Qatar Airways’ monthly Privilege Deals are back for a third round, with 25% off Avios awards to and from a fresh list of cities for travel in October and November 2026.
As before, the discount applies to standard Avios award rates on a rotating list of cities to and from Doha, and Singapore is included for Economy Class redemptions for the second month running.
Business Class seekers in this part of the world are less well served this time. Manila, Hanoi and Colombo have all dropped off, and none of the ten Business Class cities is in the Asia-Pacific region – though as we’ll explain, that doesn’t rule out a discounted Business Class trip to or from Changi.
The basics
| Qatar Airways Privilege Deals October 2026 |
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| Feature | Details |
| Discount | 25% |
| Cabins | Economy, Business |
| Booking window | 5 – 14 Oct 2026 |
| Travel period | 5 Oct – 30 Nov 2026 |
| Scope | Selected cities to/from Doha |
| Airline | Qatar Airways only |
The pattern has held for a third month, with a booking window running from the 5th to the 14th of the month, and travel permitted from the 5th of that month through to the end of the following one.
There’s a dedicated Privilege Deals page on the Qatar Airways website along with a published set of terms and conditions.
This month’s cities
Ten cities are included for Business or First Class awards, and nine for Economy Class, with no overlap between the two lists.
Here’s the full First Class and Business Class list.
| Business / First Class Privilege Deals October 2026 |
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| City (to/from Doha) |
Standard | Discounted |
| Salalah | 14,000 | 10,500 |
| Medina | 21,000 | 15,750 |
| Jeddah | 21,000 | 15,750 |
| Amman | 39,000 | 29,250 |
| Yerevan | 35,000 | 26,250 |
| Ankara | 35,000 | 26,250 |
| Bucharest | 35,000 | 26,250 |
| Zanzibar | 35,000 | 26,250 |
| Tunis | 35,000 | 26,250 |
| Warsaw | 43,000 | 32,250 |
Note that Qatar Airways doesn’t offer Business Class on its regional aircraft, so on several of this month’s shorter routes, such as Jeddah, the Doha sector is actually sold as regional First Class – which is why Qatar labels this list “Business / First”. The itinerary will show as ‘Mixed Class’ when you book, which is nothing to worry about.
Here’s the full Economy Class list.
| Economy Class Privilege Deals October 2026 |
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| City (to/from Doha) |
Standard | Discounted |
| Dammam | 7,000 | 5,250 |
| Muscat | 7,000 | 5,250 |
| Sharjah | 7,000 | 5,250 |
| Istanbul | 17,500 | 13,125 |
| Entebbe | 17,500 | 13,125 |
| Nice | 21,500 | 16,125 |
| Stockholm | 21,500 | 16,125 |
| Casablanca | 22,500 | 16,875 |
| Singapore | 25,000 | 18,750 |
As before, these are off-peak prices. The 25% discount applies to peak dates too, but from a base rate around 20% higher. Flexi Awards, which cost double the standard rate, are excluded from the offer.
The discount is also cabin-specific. A city on the Business Class list is discounted in Business Class only, and a city on the Economy Class list in Economy only. Tunis is a good example this month – it was on the Economy list in September, but has switched to the Business list for October, so it now prices at the usual rate in Economy.
(Photo: Qatar Airways)
Singapore makes the list again
Singapore is on the Economy list for a second month running, so you can once again start (or finish) a discounted journey at Changi without a positioning flight.
Singapore to Doha in Economy comes down from 25,000 Avios to 18,750 Avios one-way.
More usefully, because the discount carries across the whole itinerary, Singapore to anywhere in Europe via Doha drops from 37,500 Avios to 28,125 Avios, and North America from 47,500 Avios to 35,625 Avios.
Business Class is a different story. Singapore isn’t on the Business list, but because the discount only needs one end of the journey to qualify, a Business Class trip from Changi to any of the ten Business cities still picks up the full 25% – Singapore to Warsaw via Doha, for example.
The catch is that standard award space between Singapore and Doha in Business Class remains almost non-existent across the travel window. As the Singapore to Doha screenshot above shows, there are seats, but at 100,000 Avios – double the standard rate, which makes it a Flexi award, and those are excluded from the offer.
Don’t forget the segment fees
Before you get too excited about 28,125 Avios to Europe, Qatar Airways applies award segment fees to its Avios redemption tickets, and these can add up fast on longer routings.
| Qatar Airways Award Segment Fees One-way from Singapore |
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| Destination | Economy | Business |
| Europe | US$90 | US$180 |
| USA | US$125 | US$250 |
These fees apply in addition to the usual airport taxes and government charges, and they apply per one-way sector, adding a significant cash outlay on top of your miles.
The discount still doesn’t stop at Doha
The most useful feature of these deals, as we’ve covered in previous rounds, is that the saving isn’t confined to the sector that appears on the list.
If one end of your itinerary is an eligible city, the 25% discount applies to the whole journey – including the onward flight beyond Doha to a destination that isn’t part of the offer at all.
For Singapore-based readers redeeming in Economy, that opens up Qatar’s full European and North American network at 25% off, provided the cheapest award space is available on both sectors.
If it’s a Business Class seat you’re after, there’s no nearby positioning point this month, so the qualifying city will need to be at the far end of your trip.
Think of any redemption as City A to Doha to City B. Qatar Airways only needs one of those two cities to be on this month’s list, and the discount then applies to the whole journey – for example Warsaw to Doha to Bangkok in Business Class, as in the example above (Bangkok isn’t part of the offer, but Warsaw is).
Note that Qatar Airways’ calendar search can’t be trusted. It’ll happily report a blank month when discounted seats are in fact sitting there, so if you’re chasing a routing beyond the listed cities, you may need to check dates individually.
Discounted dates carry a ‘Privilege Deals’ tag in the date strip, as in the screenshots above, so they’re easy enough to pick out, and the individual flights available as part of the offer are similarly tagged once a date is selected.
Terms and conditions
Here are some terms and conditions for the Privilege Deals promotion.
- Flexi Awards are excluded, as in previous months. The discount only applies to standard award inventory.
- Avios + Cash is permitted if your balance falls short.
- Up to nine passengers per booking (subject to availability), with no cap on the number of bookings you make.
- Changes are possible, on the same fee scale as cancellations, but you’ll need to cancel and rebook rather than amend, if it’s a change you need. You’re then at the mercy of whatever’s left.
- Cancellation fees are US$25 more than 24 hours before departure, or US$100 between 3 and 24 hours. Inside three hours, neither is permitted. Privilege Club Gold and Platinum members have these fees waived entirely.
How to book
You’ll need to book directly through Qatar Airways Privilege Club, logged in, either at qatarairways.com or in the app. The discounted rates don’t appear at ba.com, so if your Avios are with British Airways you’ll need to move them across first.
Privilege Deals flights are tagged in award searches and in the Award Flight Finder, so they’re easy enough to spot once you’re in the right place.
The restriction on redeeming for other people also still applies – you can only book for yourself unless your account is at least 30 days old and you’ve previously credited a paid Qatar Airways, Oneworld or partner airline flight to it.
Earning Avios in Singapore
If you’re short of Avios points, two Singapore banks transfer into the Qatar Privilege Club. The partners don’t share a common ratio, though.
| Points to Qatar Privilege Club Avios |
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| Programme |
Ratio | Speed | Fee | |
 |
Citi Miles |
1:1 | 2-3 days | S$27.75 |
|
Citi ThankYou Points |
2.5:1 | 2-3 days | S$27.75 |
 |
HSBC Reward points |
3.5:1 | Instant | Free |
You can also transfer HeyMax Max Miles to QRPC at a 1:1 ratio, instantly and free of charge, subject to a minimum of 1,000 points per transfer.
The HSBC ratio is poor and to be avoided, since the bank transfers at a 2.5:1 ratio to many FFPs, and a 3:1 ratio to some others, but thankfully there’s an easy way around it.
Convert your HSBC points to British Airways Club instead, where the rate is 2.5:1, then shift the resulting Avios into Privilege Club. Because the two programmes both sit inside the Avios ‘ecosystem’, that second move is at parity, instant, free, and even reversible if you change your mind.
You can also transfer from OCBC to BA Avios, then follow the same process to shift them across to QRPC, but once again this is at an inferior ratio compared to some other programmes like KrisFlyer, so we don’t recommend it.
Summary
Qatar Airways’ third round of Privilege Deals runs in the same format – book by 14th October 2026, for travel between 5th October and 30th November 2026, with 25% off standard Avios award rates.
Singapore stays on the Economy list, so you can once again start or finish a discounted journey at Changi without a positioning flight, with Europe from 28,125 Avios and North America from 35,625 Avios one-way.
Business Class is harder this month, with no Asia-Pacific cities in that cabin, but routing to or from one of the ten listed cities – Zanzibar, Warsaw or Bucharest, for instance – still brings the discount into play, if you can find the award space.
With the city list rotating every month and a booking window of just ten days, it’s worth checking back at the start of each month to see what comes up next.
(Cover Photo: Shutterstock)