Qatar Airways Honors Loyalty Of All Its Privilege Club Members By Extending Tier Status Throughout 2021

On Thursday, the national carrier of the State of Qatar – Qatar Airways – delightfully announced that the airline’s Privilege Club will be extending its values members’ tier status until 31^st December 2021; recognizing that travel plans continue to be affected by the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to this, the airline had earlier extended the status of their elite members for a year in early 2020, to lapse in sometime this year. Moreover, throughout last year, Privilege Club continued to invest in redefining the programme, including cutting the number of Qmiles required to book award flights by up to 49 percent. It also revised its Qmiles policy so that when a member earns or spends them, their balance is valid for 36 months.

The additional extension applies to its Silver, Gold and Platinum members whose tier is set to end this year whereas they have not retained enough Qpoints to prolong it. Therewith, Privilege Club members can now enjoy flexible booking policies that will enable them to change their plans with total ease if needed, whilst holding onto their current, hard-earned tier status and enjoying the unique benefits associated with it.

This announcement follows subsequent to the news that the airline is set to offer all passengers unlimited date changes and free refunds for tickets issued prior to 30^th April 2021 for travel completed by 31^st December 2021.

According to the Chief Commercial Officer at Qatar Airways, Mr. Thierry Antinori, the decisions have been come to in order to become the airline you can rely on during this unprecedented time. Qatar Airways presently operates over 800 weekly flights to more than 120 destinations in their global network. By the end of March 2021, they hope to increase the number to 130 destinations from which many of these cities will be served with a strong schedule of daily or more frequencies.