Bilt adds Qatar Privilege Club as 1:1 transfer partner

Bilt Rewards has added its 22nd transfer partner: Qatar Privilege Club. Transfers are 1:1 (one Bilt point = one Qatar Avios) and are now live through both the website and the app. Bilt says that points should move more or less instantly. Bilt was already an indirect transfer partner of Qatar via its partnership with […] The post Bilt adds Qatar Privilege Club as 1:1 transfer partner appeared first on Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other partners.

May 23, 2025 - 04:05

Bilt adds Qatar Privilege Club as 1:1 transfer partner

Bilt Rewards has added its 22nd transfer partner: Qatar Privilege Club. Transfers are 1:1 (one Bilt point = one Qatar Avios) and are now live through both the website and the app. Bilt says that points should move more or less instantly.

Bilt was already an indirect transfer partner of Qatar via its partnership with British Airways, so this doesn’t open up any new redemption opportunities. However, if history holds, it does indicate that a big transfer bonus to Qatar is in the stars.

What’s Happened

Bilt Rewards has added Qatar Privilege Club as a 1:1 transfer partner, effective immediately

Quick Thoughts

Bilt has been on a tear lately, adding both Southwest Rapid Rewards and Japan Airlines as transfer partners within the last few weeks. This isn’t as noteworthy as the last two, simply because it was already possible to transfer Bilt points to Qatar by simply using British Airways as the intermediary.

Bilt usually runs large transfer bonuses to new partners on the next Rent Day after adding them, so I’d expect that we’d see something with Qatar on 6/1.

Avios Sweet Spots

Business class to Europe from 34K one-way via Iberia. This is one of our favorite Avios redemptions. Iberia charges as few as 34K miles off-peak for one-way in business class on its own flights from New York, Boston, Chicago, or DC to Madrid during off-peak season. The fuel surcharges are quite reasonable and they also run seasonal promotions (usually during the Winter) where the prices drop down even further.
Business class South America from 22K one-way via British Airways. Availability can be tricky to find. But when you can find it, BA has excellent pricing for shorter distance non-stop American Airlines award flights.
Long Haul Business Class on Qatar Airways. After Qatar's addition to Avios, BA lowered many of their award prices on Qatar. It's now possible to travel between the United States and Doha in business for only 70,000 Avios with minimal surcharges.

Complete List of Bilt Transfer Partners

Hotels

Rewards Program	Best Uses	Bilt Transfer Ratio (and transfer time)
Accor Live Limitless	Use to pay hotel bill with value of 2 Euro cents per point. In some cases (such as hotel to airline transfer bonuses) it may make sense to convert Accor points to the following airline miles at a 1 to 1 ratio: Finnair, Iberia, Qantas, or Virgin Australia	3 to 2 (Unknown)
Hilton	5th Night Free awards. Best value is usually found with very low end or very high end Hilton hotels. Bonus: award nights are not subject to resort fees. Note that Hilton points often go on sale for half a cent each and so its rare for point transfers to Hilton to be a good value.	1 to 1 (Unknown)
Hyatt	Use for Hyatt free nights, free suite nights, lounge upgrades, or suite upgrades. Hyatt points are often worth more than 2 cents each. Bonus: award nights are not subject to resort fees.	1 to 1 (Instant)
IHG	IHG dynamically prices their awards and sometimes offer very good value. IHG Premier and IHG Premier Business cards offer the fourth night free on award stays.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Marriott Bonvoy	5th Night Free awards. Opportunities to get outsized value exist but can be hard to find.	20K to 25K (Instant)

Airlines

Rewards Program	Best Uses	Bilt Transfer Ratio (and transfer time)
Aer Lingus Avios	Fuel surcharges are sometimes lower when booking with Aer Lingus rather than British Airways, Qatar, or Iberia. It's possible to move points (Avios) between Iberia, British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Qatar. See also: Avios Sweet Spots for Award Tickets.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Air Canada Aeroplan	Redeem for Star Alliance flights and/or flights with Air Canada partners (such as Etihad). No fuel surcharges; $39 CAD award booking fee; 5,000 points to add stopover on one-way award. See: Air Canada Aeroplan: Everything you need to know.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Air France KLM Flying Blue	Monthly Air France Promo Awards often represent very good value. Air France miles can be used to book Sky Team awards, including Delta awards. Air France often offers very good business class award pricing between the US and Europe & Israel.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Alaska MileagePlan	Alaska Airlines offers decent oneworld award pricing, excellent short-distant pricing, and uniquely allows free stop-overs one one-way awards. Additionally, Alaska allows free award changes and cancelations (although they do have a small non-refundable partner award booking fee)	1 to 1 (Instant)
Avianca LifeMiles	Avianca LifeMiles can be decent for Star Alliance awards. They offer reasonable-ish prices and no fuel surcharges on awards. Best of all, their mixed-cabin pricing can lead to fantastic first-class award prices. See this post for details.	1 to 1 (Instant)
British Airways Avios	While flights on British Airways itself often incur outrageously high fuel surcharges, many BA partners charge low or no fuel surcharges. Excellent value can often be had in redeeming BA points for short distance flights outside the US. It's possible to move points (Avios) between Iberia, British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Qatar. See also: Avios Sweet Spots for Award Tickets.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	Cathay Pacific has a decent distance based award chart, but they don't allow stopovers longer than 24 hours. Cathay Pacific Asia Miles can be a good option for booking American Airlines flights with a distance based award chart, especially if other OneWorld Alliance miles aren't available. For long distance flights, it is possible to reduce the cost of a premium cabin award by adding on a lower cabin segment. See this post for details.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Emirates Skywards	The best use of Emirates miles has been to fly Emirates itself. Unfortunately fuel surcharges can be extremely steep. One workaround is to book select routes such as JFK to Milan or Newark to Athens. See: How to find and book Emirates first class awards.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Finnair Plus+	Finnair points are now "Avios" and points can be moved to/from other Avios programs. Finnair uses zone based award charts rather than distance based. As a result, Finnair sometimes has better (and sometimes worse) pricing than other Avios programs.	1 to 1 via BA (Instant)
Iberia Avios	On their own flights, Iberia offers low award prices and a very reasonable 25 Euro cancellation fee. Partner awards can offer good value under some circumstances as well, but these are usually nonrefundable. Fuel surcharges are sometimes lower when booking with Iberia rather than British Airways, Aer Lingus, or Qatar. It's possible to move points (Avios) between Iberia, British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Qatar. See also: Avios Sweet Spots for Award Tickets.	1 to 1 (Instant)
JAL (Japan Airlines) Mileage Bank	JAL has a distance based partner award chart. Depending upon the length of the flights, this can lead to great award prices on partners such as Emirates and Korean Air.	1 to 1 (10 minutes)
Qatar Privilege Club Avios	Qatar has reasonable award prices for flying Qatar itself. Points are now transferable 1 to 1 to British Airways (and from there to Aer Lingus or Iberia). It is now also possible to book JetBlue flights with Qatar Avios.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Southwest Rapid Rewards	Award flights are fully refundable. Point values vary. Lower demand flights and those with higher taxes tend to offer better value.	1 to 1 (~12 hours)
TAP Air Portugal	Surcharge-free Emirates redemptions. Increased availability on TAP flights between US and Europe.	1 to 1 (Unknown)
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles	Miles & Smiles offers a number of awesome sweet-spot awards including 7.5K one-way anywhere within the US, even to Hawaii. Many awards cannot be booked online but can be booked via phone or email. See: Turkish Miles & Smiles Complete Guide and Turkish business class sweet spots from the US.	1 to 1 (Instant)
United MileagePlus	United offers free award changes and free cancelations. Like Avianca and Aeroplan, United never charges fuel surcharges for awards. Unfortunately, United charges many more miles for international first class awards. Good uses of miles include United's Excursionist Perk awards and (sometimes) dynamically priced United economy awards.	1 to 1 (Instant)
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	Virgin Atlantic offers a few excellent sweet spot awards. See: Best uses for Virgin Atlantic points (Sweet Spot Spotlight).	1 to 1 (Instant)

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