Qatar Airways’ Privilege Club keeps piling on the perks for frequent flyers, with the planned March 31 end of those rolling status extensions now being pushed back to December 31, 2023.
The airline has confirmed to Executive Traveller that Privilege Club will see a ‘status surprise’ via email and automatic updating of their Qatar Airways smartphone app showing Platinum, Gold and Silver status now locked in until years’ end – despite not earning sufficient Qpoints to warrant any extension.
This generous gift of gratis status also encompasses those who applied for Qatar Airways’ popular status match promotion back in May-June 2020, which targeted members of competing frequent flyer programs including Virgin Australia – although of course Qatar Airways is now a partner of Virgin Australia.
And with the Gulf carrier also a member of the Oneworld alliance, this also sees Qatar Airways Privilege Club status delivering a bevy of practical perks on Virgin’s arch-rival Qantas, including access to Qantas first class lounges (and the equivalents of British Airways, Cathay Pacific, JAL and others) for those holding a Privilege Club Platinum card.
Unless we’re mistaken, this counts as the fifth status extension granted to Qatar’s Privilege Club cardholders since March 2020, when the pandemic first struck.
Source: Executive Traveller
