Source: Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Privilege Club has announced it will supersede Qmiles and adopt Avios as its new points currency .

Qatar Airways will be adopting Avios as its points currency starting late March, and replacing Qmiles. Currently, the airline's Privilege Club members earn Qmiles with the program, and the points currency can be redeemed for flights, upgrades, and other experiences.

Privilege Guild members will now be able to earn Avios when flying with Qatar Airways, OneWorld airline partners, and a number of financial and lifestyle partners.

However despite bidding goodbye to Qmiles, Qatar Airways will concur onto its other loyalty currencies. This includes Qpoints, which track and determine status, and Qcredits, which are earned by the Privilege Club Gold and Platinum members and are used for upgrades, accolade booking fees, and backlog baggage.

What Privilege Gild members need to know

  • All Privilege Club members' existing Qmiles balances volition change automatically to Avios on a i:1 ratio footing by late March.
  • In that location will be no change to the expiration date of Qmiles once they catechumen to Avios.
  • Redemption rates will as well remain unchanged, a Privilege Guild redemption volition cost the same number of miles regardless of whether they are Qmiles or Avios.
  • At that place will be more ways to earn and redeem Qatar Airways points, equally Avios is a much larger points program than Qatar Airways Privilege Guild.
  • Avios will be "fully transferable betwixt Privilege Society and British Airways Executive Club," co-ordinate to a Qatar Airways Privilege Order spokesperson.
  • The process of Qatar Airways Privilege Social club members obtaining upgrades on British Airways and Iberia will be simpler.

About Avios

Avios has a portfolio of partners that stretches to over 200 global brands including American Express, Nectar, Avis Budget Group and Marriott. The collection of the currency is non limited to travel, as information technology tin can also exist earned from shopping, leisure and financial services.

The currency is owned and managed by IAG Loyalty, and then naturally, Avios is the points currency of the International Airlines Group (IAG) carriers. This includes British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, and Vueling.

Notably, Qatar Airways is the largest shareholder of IAG, which in turn owns each airline that uses Avios as its currency. In early 2020, Qatar Airways appear that it increased its shareholding in IAG, with its shares rising from 21.4% to 25%.

Qatar Airways volition be the fifth carrier to have its reward program powered past the currency, will aggrandize Avios' reach to an additional 35 million frequent flyers worldwide.

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Qatar Airways Group Master Executive Akbar Al Baker states that the transition from Qmiles to Avios will marker a "basis-breaking new era for Privilege Club", as it will enable the airline's loyal members to participate in the "most compelling loyalty network and the largest portfolio of partners in the industry."

More details will exist announced closer to the transition date. For at present, travel experts say that individuals with Qmiles or Avios should be optimistic and expect more earning and redemption options will come subsequently this year.

Qatar Airways Privilege Society is the Official Frequent Flyer Programme of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

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