{"id":296358,"date":"2023-08-03T06:30:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mp-2702.milesopedia.dev\/?p=296358"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:30:10","slug":"qatar-airways-devaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp-2702.milesopedia.dev\/en\/news\/airlines\/qatar-airways-devaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a silent Qatar Airways Privilege Club devaluation in the making?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since adopting the Avios currency, there have been many sweet spots with Qatar Airways Privilege Club<\/a>, but I noticed what appears to be a silent devaluation of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What sparked the first hint was not being able to easily find award fares from Montreal to Doha<\/a> for 70,000 Avios in the elusive Qsuites<\/a> anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, when viewing their calendar,<\/a> I can see that the coveted fare looks available, and every day seems to be marked as \u2018\u2018off-peak\u2019\u2019. However, when clicking on any given dates, only mostly the expensive \u2018\u2018flexi awards\u2019\u2019 can be selected for business class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, I selected July 16th, 2024, on the calendar, and the business class saver award should be available. But, as we can see, it’s a different story when I come to choose the flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Therefore, I dug a little deeper and here are the changes I noticed with Qatar Airways Privilege Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qatar Airways Devaluation – North America to Doha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

When the program switched from Qmiles to Avios<\/a>, the Qatar Airways Privilege Club<\/a>\u00a0Program remained the same and did not turn to British Airways Executive Club<\/a>\u2019s distance-based structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When launched, a one-way ticket between\u00a0Montreal (YUL) and Doha (DOH)<\/a> costs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n