Qatar Airways' award-winning Privilege Club loyalty programme is rewarding its members with a 50 per cent saving on awards to selected destinations during Ramadan.

Designed to encourage members to take a break during the fasting month, the offer is spread across a number of Middle East routes operated by Qatar Airways from its Doha hub, said an official spokesman.

Stretching from Dubai and Abu Dhabi to as far afield as Damascus and Beirut, the offer provides Privilege Club members with tremendous savings.

The offer is valid for all Privilege Club members and is eligible for return flights in Economy Class only. Travel must be completed between September 10 and October 15.

In addition, Qatar Airways is offering double Qmiles on its new Doha-Nagpur route being launched on September 23. The offer, valid until November 30, is available on the twice-weekly services to the central Indian city - Qatar Airways' seventh destination in India.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said the airline had won tremendous amount of support over the years from frequent flyer members of the carrier's Privilege Club loyalty programme.

All Baker explained that in addition, Qatar Airways was offering members double Qmiles on the airline's newest route to Nagpur being launched next week. The addition of Nagpur takes Qatar Airways' capacity to India up to 44 non-stop flights a week across seven Indian destinations.

The other cities being Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Trivandrum and Cochin. Qatar Airways launches its eighth Indian gateway city on December 12 with daily scheduled flights to the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.Trade Arabia News Service