Has anyone else noticed how much harder Qatar Avios pricing is becoming to predict?

Pointify is tracking this award chart for the points-and-miles community.

I’ve been having a bit of a nerdy moment with Qatar redemptions lately, and something keeps cropping up. It’s not just a case of ‘is there availability?’ but more a question of which version of the award pricing you’ll actually get when you look. For example, I spotted someone eyeing up London to Auckland, only to find the return had crept up from about 90,000 Avios to 99,000, and one leg was now sitting at 54,000. Not exactly a small jump. It got