Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Qatar Airways is a British Airways oneworld partner, letting you earn and redeem Avios and British Airways Club tier points on its flights.
It also has its own frequent flyer program called Privilege Club which adopted Avios as its currency in 2022.
The Qatar Airways homepage is here.
This article shows you how to link your British Airways Avios account to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios account.
A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards airline status by booking a package holiday. You have always earned tier points if you booked .....
A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards .....
15 Mar 202515 March 2025 • 14 comments
A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards airline status by booking a package holiday. You have always earned tier points if you booked .....
A relatively new development in the frequent flyer world has been the ability to earn tier points towards .....
9 Mar 20259 March 2025 • 52 comments
Qatar Airways. Nary a day goes by when the airline doesn’t win an award. On board and online, it trumpets its eight consecutive win as the ‘World’s Best Airline’ from Skytrax. .....
Qatar Airways. Nary a day goes by when the airline doesn’t win an award. On board and online, it .....
8 Mar 20258 March 2025 • 229 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer your points into selected frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer your points into selected frequent flyer schemes. .....
4 Mar 20254 March 2025 • 7 comments
A new airline is now bookable using Avios points – Airlink. Based in Johannesburg, Airlink is the second largest airline in Africa in terms of annual flights. Many readers will remember that the .....
A new airline is now bookable using Avios points – Airlink. Based in Johannesburg, Airlink is the second .....
27 Feb 202527 February 2025 • 47 comments
What is the cheapest way of buying Avios points? It is likely that, at some point, you will need to buy Avios in order to make a redemption booking. It is rarely great value but if you are just .....
What is the cheapest way of buying Avios points? It is likely that, at some point, you will need to buy Avios .....
25 Feb 202525 February 2025 • 32 comments
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. Before the pandemic, my honest answer was ‘don’t bother – use cash’. .....
I get a steady stream of emails asking about how to book Avios tickets to Australia or New Zealand. .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025 • 119 comments
Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay for a cash ticket via bank transfer. ‘Pay by Bank’ has become increasingly .....
Qatar Airways has launched an interesting new feature which allows you to earn additional Avios when you pay .....
17 Feb 202517 February 2025 • 71 comments
Qatar Airways (yes Qatar Airways, not British Airways) has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. The link to buy is here. It is branded as a ‘mystery bonus’ but most .....
Qatar Airways (yes Qatar Airways, not British Airways) has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus .....
30 Jan 202530 January 2025 • 40 comments
Qatar Airways has been struggling for years to get greater access to the Australian market, in the face of substantial lobbying from Qantas. It came up with a cunning plan which I will explain below. .....
Qatar Airways has been struggling for years to get greater access to the Australian market, in the face of .....
21 Jan 202521 January 2025 • 63 comments
The new British Airways system for earning status, outlined in detail here, seemed to signal the end of the tier point run. With BA flights earning 1 tier point per £1 of net spending, a Silver card .....
The new British Airways system for earning status, outlined in detail here, seemed to signal the end of the .....
20 Jan 202520 January 2025 • 81 comments
If you are passing through Doha’s Hamad Airport this Christmas or New Year, there is a special offer if you earn or spend Avios in Qatar Duty Free. You have been able to use your Avios to pay, .....
If you are passing through Doha’s Hamad Airport this Christmas or New Year, there is a special offer if .....
19 Dec 202419 December 2024 • 13 comments
Qatar Airways Privilege Club has extended its partnership with Marriott Bonvoy. You have always been able to convert Bonvoy points into Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios at the usual 3:1 rate, but .....
Qatar Airways Privilege Club has extended its partnership with Marriott Bonvoy. You have always been able to .....
6 Dec 20246 December 2024 • 13 comments
Three months ago I wrote an article about why Virgin Atlantic should have a ‘suite guarantee’. The background was that a New York trip I had booked on the A330neo – Virgin’s .....
Three months ago I wrote an article about why Virgin Atlantic should have a ‘suite guarantee’. The .....
4 Dec 20244 December 2024 • 48 comments
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