Qatar Airways Privilege Club has just massively lowered its partner award costs, without taking anything away. In an era of nonstop award devaluations, this sure is a treat!
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Does QR have the special carve out for short-haul North America awards? Because if not, that would represent a sweet spot over BA for flights under 650 miles
QR comped me to Privilege Club Gold a few years ago when I signed an interline partnership agreement with them and for some reason (pandemic presumably to begin with?) they keep extending my status despite never having credited a single mile to them! I've made a few friends happy by using the annual upgrades to bump them up into QSuites in the meanwhile.
Other than that. Privilege Club is a trainsmash.
It would be nice to have a comparison between the Avios programs. Specifically, I'm thinking about where I should store my Avios. How do expiration policies differ, for example.
Still amazes me how IAG has created at least 4 front-ends to Avios, rather than creating one unified program like Miles & More or Flying Blue. I have sympathy for anyone who has to deal with Iberia Avios, as they are just impossible to deal with.
Can you book awards on AA domestic flights using the QR partner redemption rates? If so, that is a great deal!
Good old IB Avios... To be fair I'd rather have them over Skypesos. Heck, I'd even go as far as saying that their 2018 90k-for-300€ promotion was a top 10 miles deal of the past decade, which at least back then was the equivalent of a EU-NA business roundtrip.
They may be impossible to deal with but they haven't devalued for IB operated flights in years. It's the best deal in town if you can find availability. They also frequently target random accounts for 50% off which is also a smoking deal.
The 90k promotion was a top 1 deal for me. I can't think of another miles deal that compares (other than sign up bonuses offered by credit cards which I don't count).
I didn't think you could book LATAM anymore with Avios once they went to Delta. I got excited when I read this, but I really don't think you can anymore. I hope I am wrong though. Saves a lot of money for same County South American Flights.
I wonder if Qatar's ff plan shows AA award availability any better than BA's website. I recently had to call up BA because their website wasn't showing award availability from LIH to PHX that I saw on AA.com and Alaska's website. So after checking for a few minutes the rep found 2 seats on the flight I wanted and said that they have been having issues with availability not showing up on their website that should be there.
So we can redeem BA via Qatar, but will it still come with the YR surcharge? If not, then calling in might be worth it.
QR charges a $35 per segment fee for redemptions on QR metal. Ben, were you able to confirm whether these fees also apply to partner awards?
Qatar Airways doesnt show any availability for American Airlines. It only shows for BA flights. Looks like their site is not updated.
LATAM basically only cut ties with American after Delta bought a stake in them. They still maintained individual ties with other Oneworld airlines. LATAM never joined Skyteam. Only AA was dropped due to them being a direct competitor to DL.
I don't think so, but after the BA Avios unannounced devaluation for AA metal, QR is a better deal. Keep in mind that the fees are about $10/flight vs $5.60 with BA/IB
How? When I input domestic flights that are available on AA Qatar wants to only route me through London!