Qatar Airways Debuts Avios Max

This week, Qatar Airways debuted a new feature on its booking platform, giving customers an additional way to pay for their cash fares. Avios Max, which is now live on the Qatar Airways website, lets you pay for cash fares using Avios, opening up new ways for you to leverage your points.

Pay for Qatar Airways Cash Fares with Avios

Qatar Airways has just debuted a new feature on its website called Avios Max, a feature that allows you to pay for cash fares using your Avios.

To access this option, all you need to do is:

1. Search and select your desired flights on the Qatar Airways website
2. Sign into your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account during the booking process
3. Look for Avios Max as a payment option when it’s time to pay for your flight

It’s important to know that in order for the Avios Max option to appear, you’ll need to have enough Avios in your account to cover the whole base fare cost of the ticket.

If you don’t have enough points to cover the full base fare cost, you won’t see the Avios Max option. Instead, you’ll only see the Cash + Avios option and the standard option to pay entirely with cash.

Also, keep in mind that when choosing the Avios Max option, you’ll still have to pay cash for taxes and fees.

Notably, it’s long been possible to pay for up to 50% of a flight using Avios through the Cash + Avios option; however, the ability to cover the entirety of the base fare using Avios is certainly an interesting development.

As with all things related to airline award bookings, there are a handful of important terms and conditions that you should note if you decide to use the Avios Max payment option.

First of all, Avios Max can be used to pay for flights marketed by Qatar Airways, and operated by Qatar Airways, Oneworld carriers, or partner airlines. The option isn’t available for award tickets or award upgrades.

Fortunately, bookings made using Avios Max are eligible for Avios and Qpoints accrual with Qatar Airways Privilege Club, based on the fare paid at the time of booking. This means you can recoup some of the Avios you’ve spent and add Qpoints towards your elite qualification.

It’s worth noting that the Avios redeemed for Avios Max transactions may be refundable, though this will depend on the applicable ticket fare rules at the time of booking.

Also, as you would expect, the usual standard terms and conditions apply for tickets purchased using…