One interesting quirk with the new Avios scheme we never expected

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• Worzel says:

  29 Apr29 April 05:22

  ‘I can see a lot of people heading down to Madrid in the near future ….’ .

  Yes, this would suit us-being 15mins from BRS. No need to go up to LHR, just jump on EZY(who provide a great service) and take it from there.

  We were in the Madrid Business Class Lounge last month and impressed with it-that said we’ve little experience of these places.

  I wonder how long this quirk will last-doubtless there’s someone doing repairs as I type!

• Peaceful Waters says:

  29 Apr29 April 06:10

  That new Iberia service from Manchester to Madrid is looking useful!

  • AndyGWP says:

    29 Apr29 April 13:08

    Thanks for the reminder 🙂

    [stupid question] – Can someone remind me how the pricing works with codeshares? :/

• Phillip says:

  29 Apr29 April 07:19

  There is one benefit I realised about this – you get access to almost 3 weeks’ worth of availability via BAEC before Iberia Plus does. Iberia Plus only lets you book 11 months in advance whereas on BAEC you can book roughly 11 months and 3 weeks ahead. For routes that could sell quickly, it may be worth the extra bucks.

  • Rob says:

    29 Apr29 April 08:39

    Didn’t know that, thanks (and indeed for the tip-off late last night, although my wife wasn’t happy that I stayed up to write the article 🙂 )

    • Worzel says:

      29 Apr29 April 08:52

      Another missed opportunity Rob? 😉 .

      • RICO says:

        29 Apr29 April 11:34

        That is a little bit personal.

        • Worzel says:

          29 Apr29 April 13:31

          Sorry RICO, the comment wasn’t meant to offend.

          Sincerely posted, Worz.

• Danksy says:

  29 Apr29 April 07:24

  Makes the 241 voucher very poor value!

  • Worzel says:

    29 Apr29 April 07:36

    Agreed, to be able to use a 2-4-1 on Iberia (or other carriers) would make the scheme more interesting.

  • Trevor says:

    29 Apr29 April 09:57

    Despite Raffles’ insistence that it’s the best perk out there, I’ve always found it poor value – I have 2 sitting on my account and not sure what to do with them.

    • Fenny says:

      29 Apr29 April 21:22

      They’re only of any use if you’re travelling with someone.

  • Polly says:

    29 Apr29 April 19:00

    Will worth it for F redemptions long haul, ESP Asia, or East Coast US.

• Dale says:

  29 Apr29 April 07:25

  Is it possible to use the 2-4-1 voucher with this arrangement? An article on how best to use the 2-4-1 would be nice.

  • Rob says:

    29 Apr29 April 08:39

    Sadly not.

• Jordan D says:

  29 Apr29 April 07:53

  Are Iberia rewards still non-cancellable?

  Also – Zone 6, Peak, Full Fare Economy is looking like *exceptionally* poor value! 😉

  • Rob says:

    29 Apr29 April 08:37

    Iberia rewards have always been cancellable, whether booked on Iberia.com or ba.com. The only thing you can’t cancel is non-Iberia redemptions booked on Iberia.com/

  • xcalx says:

    29 Apr29 April 08:38

    Iberia awards are cancellable Euro 25 per person

• Adam says:

  29 Apr29 April 08:02

  Another note.

  I booked an Iberia flight from GIG -MAD a couple of weeks ago and it priced at £24.70 on BA. The same as the $ equivalent on Iberia. Upon further research, it seems BA has adopted Iberia pricing on a couple of south/Central American flights. Certainly flights from Brazil and Columbia, price between £24 and £47 for business class. A few others are around £150 but bizarrely, Equador pricing a at £647pp.

  • VP says:

    29 Apr29 April 12:02

    If only BA was that generous:) I do not know about other countries but in case of GIG this is due to local laws in Brazil which do not allow for fuel surcharge to be added. If you look at the break up, I am sure you would not find any YQ/YR surcharge.

    If you do a LHR-GIG return booking then BA includes YQ/YR on both legs since you are originating from London but if you book it as two separate tickets you will have to pay the surcharge only on outbound (sucks if you have 2-4-1 I guess) as BA cannot add YQ to tickets originating in Brazil. Give how expensive S. America tickets can be this provides seriously good value if you are returning from Brazil specially now with Off peak pricing.

    On another note, Rob are there are any more such destinations served by BA where they cannot add their favorite YQ due to local regulations? Will be to handy to have the list if there are any such countries particularly in S.E Asia.

    • JQ says:

      29 Apr29 April 12:39

      YQ is limited by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department to be an actual fuel surcharge, airlines need to get approval for their YQ each month they sell tickets. In May 2015 it will be HK$205 for long haul routes (i.e. for BA).

      Not sure exactly what tickets it applies to. Raffles ran an article about using Expedia HK to benefit from this.

      Also if the £ maintains its recent small rise against the USD this week, tickets priced in USD-linked currencies should become cheaper in GBP from next Wednesday

• Sebastian says:

  29 Apr29 April 08:14

  Iberia does look the way forward, even without a 241 voucher. For me unless AMEX do something special I can see them losing a lot of BA PP customers.

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