Originally Posted by
Ben_W
As a comparison, British Airways Avios refunds are almost immediately from my experience
Yes, I have had several immediate redeposits from BA over the last couple of weeks.
BA's avios refunds are automated* whereas QR's still appear to go into some sort of queue for manual processing. But compared with past reports of it taking a week or more, it does seem to be a consistent improvement.
(* unless you have some sort of complex booking, which can sometimes mean a manual referral)