Qatar Airways Avios & Qpoints Calculator (2026)

Avios, Qpoints and Qmiles — which is which

Qatar Airways Privilege Club runs a dual currency model, and a third name still circulates that confuses almost everyone. Avios is the currency you spend on reward flights and upgrades. Qpoints are the status currency that decides your tier from Burgundy to Platinum. Both are earned on the same qualifying flight, and neither converts into the other.

Qmiles no longer exist. Until 2022, Privilege Club ran its own currency called Qmiles. When Qatar Airways joined the Avios family — the same currency as British Airways Club, Iberia Plus and Finnair Plus — existing Qmiles balances were converted to Avios. If you are searching for a Qmiles calculator, what you actually need is an Avios calculator, and that is what this page and the calculator below provide.

How Avios are earned on Qatar Airways — the rate table

Avios on a QR flight are miles flown × the rate for your fare class. The cabin alone does not determine it — the booking code you actually purchased does, which is why a discounted Business ticket can earn far less than a flexible Economy one.

Enter your route in the Privilege Club tab of our Avios calculator to see exact Avios and Qpoints before you book, rather than estimating from the table.

Privilege Club status tiers — the exact Qpoints thresholds

Your tier is set by Qpoints earned within the membership year. The thresholds are refreshingly low compared with most programmes, which is what makes Qatar status genuinely attainable for an occasional long-haul flyer.

Gold is the tier that matters most. At 300 Qpoints it grants Oneworld Sapphire, which opens Business Class lounges across the entire alliance — including British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines and Iberia — not just Qatar’s own. Silver gives Oneworld Ruby, which is priority check-in and QR lounge access rather than alliance-wide entry.

Qcredits: what they are and who gets them

Qcredits are a Privilege Club benefit used for upgrades. They are separate from Qpoints, which set your tier, and from Avios, which you spend. Gold members receive 40 Qcredits and Platinum members 60 Qcredits for every membership year in which they hold that tier.

Until 18 December 2026 Qatar applies reduced thresholds: 135 Qpoints for Silver, 270 for Gold and 540 for Platinum. The standard 150, 300 and 600 in the table above return on 19 December 2026. Tier benefits in full: Qatar Privilege Club Guide 2026: Qpoints Explained.

Moving Avios between Privilege Club and British Airways

Because Privilege Club sits inside the Avios ecosystem, you can combine Avios 1:1 between your Privilege Club wallet and a British Airways Club account. That flexibility is the single most useful feature of the programme: you can pool balances that would otherwise sit stranded and short of a redemption.

You can also book Qatar-operated flights with BA Avios directly through ba.com as a partner reward, without ever holding a Privilege Club balance. Which route is cheaper depends on the specific reward and the surcharges attached, so it is worth pricing both.

QSuite — what the Avios are actually for

The Qatar Airways QSuite is routinely rated the finest Business Class cabin flying: fully closing suite doors, a genuine double bed in the centre pairs, and direct aisle access throughout. It is the reason most people accumulate Avios in this programme in the first place.

Doha’s Hamad International (DOH) is the hub, and connections through it to Asia, Africa and Australasia are where Avios value peaks — those are the routes where the cash fare is highest and the Avios price is not. For what a redemption is genuinely worth, see our guide to how much an Avios is worth.