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If you plan on transferring your credit card points to Qatar Airways Privilege Club<\/a><\/span> to book the airline’s award-winning Qsuite business-class product<\/a><\/span> for family and friends, the program has just introduced two new restrictions you should be aware of.<\/p>\n Here’s what you need to know about complying with the rules, as well as some work-arounds.<\/p>\n Related: Qatar Airways Qsuite review: Still setting the standard for business class (and a mileage sweet spot)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n While the ability to book redemptions for yourself as the Privilege Club account holder remains unchanged, if you wish to redeem your Qatar Airways Avios for friends and family, the program has brought in two potentially frustrating rules, effective immediately:<\/p>\n Given that all transferable currencies transfer to either Privilege Club<\/a><\/span> or one of the other Avios-using programs<\/a><\/span> (like British Airways Club<\/a><\/span> and Finnair Plus<\/a><\/span>) that then allow you to easily transfer Avios into Privilege Club<\/a><\/span>, savvy points and miles collectors have been able to keep their transferable points within their credit card, Rove<\/a><\/span> or Bilt<\/a><\/span> accounts until a great transfer bonus<\/a><\/span> or award availability alert<\/a><\/span> has come up so they can then book this legandary product all at once.<\/p>\n The first part of this new restriction is that if you don’t already have a Privilege Club account, you won’t be able to transfer points to Privilege Club and redeem immediately; instead, you’ll need to wait 30 days before making a redemption. For this reason, we strongly recommend you sign up for a Privilege Club account now, even if you don’t have any immediate travel plans (or perhaps are working toward your first credit card welcome bonus<\/a><\/span>), so you’ll have satisfied the 30-day account-opening minimum when you do go to book.<\/p>\n Privilege Club is free to join, and you can sign up online<\/a><\/span> in minutes.<\/p>\n The second new restriction may potentially be tougher to satisfy, especially if you don’t regularly fly Oneworld airlines<\/a><\/span>. You could take a short domestic flight (paid with cash) on American Airlines or Alaska Airlines, depending on which carrier serves your local airport, and credit the flight to Privilege Club. Or, consider applying for a Qatar Airways-branded credit card<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Reward your inbox with the TPG Daily newsletter<\/p>\n Join over 700,000 readers for breaking news, in-depth guides and exclusive deals from TPG\u2019s experts<\/p>\nNew restrictions on redeeming Avios for Qatar Airways Qsuite<\/h2>\n
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