New member bonuses are a great way to earn bonus points or miles when signing up for airline and hotel programs. Here’s a roundup of the hotel and airline membership programs currently giving bonuses for new members — including offers from American Airlines, Alaska, Southwest, Hilton, Marriot, Qatar, Choice, and more.

Qatar Airways Privilege Club and Iberia Plus are both offering double Avios promotions. Members of each program can earn double Avios when flying with the opposite airline now through November 30, 2022. Here’s how to take advantage of this promotion.

Book a stopover in Doha, Qatar for as cheap as $14 per person through Qatar Airways’ revamped stopover deal. This relaunched stopover deal is even better than before – when Qatar stopver nights started at $86 per person. Now you can score a 4-night stay at a 5-star hotel in Doha for just $97 per person!

Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways recently announced a strategic partnership that includes code-sharing, reciprocal benefits and privileges for elite members, and the ability to earn and redeem their respective points and miles when flying each other flights. Here’s what we know so far.

Qatar Airways recently improved the expiration policy for its Privilege Club Avios. Previously, Avios had an inflexible lifespan of a minimum of 3 years regardless of activity. Now, whenever you generate activity, your Avios expiration clock will be extended by 36 months. Here’s how to generate qualifying activity, even without flying.

Qatar Airways recently launched Student Club. This program gives college students a new way to save on airfare while getting elite-like perks like additional checked baggage allowance. Plus, upon graduation, Student Club members receive elite status. Here’s what you need to know about this free program.

You can now transfer Avios for free between all four participating airlines: British Airways, Qatar Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus. This flexibility adds a significant amount of value to all the programs. Not only can you use it to consolidate small balances into one account, but you can also transfer Avios into the account that will give you the best value for a specific award. Here’s how.

In positive news for travelers, you’ll need fewer Avios when booking Qatar Airways flights with British Airways, as the airline reduces award costs to match other programs. Here’s a look at the positive improvements in award costs with British Airways Executive Club as it pertains to flights on Qatar Airways—as well as why this change is happening.

Qatar Airways (a member of Oneworld Alliance) has recently switched its mileage currency from Qmiles to Avios and is offering a promotion to earn bonus Avios for booking a flight with Qatar Airways. This promotion has been extended to today, April 7, 2022, so act quickly.

Qatar Airways Privilege Club has brought back its ‘per segment’ award fees, and recent changes to the program merit a new evaluation. The program dropped its award pricing and cut surcharges on award tickets. Recently, Privilege Club adopted Avios as its miles currency. So how good or bad is the program now? Here’s a renewed look at the program to see how good it is for award travelers.