The Qatar Airways Privilege Club isn’t a frequent flyer programme we’ve had much interest in over the last couple of years, following a significant stealth devaluation in May 2018, increasing award rates by over 40% with zero notice. That left many members with Qmiles balances seriously out of pocket, and rightly miffed over the situation.
Earlier this year Qatar Airways offered a status match for elite members of several other frequent flyer programmes, including Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, which is when the Privilege Club programme popped up on our radar again for the first time in a while.
The major benefit there was that a year of Privilege Club Gold or Platinum status was equivalent to holding oneworld Sapphire or Emerald tiers for that period, unlocking access to some great lounges at Changi Airport when flying Economy Class with a oneworld carrier like Malaysia Airlines or Qantas.
More recently the Qatar programme has come back under our spotlight when the airline changed to an activity-based miles expiry policy, and just last week when we revealed that the airline had rolled back its award rates to the far more attractive early 2018 levels.
New member promotion
This latest offer from Qatar provides new Privilege Club members with a bonus of 2,500 Qmiles just for signing up to the programme, plus an additional 5,000 Qmiles and 50 Qpoints (which help you climb the status ladder) when taking any paid Qatar Airways flight between now and 31st March 2021.
Join Qatar Airways Privilege Club using promo code OALQ320T12 and receive 2,500 bonus Qmiles right away. When you take your first flight as a Privilege Club member, fast-track your tier status with 50 bonus Qpoints, you’ll enjoy 5,000 bonus Qmiles too.
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In terms of status, the 50 Qpoints for those taking a paid flight before the end of March next year will get you one-third of the way towards the airline’s Silver tier.
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