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Update (September 2026): Qatar has since eased the bar for adding someone to My List or Family & Friends. It originally required you to have flown a qualifying flight on Qatar Airways or a partner, or used a Qatar co-branded card; as of around September 14–15, 2026, that requirement is gone. The only thing that matters now is that your own Privilege Club account is at least 30 days old — the invitation, acceptance, and six-month minimum-stay rules described above still apply.
The airline’s existing Family & Friends feature remains available. This program allows members to add up to six individuals to a family group and pool Avios into a single account. However, Family & Friends and My List operate separately and have different eligibility requirements.
How Many People Can You Book For?
Under the new structure, a Privilege Club member can generally redeem Avios for:
- Up to six (6) people in a Family & Friends group
- Up to four (4) people on My List
That effectively limits redemptions to a maximum of ten pre-approved individuals. Travelers outside those groups will no longer be eligible for award bookings using your Avios.
Exception for Gold and Platinum members: since around July 22, 2026, Qatar exempts its top two Privilege Club tiers from this cap. Gold and Platinum members can still use My List and Family & Friends for online self-service bookings, but they can also call Qatar’s Contact Centre to book an award for literally anyone, on or off their lists. Silver and Burgundy members do not get this workaround and remain limited to the ten pre-approved travelers described above.
What Does This Mean for Avios Collectors?
For most travelers who primarily redeem Avios for immediate family members, the change may have little impact.
However, members who frequently book award flights for extended family, friends, clients, or last-minute travel companions will lose a significant amount of flexibility. Going forward, those travelers will need to ensure that intended passengers have been added to the appropriate list before attempting to make a redemption.
The new rules may also encourage some Avios collectors to transfer their Avios to other programs within the Avios ecosystem, such as British Airways Club, when booking awards for travelers outside their approved groups. Since Avios can generally be moved between participating Avios programs, members may still have alternative redemption options available.
Bottom Line
Qatar Airways Privilege Club is tightening control over who members can book award flights for with Avios. The new My List feature limits award bookings to a small group of pre-approved travelers, while the existing Family & Friends program remains available for family pooling.
For most families, the changes are unlikely to cause major problems. Travelers who regularly redeem Avios for a wide range of friends and relatives lost some flexibility when the rules first launched in June 2026, but Qatar has walked much of that back since: Gold and Platinum members can now book for literally anyone via the Contact Centre, and building out your My List or Family & Friends group is far easier now that the only real requirement is a 30-day-old account.
Qatar Airways Privilege Club is introducing new restrictions on who members can book award flights for using Avios. The change affects one of the program’s most flexible features and may require members to plan redemptions further in advance than before.
Until now, Privilege Club members could generally redeem Avios for anyone, provided they had the traveler’s personal information. Beginning in June 2026, Qatar Airways is moving to a more controlled system that limits award bookings to pre-approved individuals.
Update: Qatar Airways has walked back parts of this restriction twice since it launched. Around July 22, 2026, Gold and Platinum members became exempt from the My List limit entirely — they can book award tickets for anyone, not just people on their list, by calling Qatar’s Contact Centre (Silver and Burgundy members are not included in this exemption). Then, around September 14–15, 2026, Qatar dropped the requirement to have flown a qualifying flight before adding someone to My List or Family & Friends — for every tier, the only requirement now is that your Privilege Club account is at least 30 days old. Details on both changes are folded into the sections below.
What Is Changing?
Qatar Airways has introduced a new feature called My List.
Under the new rules, members can create a list of up to four adult Privilege Club members for whom they can redeem Avios for award flights. Those individuals must have their own Privilege Club accounts and must accept an invitation before they can be added to the list. Once added, they must remain on the list for at least six months.
Update (September 2026): Qatar has since eased the bar for adding someone to My List or Family & Friends. It originally required you to have flown a qualifying flight on Qatar Airways or a partner, or used a Qatar co-branded card; as of around September 14–15, 2026, that requirement is gone. The only thing that matters now is that your own Privilege Club account is at least 30 days old — the invitation, acceptance, and six-month minimum-stay rules described above still apply.
The airline’s existing Family & Friends feature remains available. This program allows members to add up to six individuals to a family group and pool Avios into a single account. However, Family & Friends and My List operate separately and have different eligibility requirements.
How Many People Can You Book For?
Under the new structure, a Privilege Club member can generally redeem Avios for:
- Up to six (6) people in a Family & Friends group
- Up to four (4) people on My List
That effectively limits redemptions to a maximum of ten pre-approved individuals. Travelers outside those groups will no longer be eligible for award bookings using your Avios.
Exception for Gold and Platinum members: since around July 22, 2026, Qatar exempts its top two Privilege Club tiers from this cap. Gold and Platinum members can still use My List and Family & Friends for online self-service bookings, but they can also call Qatar’s Contact Centre to book an award for literally anyone, on or off their lists. Silver and Burgundy members do not get this workaround and remain limited to the ten pre-approved travelers described above.
What Does This Mean for Avios Collectors?
For most travelers who primarily redeem Avios for immediate family members, the change may have little impact.
However, members who frequently book award flights for extended family, friends, clients, or last-minute travel companions will lose a significant amount of flexibility. Going forward, those travelers will need to ensure that intended passengers have been added to the appropriate list before attempting to make a redemption.
The new rules may also encourage some Avios collectors to transfer their Avios to other programs within the Avios ecosystem, such as British Airways Club, when booking awards for travelers outside their approved groups. Since Avios can generally be moved between participating Avios programs, members may still have alternative redemption options available.
Bottom Line
Qatar Airways Privilege Club is tightening control over who members can book award flights for with Avios. The new My List feature limits award bookings to a small group of pre-approved travelers, while the existing Family & Friends program remains available for family pooling.
For most families, the changes are unlikely to cause major problems. Travelers who regularly redeem Avios for a wide range of friends and relatives lost some flexibility when the rules first launched in June 2026, but Qatar has walked much of that back since: Gold and Platinum members can now book for literally anyone via the Contact Centre, and building out your My List or Family & Friends group is far easier now that the only real requirement is a 30-day-old account.
