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Qatar Airways Privilege Club
Program overview
Privilege Club is a loyalty program of Qatar Airways, one of the best airlines in the world with a wide route network (including US gateways). As a Oneworld member, this program has many airline partners.
This program is not the best for redeeming miles. However, if you use Qatar Airways frequently and want to get all the benefits of the Elite status, take a look.
Alliance | |
Program website | |
Approximate miles value | Varies |
Miles validity | Your Qmiles are valid for a minimum of three years and expire at the end of the half-year period in which they were earned |
Program accrual | Based on the fare paid |
Limit on amount of miles you can purchase | Buy up to 250,000 Qmiles per calendar year |
Waitlist option | No |
Courtesy Hold for award reservation | Not allowed |
Do you need to open an account to check availability? | Yes |
Stopover option | Stopovers and open jaws are not allowed on award bookings |
Family account | Yes |
Upgrade option | Yes |
Online booking | Yes, but not all partners can be booked online |
Airline partners | American Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qantas, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Bangkok Airways, GOL, MEA |
Credit card partners | Citi ThankYou (1:1, 2 days transfer) |
Hotel partners | Marriott Bonvoy (3:1, 3 days transfer), Hilton Honors (10:1, up to 30 days transfer), World of Hyatt (2.5:1, 6-8 weeks transfer), Radisson Rewards (10:1, 4-6 weeks transfer), Accor Live Limitless (2:1, 4-6 weeks transfer) |
Co-Branded credit card in the US | None |
Point/Miles Conversion Chart
Pros
- Excellent Qatar Airways service
- Family program to pool miles
Cons
- No stopovers
- No award tickets for infants
- Most of the awards need a lot of miles
Excellent for
- Flights from the US to Doha for 70,000 miles in Business class one way or 35,000 miles in Economy.
- American and Iberia Airlines flights from the US to Europe start from 70,000 miles in Business Class one way.
Insider Tip
- Not all partner flights are displayed online. In this case try to check through other Oneworld members for award availability (AAdvantage, British Executive Club or Qantas) and call Qatar Airways to book using miles.
- The Homebase Stopover Strategy works well for Qatar based travelers.
Do you use this program? Share your experience and tips in the comments below. Your thoughts would be very valuable to us!
Choose where you are going from and to by selecting the respective zones. There are two ways to choose your origin and destination - you can either select the zones they fall into on the map or by clicking on the bars above the map and entering the city name or airport code into the search fields.
- Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
- Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
- Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name.
- Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page.
- The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each.
- Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account. Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like.
- Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Do not transfer any miles until you confirm the desired option is available on the airline’s website. Note the transfer time and hold the reservation if possible before transferring any miles.
- Remember all transfers are final as you would not be able to send the points back to your credit card. If your trip is cancelled your miles will go back to the respective airline account.
- Transferring points to airline's frequent flyer programs is not the only way to obtain the award ticket. You can also redeem the points through your credit card directly by using the Book Travel option. You can find out more by checking out our Credit card reward tab on Wikimiles home page.
- WikiMiles Crew is always here to answer any questions. For an additional fee we can also assist you with the bookings. Use the Contact us section to reach out to us.
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