Qatar Airways adopts Avios as loyalty currency – The Peninsula

Qatar Airways adopts Avios as loyalty currency – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar Airways announced that it will be adopting Avios as the reward currency for all members worldwide in late March this year.

All Privilege Club members will experience a seamless transition into the loyalty programme’s new reward currency, Avios, with their existing Qmiles balances changing automatically to Avios on a 1:1 ratio basis.

Privilege Club members will be provided even greater opportunities to accumulate rewards and leverage exciting new innovations in managing and spending with the change to Avios. In addition, members will retain their well-earned rewards balance and will be able to continue enjoying the redemption opportunities they currently have. Further details are available on www.qatarairways.com/Avios and more will be announced by Qatar Airways Privilege Club next month.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker said: “The transition from Qmiles to Avios marks a ground-breaking new era for Privilege Club, enabling our loyal members to participate in the most compelling loyalty network and the largest portfolio of partners in the industry.”

“As the World’s Best Airline, Qatar Airways continues to redefine loyalty through the adoption of exciting digital innovations to create unique world-class experiences for our members.

“We look forward to revealing more details of this exciting change over the