Get a 500 Avios points sign-up bonus from Iberia Plus

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• Justin says:

  12 Mar12 March 11:24

  Off topic: Can anyone remind if I earn Avios based on marketing carrier or operating carrier? E.g. Should I use AA or Finnair Avios table, if I fly on a AA-operated flight sold under AY code?

  • Rob says:

    12 Mar12 March 11:45

    oneworld is based on marketing carrier, Star Alliance by operating carrier.

    Leads to the odd position that if fly a Finnair flight with a Lufthansa codeshare on it, you can’t get miles in either programme! Fly a Lufthansa flight under a Finnair codeshare and you can claim miles in both!

• Umberto says:

  12 Mar12 March 16:54

  I opened my account a couple of months ago to take advantage of the Economist 9000 avios offer. When the miles posted I also received 500 additional miles.

• ADS says:

  12 Mar12 March 17:46

  This made me wonder what other frequent flyer accounts I should open ?

  A few weeks ago I was trying to move some points around for an upcoming reward flight, and one of the frequent flyer accounts (possibly US Airways) required it to be open for about a week before it would allow transfers. This rule meant I couldn’t get the reward flight I wanted – which again made me think that I should open lots of frequent flyer accounts!

  Any ideas ?

  • Rob says:

    12 Mar12 March 17:48

    Yes, the US airlines generally have a deadline before you can buy or transfer points, as does Avianca. That said, it is rare that you would need points quickly from scratch.

• Tim says:

  12 Mar12 March 20:31

  It looks like I will get 800 Avios plusvthe 500 opening offer for downloading the Hailo app and entering my IB Plus number.
  Havent tried it yet but IB website suggests it wilk work

  • Liz says:

    12 Mar12 March 21:01

    Where did you enter your IB Plus number

    • Tim says:

      12 Mar12 March 21:06

      I am still figuring it out. I think it is the Spanish Hailo for Madrid and Barca that you need. I have only got as far as the London App. I will try again tomorrow, but google “Hailo Iberia plus” if yoh want to try yourself

      • Liz says:

        12 Mar12 March 21:28

        I’m trying that now – downloaded the link for iphone but it has put the app into iTunes – and I don’t know how to get it onto my phone from iTunes – I tried it before just downloading the app but it didn’t give any option to enter your IB number. duh! not great with iTunes technology!

        • Tim says:

          12 Mar12 March 22:23

          Ill let you know if andriod works

        • Tim says:

          12 Mar12 March 22:54

          An update to my investigations.
          Unfortunately Hailo only gives you an option to enter an IB Plus number if it thinks you are in Madrid.
          You have two possibilities here. The first is to go to Madrid. Not worth a special trip but if you are passing though anyway in the next 45 days that might be an option.
          The second is to trick the Hailo app into thinking you are in Madrid. If you are using andriod, you can do this using the ” fake GPS ” free app. You also need to turn off Wifi based location from settings and use settings/devloper optoons to enable “use mock location”.
          It took me 2 minutes to do this on my Andriod tablet. On launching the Hailo App the Add Iberia Account option appeared.

          Apparently the points take a week or two to arrive, so now I am waiting.

        • Tim says:

          12 Mar12 March 22:57

          I should add that I dont think faking a GPS locatoon on iOS is quite so easy. Not unless you have friends in the US military 🙂 Sorry Liz that this answer might not be useful to you.

        • Liz says:

          12 Mar12 March 23:41

          I could use my husbands android phone – what fake gps app did u download?

        • AndyGWP says:

          13 Mar13 March 09:10

          You could also use something called “Andy” which is an android emulator for the PC…

          just google: android emulator andy

          it’s the first result 🙂

        • Liz says:

          13 Mar13 March 09:26

          Thanks Tim – I’ll try it over the weekend!

        • Colin JE says:

          13 Mar13 March 14:53

          There isn’t a way to fake your gps location on iOS unless it’s jailbroken (not recommended for something like this!) but with Android I used the ‘Fake GPS’ app on Google Market. Found a position in Barcelona, then clicked ‘Start’, then went to my Hailo app and under my account the option to add an Iberia Plus was there. It took just over a week for the points to appear. This’ll work on the oldest Android too, so long as Hailo works on it.

        • Rob says:

          13 Mar13 March 15:46

          Amazing!

        • Tim says:

          13 Mar13 March 19:32

          I was certainly amazed at how easy it was. Btw keep up the good work

• gs says:

  13 Mar13 March 09:40

  I assume that moving across avios from BA to IB does not reset the mileage expiration date on either side?

  • Colin JE says:

    13 Mar13 March 14:54

    I thought it did, or at least is away of protecting points about to expire. Or am I wrong folks?

• AndyGWP says:

  14 Mar14 March 08:33

  Setup Iberia Plus account on Thursday
  Setup a first-time transfer to Iberia Plus on Thursday night (immediate)
  Transferred points
  Points arrived Friday
  Bonus arrived today

  Can’t believe how quick and easy that was. As mentioned earlier, I have spent weeks going back and forth with Iberia customer service on how to get my wifes account with it’s paltry 220 points in over to her married name. This was so much easier.

  As always, thanks Raffles 🙂

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