Originally Posted by
M_Selougha
A day you found yourself too close to platinum level, next day you are surprised by seeing Qpoints expiring without any possibility to use them or to spend them in duty free for example. The only miles we can use, the avios ones but unfortunately they don’t worth a lot…it’s the worst loyalty program ever…
You do understand that Qpoints are not a currency you can spend? They are simply a measure of how much you have travelled during a rolling 12 month period, used to determine which tier of the loyalty programme you qualify for. Every airline FF programme is the same, although some use a fixed year rather than a rolling year. Either way, if you haven’t travelled you won't achieve the FF status.
Avios are the spendable currency, which you can use at duty free in DOH, or on flights with QR and their many partner airlines. You can also transfer them to some other schemes which opens up more spending possibilities
