I have written before about the new Iberia services which are starting from Manchester (September) and Edinburgh (March). These will offer a direct route to Madrid, bookable with Avios points, and an easy option for connecting to an Iberia long-haul Avios redemption.
This all seemed a bit too sensible for Iberia’s route planning department, though. With Iberia now back in profit, anything goes!
At least, that is what is seems like. I can’t think of any other reason for the launch of London Luton to Vigo. Wherever Vigo may be. (In Galicia, it seems, photo below).
The route will be operated by Air Nostrum / Iberia Regional on Thursdays and Sundays between 15 July and 27 September.
Seats are now available for Avios redemptions at ba.com. It is 15,000 Avios + £30 in Economy (no Reward Flight Saver on Iberia but taxes out of Luton are low anyway) and 30,000 Avios + £43 in Business.
If you are thinking of booking for cash, look at iberia.com and Air Nostrum as prices and baggage allowances can sometimes vary.
More logical are two new Summer routes launched by Iberia Express. The only surprising thing here is that they are being flown from Heathrow – and Terminal 5 at that – where we are always led to believe that British Airways is struggling to find slots.
The new routes are:
Heathrow to Tenerife North (3 flights per week from 29 March)
Heathrow to Las Palmas / Gran Canaria (4 flights per week from 30 March)
The tax is not great, unfortunately. Las Palmas is 20,000 Avios + £114 return in Economy or 40,000 Avios + £64 in Business. I have no idea why Business is £50 cheaper, I think ba.com is treating the surcharges incorrectly. The pricing for Tenerife is the same.
In Economy, you are better off booking via iberia.com and using Combine My Avios to send your points across. Las Palmas in 20,000 Avios + £59 in Economy, for example, saving you £55 per person. Business Class, on the other hand, has taxes of £80 which is more than ba.com wants!
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About Head for Points
Vigo is my hometown ald known for its Football team Celta de Vigo that play in Spanish First Division ( Premier League). It is 200 km from Porto, 75 km of Santiago de Compostela ( very known Catholic Pilgrims place ).
Galice is not well known outside Spain, but in Spain it is considered the green lung of Spain and has the best White Whine ( Albariño) of the world. Every 1st Sunday of August and week therefore the Wineparty is a cultural thing and good party. Also the best Seafood and mussles come from Galice. A mussel-platform was the start of “LA Vuelta” Spanish equivalent of Tour debFrance.
Very special thing. We are descendants of CELTS and the bag pipe is our national instrument. Many links are between us and Irish people.
I hope to helped you a little bit with this unknown Gem 🙂
Also Gallegos like me we love to party. A local supermarket made a lot of videos called : Vivir Como Gallego! Check YouTube.
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“Scottish referendum: Spanish region makes bid to replace Scotland if it leaves the union”
Galicia says its pipers, football team that sounds a bit like Celtic and lots of rain make it the ideal replacement
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/scottish-referendum-spanish-region-makes-4279115
Iberia has just announced a 25% avios sale. Buy your ticket by 26/2 for travel between 29/3 and 15/7.