Qatar Airways Privilege Club is one of a few major carriers in the Avios ecosystem. If you’re unfamiliar, Avios is the spendable ‘points currency’ of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair and Vueling. You can link up your accounts between these airlines and swap Avios at a 1:1 rate.
Privilege Club members enjoy great reward seat pricing and no fuel surcharges for Qatar Airways Business Class, including the famed Qsuites. We certainly see great potential here, as long as Qatar Airways doesn’t devalue other aspects of Avios later on.
How do I book a Qatar Airways flight with Avios?
The process of booking a reward flight with Avios is similar to before. Start off by logging in to your Privilege Club account. You can search for most reward seats straight from the Qatyar Airways homepage.
Using Avios for Qatar Airways Business Class flights represents excellent value because the carrier charges are lower than many other airlines. For 90,000 Avios and around A$400 in fees and taxes, you can enjoy a Business reward from Europe to Australia in Business Class (including Qsuites on selected routes).
Booking partner airline reward flights.
Since April 2025, you can also book Garuda flights with Avios. This includes the airlines’ services from Sydney and Melbourne to Bali, both on the Airbus A330-300 with lie-flat seats in Business Class. For either Australian route, you’ll spend:
- Economy: 16,000 Avios + ~A$105 one-way
- Business: 40,000 Avios + ~A$105 one-way
You can find these seats by directly searching from the Qatar Airways homepage when logged in.
How do I earn Avios from flights?
You can earn thousands of Avios from flying Qatar Airways and partner airlines. The amount you should gain is displayed during the booking process on Qatar Airway’s website. But you can also use the Qcalculator to determine how many Avios your next flight will earn.
Unsurprisingly, the higher the fare you book, the more Avios you earn. From Sydney to London, you could earn anywhere from 38,280 to 65,622 Avios on a return Business Class booking! Given that a one-way Business Reward on the same route is 90,000 Avios, those aren’t bad earn rates.
Summing up
Privilege Club is a strong program to consider for Australian frequent flyers. The airline is also a transfer partner of American Express in Australia, so you can convert 2 Membership Rewards points to 1 Avios.
With many reward options, including Economy full-service flights to Bali from 16,000 Avios and Business Class all the way to Europe from 90,000 Avios (both plus fees and taxes), Avios is a strong points ‘currency’ to hold.
It’s also flexible since you can transfer them to British Airways or Finnair for preferential pricing on some routes. Avios are handy for short-haul flights with those carriers, plus partner airlines such as Qantas.
American Express Platinum Card
- Sign-up Bonus:
- 200,000 bonus Membership Rewards Points¹
- Rewards Earn Rate:
- Earn 2.25 Membership Rewards points per $1 on all eligible purchases, except for spend with government bodies, for which you will earn 1 point per $1 spent
- Annual Fee:
- $1,450 p.a.
- Offer expires
- 25 August 2026
- Enjoy 200,000 bonus Membership Rewards Points¹ when you spend $5,000 on eligible purchases in the first 3 months. (Offer available to new American Express Card Members only. Offer ends 25 August 2026. T&Cs apply.) Unlock premium perks including unlimited airport lounge access, international travel insurance, Amex Hotels and Resorts benefits, up to $400 in Global Dining Credit¹⁰, and a $450 Travel Credit⁵ each year. Earn up to 2.25 Membership Rewards Points per $1 on eligible spend. The annual fee is $1,450.
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Brandon,
Maybe you can help with this question…
I’m looking to book some J seats using Avios on QR for next year. On QR’s WEB site they show no availability for my dates. However, on BA’s WEB site, they show several days that have J availability. Phantom space? Or transfer my points to BA and book ‘em.
Thanks!
The only one way Avios deals I can find in Business Class for any flight near or far is the flexi one @ 180,000 points one way between Aus and Europe.
I agree, Roger. It’s been very frustrating. Even when I try booking the very day the seats are released, they’re all 2x points. The calculator is showing you the base points but it’s BS.
How can I assimilate Avios points for Qatar Airways while living in Australia, other than booking the flights? Any loyalty programmes/ transfer reward points from credit cards to Avios,…etc? Thank you.
Since Qatar will now be using Avios, I am also planning to use Qatar for a trip next year by paying for it. I have read the articles on Avios and Qatar but still confused on what to do, thus my questions below :
1. How do I get to earn Avios points, where do I need to enrol ? Do I need to open an account in the Qatar Privilege Club ? Or is there an Avios account I need to enrol ?
2. If I fly Vueling or Iberia while in Europe, how do I get it to credit the points to my Avios account ?
3. If I fly Virgin Australia or Qantas, is it better to earn Avios points rather than the individual airline FF program ? Which will give me more bang for my points aside from having more availability. I am enrolled in Velocity, Qantas FF and Krisflyer. I have been fortunate to recently booked rewards on SQ flying to Europe next year before the devaluation happened !
4. Can you also book reward flights for someone using Avios ?
I am trying to check if I can book a Biz class in Qatar using my Velocity points. In your article it says the maximum for a Biz Rewards is around 139K points. I’ve tried to book SYD-BCN in Aug 1 but the Economy rewards is showing as 127K points. I am even seeing 140K points also in Economy on several dates. Not sure if I am missing something ?
Hi Lorna, looks like you’re seeing ‘Any Seat’ pricing rather than ‘Reward Seats’. The fixed-rate pricing (e.g. 139,000 points to Europe in Business) shows under ‘Economy Reward’, ‘Business Reward’ or “First Reward’.
Thanks Brandon, I did see that now !
Am I missing something with Avios prices? I’m generally getting about double what is quoted above. eg Perth to Dublin is 1800000 Avios in November 2022. However even if I try to replicate the Paris Melbourne fare in August 2023 (ie as far out as I can go) I’m still getting 180000. Is this an availability issue (Like Business Saver/Classic/flexi etc with other airlines)? If I use the calculator it tells me Perth Dublin should be 90000.
Hi Kris, double pricing (indicated by a green Q2 banner) is a Qatar Airways Flex Award. It means there are no more ‘Saver’ awards left at the proper rate.
What are the credit cards we can transfer points from if any?
It’s now been confirmed by Qatar Airways Privilege Club that Avios “will be fully transferable between Privilege Club and British Airways Executive Club”, this allows travellers on both airlines to pool their Avios into a single account.
In addition, BA and Qatar Airways will increase the number of Avios-based reward seats across their flights, to accomodate an expected jump in demand once both airlines are sharing a common currency’.