How I would book a flight to the Maldives with credit card points

[@MinhAnNguyen07]

I love your video, the simple visualization and straight to the point!

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Thank you for watching!

[@maoworkshen2564]

AMEX now offers 40% MR points transfer bonus to BA good through 5/15/2022!

[@karinapaz947]

I’m new to points and flights, if I transfer over points now do I have to use them now? Or can I just keep them at BA till I’m ready to book in like a month or two?

[@EE90EE]

@@karinapaz947 you can wait to use them

[@dreamlei3346]

Thank you Max! I used the method you showed here and just booked a business & first class ticket from DC to Male for 85K avios!

[@MaxMilesPoints]

🙌🏼🙌🏼 amazing! Glad you’re able to find award space and make the booking!

[@andyv8889]

I just completed last week a round trip on Qatar QSuites from Burbank to Johannesburg for total of 140,000 American Airlines miles. Had to fly economy from Burbank to Seattle first though as part of award trip. Then Qsuite to Doha and Qsuite to Johannesburg. Then the same in reverse. That was the best sweet spot award ever.

[@darith770]

ok?

[@jwil4286]

By booking directly with QR, you can also buy access to Qatar’s Al Safwa lounge during your layover

[@PrinceofTravel]

This Qatar Avios stuff is a game changer 👌🏼

[@MaxMilesPoints]

opens up more doors for me to try Qsuites 😂 booking now before availability starts to dry up!

[@Materoosi]

@@MaxMilesPoints it dried up already lol all what i see is 2x avios

[@aivahness]

Thank you so much for the info! I've been trying to look all over youtube for this kind of information. lol keep the videos coming

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Will do!

[@SwitchBlade180]

Could you do one on how to use points to go to Bali? I heard using Singapore airlines is the best way to go, but the amount of points needed seems like a lot!

[@darith770]

yes

[@Bashrz]

Great tips! Citi also transfers directly to QR without having to go the BA way.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

who has Citi thank you points anyways.... jk 😆. But yes you are right Citi and Marriott points are the only other points that transfer into Qatar!

[@kristinecheng2710]

Hi, what specific name of the Citi card ?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

@@kristinecheng2710 Citi Premier !

[@kristinecheng2710]

@@MaxMilesPoints thank you so much

[@Sunshine-ss1sk]

Awesome - step by step directions. Thank you Max!

[@BabyVilch]

thank you! you shpuld make one about the hotels and poi t redemptions at the maldives!

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Will do!

[@gustavotravels]

Solid video man! So good to have another option for Qatar. I drained my AA and Asia Miles account so this will be my go-to. Was actually thinking a couple of weeks ago to go back to Maldives or Seychelles so this will come in handy. Thanks!

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Thanks man!

[@hietra88]

Awesome video and instructions! Keep it up. Just earned a like/sub!

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Thanks for the sub!

[@mikeltravis1151]

This is a great video. I have been looking for a way to transfer miles to Qatar Airways. You have just earned a like and subscribe.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Appreciate it! The other options are to transfer Citi ThankYou points or Marriott points to Qatar

[@JenWoodhouse1]

Thanks for this info, Max! Once in the Maldives, do you have any specific resorts with overwater bungalows that you would recommend for booking with points?

[@darith770]

yes

[@EthanPatrick_CreditCards]

Quatar business class for 85,000 points is not bad! Especially for such a long flight.

[@kishoretank8985]

Thanks Max great video, I understand transferring from BA to Qatar Avios but if I have 2 companion tickets and a family of 4 are travelling. I don't think this would be possible. Thank you

[@nikkiemenezes3245]

Would you recommend booking economy with Avios and then upgrade to business with cash? Will that workout cheaper? Have you ever tried it?

[@yasirm3630]

As always perfectly exlpained in detail. thank you. But I have always had one question in mind and I am sure many would have as well that's new to the earn and burn game, that is how do you decide on which frequent flyer program to use and which partner airlines to choose if partner airline is the choice of airline to fly? I mean say someone want's to fly between ASIA to Europe or US how would he decide on which airline/ FF program to use and which will give the best redemption value? It would be great if you can make a video on this.

[@darith770]

yes

[@kimt763]

This is exactly what I neeeed! 😊

[@laylamcdonald2752]

This was so informative. Thank you very much

[@shishi1734]

Hi! Can you also post how to book those bungalow villas using points? TIA

[@rkconn7230]

MAX! Thank you. Trying to use the Amex to Asia Miles promo to book to Maldives. Can we use the same concept - but use Asia Miles instead of going through Avios??

[@PedroOjeda]

I love this technique. I looked for flights using aero.seats, Going, manual checks with Turkish airliens/Canada etc etc... MY question is how did you figure this out? Teach a man how to fish so next time we know how to look. Do you manually just check every single airline?

[@travelwithericmary]

Thanks for sharing another great options to go to Maldives! When are you going?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

October!

[@henk376]

Great video Max!!!! Can you book more than one ticket with points? Family of 4 ? Thanks

[@theinternationalist1357]

Can you do a vid to Japan from LAX with venture X with points/miles... Thanks :)

[@Huskers-ro2sl]

I no more see award booking

[@cbaguistan]

Nonstop from SFO also!

[@luciaontario7606]

Thank you for the video.

[@worldtraveler8372]

This was awesome! Thank You!

[@shreyasjadhav4492]

"Book an award flight" button doesn't seem to be working. I have been trying for the last few days to find various availability but it still keeps showing the cash page. I have logged in, looked at different routes (even 1 year in the future), gone through the "sped avios" tabs, but nothing seems to show me award flights. Folks, do you have any tips to get this to work?

[@linlondyn]

I’m having the same issue! I don’t get it!

[@TheCoolsadi]

Trying to follow step by step but can’t find book by award in Qatar airlines

[@patcole8159]

Ok so although I wasn’t able to search through Qatar, I was able to look up availability on Bristish Airways. But how should I proceed w booking the flights? Should I transfer then call Qatar?

[@gianniolilang8461]

Great tips !

[@junitolopez3762]

I just have a question. I’m a newbi, getting to the game/ hobby. You stated Qatar just joined Avíos program. My question, why not transfer the points directly to Qatar? Thank you for you videos, very informative and easy to follow.

[@darith770]

b/c

[@Tony36847]

@Max Miles Points how do I check if the flight I'm booking has Q suites? I heard that not all of their planes have them...

[@tsjoshi]

Great content ! Thank you so much !! Like you transferred the points from BA to Qatar, Is there any website/resource that can help me find all those options for "From" and "To" for airmiles programs? The reason is, my credit card also provides limited options for redemption and I want to explore that to what other airmiles to which I can transfer these points in case I find better deals.

[@darith770]

yes

[@BradleySpence]

Thanks for the video. Do you need enough Avios points to search the flights? I can only see the dollar cost and not the point costs for these flights. I'm trying to search for Seattle to Maldives departing on November 30th and returning December 11th.

[@charliehepfer2742]

Same thing is coming up for me.

[@lila_90fabi89]

Same -.-

[@ericpaez2228]

What a great video! I have been diving deeper into award travel and look forward to booking my first business class flight! One question: I've heard that transferring from your credit card, let's just say Chase in this example, to an airline is a one way street. Let's say I transfer 10k points from my chase account to Jetblue. I thought that I wouldn't be able to move my points once they have been transferred to the airline? But in your example in the video, you transfer the points twice between airlines? I know about air alliances and how you can book flights for airlines in the same alliance on one's website for a different price but what's in your video seems different. Sorry if the way I explained my questions is confusing!

[@darith770]

yes

[@niskymartialartsfamilycent4401]

I created an account but do not see the link to book through award points 😢

[@dustin7708]

AA are harder points to earn but I’m pretty sure it’s 70K AA miles each way.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Yup its 70k AA miles each way. It's more difficult to earn AA miles

[@evacheng5684]

Could you show how to travel Asia with point?

[@GrantPalagonia]

They took away the ability to see award ticket prices without the Avios in your account. Can you make an updated video on how to do this redemption now and if it still costs the same? Thanks

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Check out these videos kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7OZaenfr-qsNU kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGazq5SvjdOfZpI

[@sonny6810]

Max there's only one issue with this... (I just got burned by it the other day) supposedly not sure if this is new or not, your accounts on any of the 4 transfer partners (Iberia, British Airways, Qatar or the last one.. forgot which one it is) needs to be active for 90 days or more before it lets you transfer Avios between accounts.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Iberia requires your account to be at least 90 days old

[@sonny6810]

@@MaxMilesPoints Oh okay, so it's only Iberia and not all 4 partners... ok well that's significantly better lol

[@SAEQA100]

This is awesome. Thanks!!

[@qasimnaeem8]

Hey Max! Thanks for the detailed video. I’m looking up flights from IAD to LHE (DC to Lahore, Pakistan) for December to January time frame but nothing is coming up. Are these award flights not available anymore?

[@llchrisb901]

Do i have to add a few points to my account for the award rates to pop up like that? It's not loading and showing the avios view for booking on my account.

[@barbarahopkins4391]

I’d like to know as well…

[@MaxMilesPoints]

you don't need to transfer the miles first. I made the video with 0 avios in my account, I just ran a search with 0 avios and it worked. These are the steps. 1. Log into your Qatar account 2. Search using the search bar on the Qatarairways.com home page 3. Input your cities and date 4. Click on "Show Flights" 5. You'll see cash tickets but in the top right corner you'll see "Book an Award Flight" 6. Click on that 7. and it'll show you award tickets in Avios give that a try and let me know if it works for you!

[@MaxMilesPoints]

@@barbarahopkins4391 see my response below with the steps on how I was able to see the points amount without any points in my account.

[@markmacabuhay430]

Stuck on clicking book an award flight and won’t show the points:(

[@jefferyhill8767]

I do not see the book award flight option

[@NitishUpreti]

Are the award flights only available ~8months/1 year ahead? What is the earliest I can find an award travel flight?

[@joeyleerobbins]

No matter what I do on Qatar search tool it will not show me miles pricing only cash. I click the button to book award flight but it just loads that cash prices again.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Check out this other video I did kzbin.info/www/bejne/moi6YZZvfrqtZ5Y

[@joeyleerobbins]

@@MaxMilesPoints Thank you! Just watched the video and that is super helpful looking at it now to try to hone my award searching and booking capabilities...I just leveled up! Thanks!

[@manitlohani1]

Does this still work? I haven't seen any business class without the flexible option

[@Drod8899]

combined miles but I don't see the page to transfer from British to Qatar, where do I go?

[@DCGEMINI202]

I like videos like this. Keep it up

[@regardspratik]

I tried following the steps. When I click the "book an award" button. it just refreshes the page and still shows the $ amount. I tried it on regular Chrome, Incognito, and Edge browsers. It didnt work on any of them.

[@markmacabuhay430]

Same for me

[@KennethDcouto]

How do I know how many avios miles I need if my destination is not maldives?

[@mikell.6064]

Doesn’t Citi offer Qatar as a transfer partner?

[@tomastaz]

Is round-trip usually just double the points, are are they calculated differently?

[@maoworkshen2564]

The Good News is AMEX has 40% bonus so I transferred 150K of UR points to BA for 210 K of Avios but the BAD news is so far zero availability from LAX!

[@joeandjoeable123]

This would be an effective rate of .7 cents per point though(not including the hundreds in fees). It would just be better to save up the $1300

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Would be interested to hear how you are able to score $1300 business class qatar qsuite flights from Chicago to Male!

[@michellel4632]

I cant seem to transfer my British avios to Qatar - please help!

[@gavel121589]

Why it doesn let me look for availability since i have no avios points on the account??

[@locnguyen107]

I tried booking today and Qatar Airways is showing I’m not eligible to redeem the flight with points. Do you think they removed this options already?

[@jeckAng]

Can I use my BA miles to book a flight in avios?

[@carmelabalos4714]

Can you transfer UR to Qatar directly?

[@lobosolo2]

Thank you for posting

[@raymondolivares2216]

Would it be less miles to not go in a Qsuite? I know it’s the experience but what if you don’t have enough miles for a round trip vía the Qsuite option? Thanks in advance!

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Hey! It will be the same number of miles. The only way it would be cheaper is if you flew economy instead of business.

[@MrPresident_818]

What about citi cards?

[@tktsully]

Great video however just a few a stated, when logged into your account, I get a message stating you are not eligible to book reward redemption. Please call Member service centre.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Check back after 24 hours. I just confirmed on the mobile app and desktop that I’m able to see award availability and the points price without having any points in my account. If you continue to have issues let me know and I can help you troubleshoot!

[@Gracersbaby]

@@MaxMilesPoints hello! I am having the same issue and checked back multiple days but still unable to see point availability.. please help me! Thank you!!

[@zeeshanahmed976]

85k points for a one-way ticket seems a bit much, no?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

The Maldives is expensive 🤷🏻‍♂️ haha. the alternative option is 70k AA miles but AA miles are hard to come by. The Maldives is far and cash price for the ticket is usually $5k + each way.

[@ladiesman90]

why to transfer the points to british airways and not directly to Qatar? Or ist there something i didnt get??

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Amex, chase and capital one points don’t transfer directly to Qatar Citi points transfers to Qatar directly

[@tsumusicman86]

We all seem to be having the same issue. It’s not showing award flights after we’ve logged in. Are you sure you don’t have to have any avios in your account?

[@mauratishias9994]

I transferred 3,000 avios and still nothing 😫

[@harkamal1116]

Qatar doesn’t show how many avios are needed for a route?

[@MaxMilesPoints]

It does, in the video it shows 85k + the taxes and fees

[@harkamal1116]

@@MaxMilesPoints I am seeing a message that I do not have enough miles. Seems like I need to transfer the miles first.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

​@@harkamal1116 you don't need to transfer the miles first. I made the video with 0 avios in my account, I just ran a search with 0 avios and it worked. These are the steps. 1. Log into your Qatar account 2. Search using the search bar on the Qatarairways.com home page 3. Input your cities and date 4. Click on "Show Flights" 5. You'll see cash tickets but in the top right corner you'll see "Book an Award Flight" 6. and it'll show you award tickets in Avios give that a try and let me know if it works for you!

[@BradleySpence]

@@MaxMilesPoints When I click "Book an Award Flight" it refreshes but nothing happens. I think it's because I don't have enough points.

[@MaxMilesPoints]

​@@BradleySpence What I've found out is some accounts are able to search for award availability while others are not. I think it has to do with how old your Qatar account is. I have to look into it more. In the mean time an alternative to search for availability before transferring is using AA or British Airways.

[@khushmodi9858]

I can’t see with avois

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Directions are in the video

[@Nicole99YT809]

I can't beleve I'm watching this ❤😭 im a Maldivian

[@ducksauce6679]

62k would be an epic win

[@MaxMilesPoints]

Gotta wait for those transfer bonuses to come around!

[@bigmandrew380]

Amazing. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@thebeddoctor4273]

Just tried in 2024. Its 170k points

[@MaxMilesPoints]

still bookable for 85k one-way. Just need to find saver award availability not flexi award space

[@thebeddoctor4273]

@MaxMilesPoints I'm trying to follow your steps but my computer screen doesn't seem to have the same stuff as yours. Like the big calendar with the ribbons. Ill try more today but I cant seem to duplicate it

[@MaxMilesPoints]

(Aren't you the same person complaining about how I say award availability? LOL. I hope you enjoy watching the other videos below, I say award availability PLENTY of times in the video tutorials below) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGazq5SvjdOfZpI kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn7OZaenfr-qsNU kzbin.info/www/bejne/moi6YZZvfrqtZ5Y

[@thebeddoctor4273]

@MaxMilesPoints yes I am lol. Big fan

[@thebeddoctor4273]

Since you are an awesome traveler can you try and make a new one for 2024 and show us again? I am trying to go for our anniversary 🎉 thank you

[@juangalindo3663]

Good luck with availability.