CIMB Offers 30% Bonus Avios With Qatar Airways Privilege Club

CIMB is back again with another Avios conversion campaign, and this time, eligible CIMB Bonus Points cardholders can earn 30% bonus Avios when converting their points to Qatar Airways Privilege Club.

Link to Promotion

This is not quite as exciting as the previous 40% bonus Avios campaign that took place last October, but let’s be honest: a 30% uncapped bonus on one of the most flexible airline miles currencies in the world is still very much worth paying attention to.

For CIMB cardholders sitting on a sizeable stash of Bonus Points, especially for those planning trips to Europe once the middle eastern conflict settles down, this promotion could be a timely opportunity to clean up your points balance and move them into a far more useful currency.

The Promotion Mechanics

The campaign runs from 1 June 2026 to 30 June 2026.

During this period, eligible CIMB Bonus Points principal credit cardholders can receive 30% bonus Avios when converting CIMB Bonus Points to Qatar Airways Privilege Club.

The conversion mechanic is simple:

75,000 CIMB Bonus Points = 5,000 Avios. With the 30% bonus, cardholders will receive an additional 1,500 bonus Avios. That means every 75,000 CIMB Bonus Points converted during the campaign will generate a total of 6,500 Avios.

Source: CIMB

Effectively, this improves the usual conversion rate from 15,000 CIMB Bonus Points per 1,000 Avios to approximately 11,538 CIMB Bonus Points per 1,000 Avios after factoring in the bonus. That is a meaningful improvement, especially for those who already intended to convert to Qatar Airways Privilege Club anyway.

The most important detail here is that there is no cap on the bonus Avios.

Source: CIMB

If you convert 750,000 CIMB Bonus Points, you should receive 50,000 base Avios plus 15,000 bonus Avios, giving you a total of 65,000 Avios. If you convert 1,500,000 CIMB Bonus Points, you are looking at 100,000 base Avios plus 30,000 bonus Avios, for a total of 130,000 Avios.

Bonus Avios will be credited by Qatar Airways Privilege Club by 31 July 2026.

As always, once you convert your CIMB Bonus Points into Avios, the transaction is non-reversible. So please do not blindly convert points just because there is a bonus. Have a redemption plan first, or at least understand why Avios fits your broader travel strategy.

Why This Matters

The reason I continue to pay attention to CIMB’s Avios promotions is simple: Avios is one of the most flexible airline miles currency available to Malaysians.

Unlike Enrich Miles or KrisFlyer miles, Avios is not locked to one single airline ecosystem in the same restrictive way. Avios can be moved between several major airline loyalty programs, including Qatar Airways Privilege Club, British Airways Club, Iberia Club, and Finnair Plus.

This matters because each Avios program has its own quirks, pricing logic, sweet spots, and redemption strengths.

Qatar Airways Privilege Club is obviously the most attractive if your goal is to redeem Qatar Airways flights, especially Business Class flights via Doha. British Airways Avios can be useful for short-haul redemptions, particularly on partners such as Japan Airlines. Iberia has historically had its own sweet spots for certain transatlantic routes. Finnair Plus adds yet another layer of optionality within the broader Avios ecosystem.

UOB may still be top of wallet for KrisFlyer and Asia Miles, but when it comes to Avios, CIMB remains the only practical routes for Malaysian credit cardholders.

And Avios is not just about Qatar Airways.

Because Qatar Airways is part of Oneworld, Avios can open up redemptions across airlines such as British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Qantas, Iberia, Finnair, and other Oneworld partners. For anyone who values flexibility, that is incredibly powerful.

This is especially important in today’s redemption environment, where award availability is becoming more competitive, more dynamic, and more frustrating by the year. Locking yourself into one airline program and praying that Saver seats magically appear is not a strategy. It is self-inflicted emotional damage.

And if anyone tells you that you can book Oneworld airlines via Malaysia Airlines Enrich miles, I want you to look them in the eye and just feel sorry for them for paying such a premium 😁

Final Thoughts

This is an excellent promotion if you already have a clear use for Qatar Airways Avios, especially for QSuites or Oneworld partner redemptions, this campaign is a strong opportunity to convert your CIMB Bonus Points at a meaningfully improved rate.

The lack of a bonus cap is the real highlight here. For heavy CIMB users sitting on large points balances, this can create serious value.

That said, among all of CIMB’s conversion partners, Qatar Airways Privilege Club remains one of the most strategically useful, precisely because Avios is not a-end currency. The ability to move Avios across British Airways, Qatar Airways, Iberia, and Finnair gives cardholders far more optionality than many people realise.

Banks love to advertise headline MPR rates, but serious miles collectors know that earning miles is only half the equation. The real value comes from being able to redeem those miles intelligently, across multiple airlines, alliances, and routes.

That is where Avios continues to shine.

If you have CIMB Bonus Points sitting around and you have your eye on Qatar Airways QSuites or broader Oneworld redemptions, this is a promotion worth considering before 30 June 2026.

Just please, for the love of all things premium travel, do not convert blindly and then ask why there are no award seats to London next week.