Use Avios for VIP Champions League packages via Qatar Airways Privilege Club

If you’ve been following Head for Points throughout 2024, you’ll know that there is an exciting new way to spend Avios.

You can now use your Avios to get VIP tickets for concerts at The O2 in London, rugby matches, European football matches and much more.

This is not a British Airways Executive Club promotion. It is being organised by Qatar Airways Privilege Club, and is called ‘Privilege Club Collection’.

A good selection of UEFA Champions League packages are now available for bidding.

The Privilege Club Collection website is here.

How will the Champions League packages work?

The current packages cover games on 22nd and 23rd October.

The UK games are getting expensive BUT there are some amazing opportunities for anyone who wants to get a flight into Europe.

These packages include:

• Qatar Airways “Warm-Up Experience” for two to watch the teams’ warm up session from pitch side
• Two Cat 1 match tickets
• Lounge access for UEFA official hospitality for two with food and beverages included

Here are your options together with the current highest bid as at noon yesterday:

• AC Milan vs Club Brugge KV, 22nd October, 210 Avios
• Arsenal FC vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk, 22nd October, 36,000 Avios
• AS Monaco vs FK Crvena Zvezda, 22nd October, 31 Avios
• Aston Villa FC vs Bologna FC 1909, 22nd October, 21,000 Avios
• Atalanta BC vs Celtic FC, 23rd October, 124 Avios
• Atlético de Madrid vs LOSC Lille, 23rd October, 11 Avios
• BSC Young Boys vs FC Internazionale Milano, 23rd October, 35 Avios
• FC Barcelona vs FC Bayern München, 23rd October, 27,100 Avios
• FC Salzburg vs GNK Dinamo, 23rd October, 11 Avios
• Girona FC vs ŠK Slovan Bratislava, 22nd October, 11 Avios
• Juventus vs VfB Stuttgart, 22nd October, 31 Avios
• Manchester City vs AC Sparta Praha, 23rd October, 5,900 Avios
• Paris Saint-Germain vs PSV Eindhoven, 22nd October, 1,600 Avios
• RB Leipzig vs Liverpool FC, 23rd October, 570 Avios
• Real Madrid C.F. vs Borussia Dortmund, 22nd October, 28,000 Avios
• SK Sturm Graz vs Sporting Clube de Portugal, 22nd October, 120 Avios
• SL Benfica vs Feyenoord, 23rd October, 21 Avios
• Stade Brestois 29 vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 23rd October, 1 Avios

Don’t forget The O2 packages too

Qatar Airways Privilege Club auctions off two tickets for each concert at The O2 in London.

Tickets for The O2 concerts come with access to The NinetyThird, the new private club at The O2, and £400 (!) to spend on food and drink in the club.

My review of The NinetyThird launch event is here. You also get to take some Instagram pictures from The Walkway, pictured above.

How can you bid for Privilege Club Collection experiences?

Privilege Club Collection will eventually have a mix of ‘buy it now’ and auction experiences, although everything currently listed is for auction.

Here are two very important points to note:

You must have Avios in a Qatar Airways Privilege Club account before you can bid. It is NOT good enough to have Avios in a British Airways Executive Club account which is linked to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account. You must have physically moved Avios across to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account.

(One snag here is that you can’t use the entire balance of a British Airways Executive Club household account to bid. The only Avios you can move into a Qatar Airways Privilege Club account are those in your own personal account. If you have 100,000 Avios and your partner has 50,000 Avios to give you a household balance of 150,000 Avios, the most you could use to bid for a single Privilege Club Collection auction is 100,000 – ie your own balance.)

Your must have enough Avios in your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account to match your maximum bid. You cannot bid more than your current Avios balance, and you cannot set a future auto-bid which is higher than your balance.

This Head for Points article explains how to link your BA and Qatar Airways Privilege Club accounts and transfer Avios between them. Transfers are free, instant and can be reversed at any time.

Conclusion

Some of these Champions League games which are taking part in countries where Avios and/or Qatar Airways are not well known will go for a steal.

Do check out flight options before bidding though!

You can check out the auctions currently available by clicking here.

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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:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

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.

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.

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

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.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.