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by Ben Schlappig Guest July 2, 2017, 4:26 pm

Qatar Award Points Transfers?

Anonymous Guest
July 2, 2017, 4:26 pm

Hi Ben,

Absolutely love the blog, and it is seriously one of the most enjoyable parts of my day.

Just had a quick one: I wanted to upgrade from Qatar Economy to Business, and there seem to be some (award?) seats still showing available for this weekend, that are open for upgrade using Qmiles. Since I have a large store of Qantas Points, I was planning to use those, until I found that Qatar doesn’t accept them. Is there any way around this, or another airline’s FF program which can request for upgrades? I have a large number of points in both SQ and QF FF programs.

Thanks for any help!

Jack
freshthoughts New Member
July 3, 2017, 6:53 am

I’m pretty sure you can only you Qmiles for upgrades on Qatar airways and like most airlines out of star alliance you need to use the operating carriers miles/points to upgrade.
if you can just transfer some miles from amex or citi.
MidSouthSkier Community Ambassador
July 3, 2017, 9:40 am

Jack, did Qatar issue the ticket or did one of their partners? If Qatar issued it then [USER=2418]@freshthoughts[/USER] is right and you’d have to use Qmiles to upgrade – assuming the fare is even in an upgradeable fare class.
rickyw Community Ambassador
July 3, 2017, 11:53 am

[QUOTE=”freshthoughts, post: 33281, member: 2418″]I’m pretty sure you can only you Qmiles for upgrades on Qatar airways and like most airlines out of star alliance you need to use the operating carriers miles/points to upgrade.
if you can just transfer some miles from amex or citi.[/QUOTE]

While Star Alliance does have the same upgrade restrictions… just thought I’d clarify that Qatar and Qantas are members of Oneworld

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