The link to buy is here.

Until 8th September, you will receive up to a 50% bonus when you buy Avios.

You can buy on this page of the Qatar Airways Privilege Club website.

The Avios can only be credited to a Qatar Airways Privilege Club account. You can move them into a British Airways Executive Club account by linking your BA and Qatar Airways accounts via the process here.

There is no minimum purchase, although your bonus depends on how many Avios you buy.  For me, the 50% bonus kicks in with a 36,000 Avios transaction. Smaller transactions, from 5,000 Avios, attract a 20% or 30% bonus.

You can only buy if there has previously been ‘activity’ on your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account. Transferring in 1,000 Avios from British Airways would count, even if the Avios were immediately transferred back.

What does it cost?

At the top end, you will pay 1.16p per Avios under this offer.

The most you can buy is 250,000 Avios with a 125,000 bonus, for a total of 375,000 Avios for £4,375.

Based on my spreadsheet of the last 9 million Avios I redeemed, I got 1.23p of value – and this is based on very conserative valuations for the flights I booked. If you have a plan to use the Avios, because you should never buy speculatively, then this is not a bad opportunity.

You can check pricing on this page of the Qatar Airways Privilege Club website.