Award System
Qatar Airways' Privilege Club
Max. Point Value 1.20 ¢
Do Points Expire? Yes
Point Transfer Options
Transfer To Spouse/Partner Yes - $$
Transfer To Friends Yes - $$
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Travel Partner Transfers
Outside Point System Qatar Airways' Privilege Club
Transfers Out To
4.5:1 0% value retained
Transfers In From
2:1 0% value retained
1:1 75% value retained
1:1 80% value retained
1:1 92% value retained
1:1 75% value retained
10:1 24% value retained
3:1 57% value retained
1:1 92% value retained
5:2 28% value retained
The Highlights
Qatar now uses Avios, which makes it flexible — but not always cheap.
- QSuites redemptions (especially U.S. to Doha) can offer solid value, particularly during transfer bonuses.
- However, Qatar charges high surcharges, sometimes adding $500+ to business class redemptions.
- Award pricing is segment-based, which makes long itineraries expensive.
- Transfers from Amex, Citi, Capital One, Chase, and Bilt, with near-instant transfer speeds.
- Not bad for one-off premium redemptions, but fees and pricing structure limit day-to-day usefulness.
What to Know About This Point System
The Qatar Privilege Club is the loyalty program for Qatar Airways. The program features 2 separate currencies: Qpoints and Qmiles.
Qpoints are earned by flying with Qatar or any of its partner airlines and are used to improve your elite tier status. There are 4 tiers: Burgundy, Silver, Gold and Platinum. As you move up in tiers, you’ll earn additional perks, including lounge access and free excess baggage.
Qmiles are used to book award flights. You’ll earn Qmiles by making purchases with Qatar’s airline, hotel, car rental and other partners. You can also earn points on credit cards that can be transferred to Qatar. Qmiles can be transferred from Citi Thank You Rewards at a rate of 1:1, from Capital One at a 2:1.5 rate and from Marriott at a transfer rate of 3:1.
Qatar is a member of the Oneworld alliance, so your Qmiles can be used with partner airlines, which include American Airlines, British Airways and Cathay Pacific, to name a few. Qatar also has partnerships with a few other airlines outside of the Oneworld alliance.
Note that when booking a flight with Qmiles, you’ll be charged a booking fee of $25 for economy, $50 for business class and $75 for first class per flight.
Bottom Line: The Qatar Privilege Club is ideal if you fly often on Qatar Airways. But since the company is part of the Oneworld alliance, your Qmiles can also be used with other major airlines like American Airlines, British Airways and Cathay Pacific.
Associated Alliance
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How to Redeem
Redeem for Airfare
The best way to redeem Qatar Avios is to book an award flight on Qatar Airways or one of its many partners. Qatar offers an Award Flight Finder that lets you search availability and pricing by month. You must have an account and be logged in to use it.
You can also search directly from the home page. Click on “Book Flights,” check the box that says “Book using Avios,” then enter your route and dates to see available award flights.
Qatar does not publish an award chart for its own flights. Awards are priced by geographic zone and follow peak and off-peak pricing. For partner redemptions, Qatar uses the British Airways partner chart, though it’s not publicly published and does not apply to every partner. American Airlines and Alaska Airlines follow a different chart (also unpublished).
Status Levels Explained
Qatar has four elite status tiers, beginning with Burgundy, which you receive simply by signing up. You can qualify for the higher tiers by earning Qpoints. These are earned by flying on Qatar, flying with its partners, or by using one of Qatar’s co-branded credit cards. Use the online calculator to see how many Qpoints you’ll earn from a specific flight.
Parameters for earning Qpoints and status rules:
- You must earn the required number of Qpoints within a 12-month period.
- At least 20% of those points must come from flights marketed or operated by Qatar Airways.
- When you earn a new tier, that date becomes your renewal date.
- You can then upgrade by earning enough Qpoints within the following 12 months.
- To renew your status, you can earn a smaller number of Qpoints over 12 months or a higher total over 24 months.
- Instead of meeting the 20% Qatar-flight requirement, you can also renew your status by flying four Qatar-operated segments for a 12-month renewal or eight segments for a 24-month renewal.
What to Know Before Canceling
Your Qatar Avios will not expire as long as you hold one of the co-branded cards, so keep that in mind if you plan to cancel. Keeping your Avios active should be easy, since they only expire after 36 months of no activity. Any earning or redeeming of Avios counts as activity. Transferring Avios between any of the airlines that use the currency also resets the clock, as does transferring points from a credit card partner.
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