Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Qatar Airways is a British Airways oneworld partner, letting you earn and redeem Avios and British Airways Executive Club tier points on its flights. It also has its own frequent flyer program called Privilege Club.
The Qatar Airways homepage is here.
If you need to top up your Privilege Club account, you can buy Qmiles here.
Starting tomorrow on Head for Points, I will be running a series of articles on my trip to Doha last week. I will be looking at the Qatar Airways Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 business class products .....
Starting tomorrow on Head for Points, I will be running a series of articles on my trip to Doha last week. .....
16 Oct 201416 October 2014 • 51 comments
Hamad International, the new airport in Qatar, opened for business on May 1st after long delays. Even then, though, the main Qatar Airways lounge complex was not ready. It is now, though, having .....
Hamad International, the new airport in Qatar, opened for business on May 1st after long delays. Even then, .....
15 Aug 201415 August 2014 • 39 comments
Following the Qatar Airways launch of services from Edinburgh to Doha, Etihad has responded with a daily service from the capital to Abu Dhabi. The service will launch on June 8th next year. It will .....
Following the Qatar Airways launch of services from Edinburgh to Doha, Etihad has responded with a daily .....
19 Jul 201419 July 2014 • 3 comments
A few more fare deals have popped into my inbox. None are worth pushing on their own but there was a critical mass of them to justify a summary! Etihad – pay for business, fly in First For .....
A few more fare deals have popped into my inbox. None are worth pushing on their own but there was a .....
17 Jul 201417 July 2014 • 2 comments
Qatar Airways and Lufthansa have both launched new discount codes this week. Lufthansa Lufthansa has launched another of its occasional discount codes, this time for £20 off. For the next few days, .....
Qatar Airways and Lufthansa have both launched new discount codes this week. Lufthansa Lufthansa has launched .....
10 Jul 201410 July 2014 • 2 comments
I wrote this piece last year about the huge value being obtained for slots at London Heathrow. Etihad bought three pairs of slots in February 2013 from Jet Airways of India for $70m and Delta paid .....
I wrote this piece last year about the huge value being obtained for slots at London Heathrow. Etihad bought .....
18 Jun 201418 June 2014 • 10 comments
Our main article today is about the new British Airways short-haul seat. As part of the PR operation to promote the new seat, BA is offering 1 million short-haul seats at reduced prices. You need to .....
Our main article today is about the new British Airways short-haul seat. As part of the PR operation to .....
17 Jun 201417 June 2014 • 16 comments
Qatar Airways launches its service between Edinburgh and Doha at 2.45 this afternoon, when QR28 takes off via a new Boeing 787. They will fly five times per week and this will be the first service .....
Qatar Airways launches its service between Edinburgh and Doha at 2.45 this afternoon, when QR28 takes off via .....
28 May 201428 May 2014 • 31 comments
Both Emirates and Qatar are currently running some interesting long-haul deals, although both have a little catch. Emirates Emirates is running some interesting business class deals – but you .....
Both Emirates and Qatar are currently running some interesting long-haul deals, although both have a little .....
15 May 201415 May 2014 • 14 comments
As I wrote on Thursday, SriLankan Airlines is now a full member of the oneworld alliance. This means that you can use it to book redemption seats using Avios points. It is not uncommon on Head for .....
As I wrote on Thursday, SriLankan Airlines is now a full member of the oneworld alliance. This means that .....
4 May 20144 May 2014 • 17 comments
In the ‘I didn’t see that coming’ stakes, Qatar Airways announcement this week of an ‘all business class’ service from Doha to Heathrow scores pretty highly. Using a .....
In the ‘I didn’t see that coming’ stakes, Qatar Airways announcement this week of an .....
21 Feb 201421 February 2014 • 25 comments
Qatar Airways has launched another of its occasional 2-4-1 sales. These have annoying short booking windows (in this case, only until February 14th) but offer exceptional discounts when two people .....
Qatar Airways has launched another of its occasional 2-4-1 sales. These have annoying short booking windows .....
12 Feb 201412 February 2014 • 15 comments
When British Airways sold its regional operations to Flybe a few years ago, it became an airline with NO flights which do begin or end in London. Reward Flight Saver redemptions were designed so .....
When British Airways sold its regional operations to Flybe a few years ago, it became an airline with NO .....
31 Jan 201431 January 2014 • 49 comments
OK, there is a medium-sized catch to this headline. You need to start your trip in Cairo. And obviously there are safer places in the world than Cairo at the moment. But read on before .....
OK, there is a medium-sized catch to this headline. You need to start your trip in Cairo. And obviously .....
12 Dec 201312 December 2013 • 16 comments
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