How To Redeem Qatar Airways Avios On JetBlue

So I just bought some Avios a week ago when they had 40% bonus and been trying to book JAL flights that I see available with either First or J on Qatar’s site/app but without any luck. Apparently, and I didn’t know that, when you book you are actually sending a request and they have to check the space. Once I figured that out, I sent a request and waited almost a week before I called/chatted with them. Their agents are 100% useless (I’m silver with them), I ended up opening 5 or 6 other requests all gone unanswered until this AM where they blasted me with refusal on all of them due to “unable to confirm a seat”

I get it but their site and their process are misleading at best. Their (un)Privileged Club customer support is beyond horrible. I feel like I’m stuck with these points after paying for them and most likely I’ll have to waste them on AA or JetBlue flights (which by the way don’t show international routes from the app)

I've used QR's website to book QR flights, which can be done online (QR bookings aren't "requests" requiring later contact) and the process was satisfactory. On two different bookings, I needed to contact QR for changes. On one, I used LiveChat and the service was very good and competent, with my desired result achieved in one session. In the other case, I phoned and again the result I wanted was achieved in one call. So, based upon my two direct experiences with Customer Support, my rating is 4/5, not "beyond horrible" as you rate them.

So 74k-78k Avios, vs how many True Blue points. Given that TB points are at a fixed value (say $0.015), that translates to a cash equivalent fare of $1,170 for an Avios redemption at 78K.

Be helpful to provide that as a comparison/baseline for those people who have the option of transferring points.

Transfer it to BA and book it via there. The Avios amount is the same and the taxes are better there.

What the cancellation policy is if booking JetBlue using Qatar Avios?

While the amount of points seems to be high, I could see value in this, if you’re effectively getting close to a refundable fare.

Good point; although for Mint the fixed value is closer to $0.013, so the breakeven point where you're better off transferring points to TB vs Avios is $1014, give or take. And at that point, if you have the Biz Plat or Chase Sapphire Reserve, then you're better off just booking through the credit card travel portal and paying with points vs transferring the points to TB.

Beats 410,000 miles one way on Delta!

It seems to me - though maybe I'm doing it incorrectly - that you can only see Jetblue inventory on Qatar's website if you already have the requisite number of points in your account. Is that right? Every search I run comes back with zero results and a message saying "You need 78000 points for this trip." I even ran the exact dates you have in the article and get the same message.

Has anybody actually been able to perform a search on Qatar's website...? Been trying for months now and even if you're able to get past the login screen (keeps erroring out, then you have to prove you're not a robot by selecting the crosswalk images for 15 hours, then you have to reset your password which somehow is *too* secure for their system, then finally you have to log in and enter a texted number which comes at the 59th second out of 60 seconds allowed) I just get stuck at the search function which never completes. Tried on multiple browsers.

So, I'm trying to do a search on Qatar's website after logged into my privelege club account. Trying for LAS>BOS. If I try "book award flight" Las Vegas does not show up in the "From" box. (I must select from a dropdown that populates. I can't just enter LAS).

So then I try the "Flights with other partners" tab and select JetBlue. That one allows me to select Las Vegas in the "From" section, but not Boston in the "To" section. (Again, I must select from an autopopulated dropdown list after I start typing).

There is definitely availability in Mint on JetBlue's website for the dates that I'm searching.

Any thoughts on why you can't search certain city pairs?

Jetblue flight from CDG to JFK not showing up on Qatar website, even on cash