NEWS & OFFERS: Up to 20% off Qatar flights, New oneworld route from Manchester and Virgin redemption offer

Up to 20% off Qatar flights

For a limited time, Qatar Airways Privilege Club members can get up to 20% off flights. Between 11 and 21 December 2023, new and current members will receive special access to exclusive fares to travel to selected destinations, including the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Seychelles. The offer applies to business and economy fares when you use code  PCDEC23.

You can join Qatar Airways Privilege Club here.  

Those who join the Privilege Club by 31 December 2023 can also get up to 4,000 bonus Avios and save up to 20% when shopping and dining with Avios at Qatar Duty-Free at Hamad International Airport in Doha. To get the bonus use code PCEUR23 and travel by 30 June 2024. Collect 2,000 Avios in Economy Class and 4,000 Avios in Business or First Class, on your first flight with Qatar Airways.

Key destinations included in the 20% off include Colombo (CMB), Beijing (PKX), Maldives (MLE), Seychelles (SEZ), Sri Lanka (CMB), Penang (PEN) in Malaysia, and Adelaide (ADL) in Australia.

The official offer page is here.

Oneworld new Manchester and Stansted routes

Royal Jordanian has announced a new route from Manchester to Amman starting on 6 March. This will get you 160 tier points return in business class.

If you have never been to Jordan, it is definitely worth a visit to see Petra and the Dead sea. It does border Israel but not anywhere near the Gaza Strip where the troubles are, but obviously, you may want to wait if that concerns you. You can also connect on to Asia and many other destinations. There can be some good deals on business class tickets, but you need to check what you are getting carefully as often there will be short-haul configured aircraft even on longer flights. Flights operate on Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays.

There is also a new flight from Stansted which starts on 3 March. This will operate Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. 

HT: Twitter SeanM

Virgin Red redemption – Virgin hotel Dallas from 25,000 points

Virgin Red has teamed up with Virgin Hotels Dallas to offer members the chance to stay at the hotel using Virgin Points, instead of cash. Members can treat themselves and a guest to a stay at Virgin Hotels Dallas in a Chamber King room for 25,000 points for one night, 47,500 points for two nights or 67,500 points for three nights. The offer will be available for bookings made between 11 December 2023 – 31 December 2024 for stays from 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024. It’s not the best use of points in comparison to an Upper Class flight, but unlike those, you don’t have to pay lots of cash on top in charges. 

Situated in the Design District, Virgin Hotels Dallas is complete with a 24-hour gym, rooftop pool and Commons Club bar. Guests can enjoy a coffee from the hotel’s Funny Library Coffee Shop and a dip in The Pool Club Rooftop Lounge.

Only Virgin Red members can redeem the offer via the app or website. Once redeemed, members will receive a promo code to use when booking directly with Virgin Hotels Dallas – and it’s free to join Virgin Red.