Qatar Airways: business class from the US East Coast to Southeast Asia from about 95,000 Avios
From the East Coast, Doha is on the way to Southeast Asia, and Qatar prices it well. JFK to Bangkok via Doha has been booked at 95,000 Avios one way, and Bali at 100,000. Philippine Airlines' JFK to Manila nonstop and every other partner option cost 154,500.
How Qatar Airways prices this route
USA East → SE Asia · business, one way
Two award systems in one currency. Partners are priced by the total distance flown, and Philippine Airlines has its own Qatar chart. Qatar's own flights via Doha use unpublished route pricing, so the prices shown are what has been seen, not a chart. Flexi awards on Qatar cost 2× Standard when Standard seats are gone.
Philippine Airlines nonstops between the US and Manila
Qatar Airways · Philippine Airlines chart · one way, by distance
Hover a cell to see the full price for that route.
Philippine Airlines has its own Qatar chart, rebuilt from 2026 bookings. On Qatar's generic partner chart these flights would all be 154,500. Distances shown are straight-line airport-to-airport; Qatar prices the total distance actually flown.
Good to know
- Qatar awards are one way, so you can book the return with another program.
- From the East Coast, Doha is roughly on the way, so the routing is less of a detour than from the West.
- Qatar’s own flights add Qatar’s carrier surcharges.
How to find seats
- 1 Search Qatar Airways from JFK, BOS or IAD to Bangkok or Singapore via Doha and pick Standard, not Flexi. Standard seats come out around 361 days, in random batches, and again 1–14 days before departure.
- 2 For Bali, the same search has priced at 100,000.
- 3 Partners are 154,500, so only use them if Qatar has nothing.
- 4 Transfer points only once you see the seat.
Other programs on this route
The return trip: SE Asia → USA East
Questions people ask
Why isn't Philippine Airlines from New York 110,000 like the West Coast?
JFK to Manila is 8,520 miles, over the 8,000 mile edge of Philippine Airlines' Qatar chart, so it's 154,500.
Is 95,000 the price to all of Southeast Asia?
It's what people have booked to Bangkok and Singapore. Bali has priced at 100,000. Manila, Ho Chi Minh City and Kuala Lumpur don't have a seen price yet.
What's Flexi?
Qatar's own-flight award that opens up more seats when Standard is sold out. It costs exactly twice the Standard price, so about 190,000 here.
Is 95,000 guaranteed?
No. Qatar doesn't publish a chart for its own flights. 95,000 is the Standard price people have booked; peak dates run higher.
I have Chase points. Can I use this?
Yes. Transfer Chase to British Airways Avios 1:1, then combine them into Qatar Avios 1:1 in the Qatar account. Link the two accounts first.