An interesting day – Iberia Plus will reveal its new status system

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• sigma421 says:

  12 Feb12 February 13:44

  Also assuming that the Amex deal works the same way (big assumption I know), that would suggest it’s £25k of spend as a lot of us have suspected. Big difference seems to be that BA is happy to make the climb to Gold extremely hard and isn’t including other earning methods (I’d make the 2,500 extremely easily if Nectar and eShop points counted).

• Zack says:

  12 Feb12 February 14:13

  The first news has already made it out – it’s now “Club” (where have I heard that before) Iberia Plus.

  Same thresholds as BA, but in euros – OWR at 3500 euros, OWS at 7500 eur, OWE at 20000 eur. OWE now one year instead of two for Iberia, but they are introducing a new level of OWE worth two years at 30000 eur.

• Richie says:

  12 Feb12 February 14:30

  Horse’s mouth https://www.iberia.com/gb/news-updates/iberia-plus-2025

  • John says:

    12 Feb12 February 14:47

    Has their site gone into meltdown?

• daveinitalia says:

  12 Feb12 February 14:50

  I don’t the changes were too bad and could have been a lot worse.

  Some of the nice things for Iberia cardholders:
  – The number of segments to get ruby or sapphire are now lower (20 and 40 respectively)
  – There’s now an option to qualify for emerald in segments, although it’s quite high at 90
  – 1 point per Euro spend, plus the bonuses based on fare class are listed as part of the scheme and not a limited time offer
  – for spend on Iberia partners, including their online store, every 10 Avios earned will get one tier point
  – They have credit cards too in Spain which will earn Avios and therefore also tier points

  It’s quite possible some people will be better off under this scheme, particularly if they already collect Avios from other sources. The BA scheme, as initially announced, was almost purely revenue except for a few TP from Amex.

• Charlie says:

  12 Feb12 February 14:53

  OWS 40 segments. OWE 90 segments or OWS 7,500 points (back of matchbox calculation looks like around 50% cash rate due to bonus points in biz. e.g: spend £350 return in short haul, and you’ll receive 700 points); OWE 20,000 points (again, probably around £10,000 when bonuses are considered).

• NickW says:

  12 Feb12 February 15:17

  I qualified for IB’s Platino (OWE) status just this week.
  In theory at least I should have this status until March 2027 (2 years)
  I am a UK citizen resident in Spain for 17 years.
  Obviously I was very nervous about what was going to be announced today.
  The initial headline of 20K Euros to attain/retain Platino was the expected bomb.
  However when digging into the details, it is not actually too bad for someone like me.
  I already earn Avios via Iberia Icon CC, Endesa (electricity), Repsol (car fuel), Melia Hotels.
  The site specifies that up to 30% of all this ie. 6,000 (at 10-1)in my case can go to the new Elite Points.
  Also, the net spend on flights is enhanced by the Extra Elite Points on offer according
  to the ticket type.
  So instead of thinking that I need to spend 20K net on flights, it is actually considerably less.
  The final good news for me personally is that they are going to honour the 2 year status for newly qualified Platinos (ie. <March 31 2025) so I have a free year in which to get my strategy in place.
  I think IB have been quiet clever in offering many EP earning streams to residents of Spain. Not good news to the UK based BAEC members who might have entertained the idea of switching to IB of course, but all in all to us here, it could definitely have been much more painful.

• RogerWilco says:

  12 Feb12 February 17:39

  Meanwhile over at AY:

  OWS with ca 4-5k net spend
  OWE with ca 9-10k€ net spend (depends on your current status, for Plats it 9x)
  Earning on non-AY tix are in most cases even better, distance/fare bucket/status multiplier based.

  Avios can be converted to TP at 3:1 rate. As local CC gives 1 Avios/€, one can say you earn at least 1TP/3€ spend up until half of your current level’s TP requirement.

  Avios transfers to BA (and from there to IB, QR) are free and instant.

  • ayearinmx says:

    12 Feb12 February 20:25

    That’s who I chose to go with, based on the research I did, it worked out better for me, and completely unplanned, my calendar year works out really well on my Finnair account. Although this IB option does look decent

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