What do Qatar Airways Avios flights cost from the UK?
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Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways adopted Avios as its loyalty currency.
This brought many benefits to UK-based Avios collectors, including the ability to earn and spend Avios on the new airline, hotel and car hire partners listed here.
A secondary benefit was that Qatar Airways generally required fewer Avios for its redemptions than British Airways Club. How few, though, wasn’t particularly clear as Qatar Airways does not have a published reward chart.
Australia and New Zealand is a great sweet spot as we wrote here. You need 180,000 Avios return in Business Class compared to 250,000 – 300,000 on the ‘old’ British Airways pricing.
Below is the Qatar Airways Avios redemption chart for flights from the UK. You won’t find this online anywhere.
A few points to note:
- we ignored routes to the Americas and Europe as flying those from the UK via Doha makes no sense due to backtracking
- I haven’t looked at taxes and charges figures but these vary depending on which direction you are travelling in and with FX movements from day to day
- if you are flying from London, you can book at these rates on EITHER ba.com or qatarairways.com, as long as you select Qatar Airways flights – the Avios pricing, availability and taxes are meant to be identical across both sites although there are glitches
- if you are flying from Manchester, Birmingham or Edinburgh, ba.com may charge you more Avios than qatarairways.com – this is an IT issue which has never been fixed
- if you are in a British Airways Club Household Account and need to use Avios from both accounts to make a booking, you will have to book at ba.com. The Qatar Airways website only lets you transfer over Avios in your own personal account.
- you can book at qatarairways.com from 360 days prior to departure – if you are booking the same flight at ba.com you need to wait until 355 days prior to departure
- if you book on qatarairways.com you may be offered flights at double the figures shown below. This are marked ‘Flexi’ in the booking engine and represent ‘extra’ Avios availability which Qatar Airways is willing to make available for double Avios. You cannot see these extra seats on ba.com.
- Qatar Airways uses ‘married segment availability’, which is a process aimed at sharing Avios availability across different starting points. This means that if you can’t see seats from Doha to Bangkok when starting in London, they may show when starting in Manchester, Dublin, Amsterdam …..
- Qatar Airways guarantees at least two Business Class seats per flight for Avios redemption but these seats do NOT necessarily appear at 360 days before departure. Qatar Airways has got into the habit of opening seats in waves at random times throughout the year.
- if you do choose to book at qatarairways.com, this HfP article shows how to link your British Airways Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club accounts
- you can’t use a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 Companion Voucher on Qatar Airways redemptions
How much are Avios redemptions on Qatar Airways from the UK?
Qatar Airways currently flies to Doha from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh. All flights below require an aircraft change in Doha.
We have not included First Class flights in this chart. First Class is only available on the A380 fleet which only operates on selected routes, and Qatar Airways does not guarantee to make any First Class reward space available.
A word about peak pricing
Qatar Airways is currently trialling peak and off-peak pricing on some (not all) routes.
The peak and off-peak dates have not been published, and there is also no list of which routes are currently covered.
The numbers below represent off-peak pricing, where peak and off-peak is being used.
You may see pricing which is roughly 20% higher than the numbers below. This would mean that you were booking on a peak date.
Happy booking!
| One-way prices from UK | Economy | Business |
|---|---|---|
| Abidjan | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Abu Dhabi | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Abuja | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Accra | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Addis Ababa | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Adelaide | 45,000 | 90,000 |
| Ahmedabad | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Alexandria | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Algiers | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Amman | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Amritsar | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Asmara | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Auckland | 45,000 | 90,000 |
| Baghdad | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Bali (DPS) | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Bangalore | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Bangkok | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Basra | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Beijing | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Beirut | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Brisbane | 45,000 | 90,000 |
| Cairo | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Cape Town | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Casablanca | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Cebu | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Chengdu | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Chennai | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Chiang Mai | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Chongqing | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Clark | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Colombo | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Da Nang | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Dammam | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Dar es Salaam | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Davao | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Delhi | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Dhaka | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Djibiouti | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Doha | 21,500 | 43,000 |
| Dubai | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Durban | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Entebbe | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Erbil | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Faisalabad | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Gaborone | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Goa | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Guangzhou | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Hangzhou | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Hanoi | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Harare | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Hong Kong | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Hyderabad | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Isfahan | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Islamabad | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Jakarta | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Jeddah | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Johannesburg | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Kano | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Karachi | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Kathmandu | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Khartoum | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Kigali | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Kilimanjaro | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Kochi | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Kolkata | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Kozhikode | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Krabi | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Kuwait | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Lagos | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Lahore | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Langkawi | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Luanda | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Lusaka | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Madinah | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Male | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Manila | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Maputo | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Marrakesh | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Mashhad | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Melbourne | 45,000 | 90,000 |
| Mogadishu | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Mombasa | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Multan | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Mumbai | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Muscat | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Nagpur | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Nairobi | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Najaf | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Pattaya | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Penang | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Perth | 45,000 | 90,000 |
| Peshawar | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Phnom Penh | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Phuket | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Port Harcourt | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Rabat | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Riyadh | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Salalah | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Seoul | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Seychelles | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Shanghai | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Sharjah | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Shiraz | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Sialkot | 27,500 | 55,000 |
| Singapore | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Sohar | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Sulaymaniyah | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Sydney | 45,000 | 90,000 |
| Tehran | 22,500 | 45,000 |
| Tokyo (HND) | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Tokyo (NRT) | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| Trivandrum | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Tunis | 32,500 | 65,000 |
| Windhoek | 37,500 | 75,000 |
| Zanzibar | 32,500 | 65,000 |
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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!
In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.
You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:
Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard
Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review
Barclaycard Avios Mastercard
Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review
There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:
British Airways American Express Premium Plus
30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review
British Airways American Express
5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review
You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.
SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.
SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
The Platinum Card from American Express
80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review
Run your own business?
We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.
Capital on Tap Visa
NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review
Capital on Tap Pro Visa
10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review
There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:
British Airways American Express Accelerating Business
30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review
There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.
American Express Business Platinum
50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review
American Express Business Gold
20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review
Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.
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