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‘50% off Avios redemptions’ sale on Iberia – Europe plus New York, Miami, Chicago included

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Iberia Plus has launched an amazing HALF-PRICE sale on Avios redemptions! This applies to both Economy and Business seats.

There are some excellent deals to be had here, even though you need to change in Madrid.

Business Class from Madrid to New York is just 40,000 Avios plus €172! This compares with 80,000 Avios and £500 for a similar British Airways flight booked on Avios!

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(The taxes figure is not reduced – €172 is the standard taxes number for a long-haul Iberia redemption booked via iberia.com. It is shocking, frankly, that if you try to book exactly the same redemption on the same plane via ba.com they will charge you £500!)

Note that the Iberia website, on the promos page, still shows the December offers with different discounts. However, do a dummy booking and the deals below will show.

Let’s look at the small print:

Book by January 7th

Fly by April 8th

Valid on ALL European routes flown by Iberia and Iberia Express

Valid on the following long haul routes:
New York
Chicago
Miami
Bogota
Quito
Guayaquil

You must book via iberia.com. This means that you must have an ACTIVE Iberia Plus account, ie one that has been open for 90 days and has earned at least 1 Avios.

As long as you have an active Iberia account, you can transfer over the Avios you need from avios.com or BA using ‘Combine My Avios’.

You have one decision to make when booking. If you book from London to, say, New York on one ticket then you incur UK Air Passenger Duty at the long-haul rate – your taxes rise to €360 return in Business. If you book London to Madrid on a separate ticket to Madrid to New York, your taxes will be a lot lower. However, you then lose your legal rights to be put on another flight if your inbound flight is delayed.

To be honest, I would be happy to be on separate tickets on the basis that both flights are on Iberia, but you may think differently.

When it comes to seat, you may be lucky and get the new Iberia fully flat business class seat, which I reviewed here.

You may also be unlucky and get the old sloping seat. However, at these prices, you can’t really complain.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

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Comments (53)

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  • Henk says:
    4 Jan4 January 12:07

    We’ve used Iberia Avios sales before. They do turn up regularly, although not always as generous as this one. My son went to Lima last year. Booked one way on the early 6:20 flight on BA to Madrid, then a discounted one way to Lima. Using the early flight means you have plenty of time to transfer and the likelihood of delays is small. For the return, simply book all the way to London as there are no tax implications and you are protected for the connection. Also, you can book both short hauls in economy if you wish to save some Avios. When we checked him in at LHR they checked his bags all the way to Lima (although they failed to turn up there).

  • susan says:
    4 Jan4 January 13:11

    Have just priced up a one way in Y MAD to Chicago in March. 10k Avios plus €102 or 5k avios + €152. with a €25 change penalty

    That can’t be correct, can it????

  • olybeast says:
    4 Jan4 January 13:58

    I can’t get it to bring up business class. I am checking during half term mind you. Also I’m getting 30k return for economy?

    • Alan says:
      4 Jan4 January 14:00

      I had a play about and could definitely see plenty of business seats to Chicago and fewer to NYC. I could also see the 10k o/w Chicago pricing that Susan mentioned – fantastic deal, wish I could commit to it just now!

      • Oliver says:
        4 Jan4 January 14:19

        whats dates for the 10k chicago? and what dates for the business to new york

        • Alan says:
          4 Jan4 January 14:36

          I was looking at early/mid March.

        • Rob says:
          4 Jan4 January 14:37

          New York should work for all dates with availability through to the April closing date.

          Not sure if the 10k Chicago one is more limited.

  • Gill says:
    4 Jan4 January 14:00

    Looking at MIA to MAD. Economy and blue class tickets available. Do business class awards show up on the same screen if available – I can’t see any at all.

    • Alan says:
      4 Jan4 January 14:01

      They seem to – I was certainly seeing Blue/Economy/Biz columns when searching for Chicago, but only on some dates for NYC.

      • What's the Point says:
        4 Jan4 January 14:52

        Thanks Matthew for advising on how to search correctly!
        I can see Madrid – Chicago one way in Business on the 28th March for 20,000 Avios and £94 in taxes.
        Its a great deal, but we are already going away that week so can’t take it up.

  • mycity says:
    4 Jan4 January 15:13

    Silly question, but I have just joined Iberia, if in future I want a redemption for two people I assume I dont need to have my wife as an IB member? Pretty much like BA i guess

    • Rob says:
      4 Jan4 January 15:26

      Its a bit trickier – IB lets you create a list of friends and you can only redeem for those. You need full passport details to add someone to the list.

      • mycity says:
        4 Jan4 January 15:38

        Thanks Raffles (sorry I reposted below in error) guess it may just be easier to join my wife

  • mycity says:
    4 Jan4 January 15:35

    I have just joined IB for future Avios bookings, I assume I don’t need to join my wife as I can book for her using my Avios, like BA Exec Club, is this correct?

    • James67 says:
      4 Jan4 January 16:17

      Yes but you need to have been an active member for 90 days before you can transfer in you avios as I understand it.

    • Simon says:
      4 Jan4 January 18:47

      I think it is worthwhile to create an account for your wife. I did for mine and currently doing the gym promotion on both our accounts and it came in useful to get the 50% bonus for points transfer!!

  • xcalx says:
    4 Jan4 January 18:48

    Am I the first HFPer to actually book flights. 2 X MAD-MIA business begining of April. Seats 1E &1G booked, looks like the A330 ( have had these change to old 340 near to departure but for a day flight I would not be bothered in the slightest ) For the return we will look to book a repositioning cruise back to Europe after a few weeks in Mexico.
    Once again a BIG thanks to Raffles We will toast you with Cava when we board in Madrid.

    • MaltaPointsTom says:
      4 Jan4 January 20:28

      Probably a wise move – I was looking at MAD-MIA returns and while I found some availability for the MAD-MIA leg, there was nothing in my (fairly wide) window from MIA-MAD. I get the feeling you may have the luxury of a little more time than me though…

  • Don says:
    4 Jan4 January 23:00

    I suppose that CDG-MAD-JFK/ORD will also be 40k return and low taxes.

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