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Incredible way to book the best business class in the world

Miles March 24, 2022 British Airways, Qatar Airways Leave a Comment

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Book Qatar Airways Qsuites with British Airways Avios at a great price

Earlier this year we learned that Qatar Airways would adopt Avios, the central currency of British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus. We didn’t know how exactly that would be incorporated, but we we re told that it would be in March. True to their word, you can now link your Qatar Airways and British Airways accounts via this link. This was a nice perk, but what is even better, is something discovered by Thrifty Traveler, which is the new pricing for Qatar Airways QSuites tickets purchased via British Airways own site. For just 70k British Airways Avios you can fly from the US to Doha in Qatar Airways QSuites. That is downright incredible. Why?

British Airways is a transfer partner of the following programs:

  • Capital One
  • Chase
  • American Express

Read our experience aboard QSuites here.

British Airways Avios pricing for Qatar Airways QSuites

Let’s take a look at a couple of different itineraries…the first is just to Doha. I stayed at the St Regis Doha when I visited back in 2019. We were upgraded to an incredible suite for our stay.

If you were to travel from the USA to Doha = 70k British Airways Avios

I honeymooned in the Maldives and stayed at both the Six Senses Maldives and St Regis Maldives on points.

USA to Maldives on Qatar QSuites would cost 105k British Airways Avios…but only 85k if you book it via Qatar Airways

You don’t even have to move points between accounts, you can book on Qatar’s website with points in your BA Avios account

Other ways to book QSuites

Personally, I think this new British Airways booking price is super attractive purely because it’s so easy to populate British Airways Avios. In fact, throughout the year both Chase and Amex have repeatedly offered 40% and 50% transfer bonuses. I don’t think you could beat that if you tried.

Booking QSuites with American Airlines miles

Arguably booking on American Airlines is as good a deal, or even better depending on where you’re traveling as a final destination. For instance, from the US to the Maldives it’s just 70k points. The biggest caveat here is that AA miles are more difficult to accumulate since Bilt is the only transfer partner with 1:1 transferability.

Booking QSuites with Cathay Pacific Asia Miles

As you can see here, it’s 75k from Chicago to Doha on QSuites and Asia Miles are a Transfer partner of:

  • Bilt
  • Amex
  • Cap1
  • Citi

Booking QSuites with Qatar Airways Avios

You can see that it’s the same price as BA is charging but Qatar Avios are harder to accumulate than BA Avios. I know this seems weird since you can just transfer from BA and Qatar Airways, but it’s just the way it is.

Transfer to Qatar Airways Avios via

  • Citi

Booking Qatar Airways QSuites with Alaska Miles

Last but not least, Alaska miles are capable of booking the best business class in the world.

Link your Qatar Airways and British Airways Accounts to move points between them

I haven’t dug through all of the various permutations of where one program has suite spots the other doesn’t, but linking your accounts means you could take Amex, Chase, Cap1 points, move them to BA, and then over to Qatar Airways Avios if they priced better. It takes a few minutes to complete and sets you up for success.

Recap

This is a great new development and if you’re sitting on a grip of British Airways Avios ( or Flexible points that can be converted into BA Avios ), and you’re looking to fly the best business class in the world, this could be a great way to do it.

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