A disproportionate percentage of my inbox in the last 6-8 weeks has been on the topic of the closure of the avios.com website. Despite (or perhaps because of) the correspondence from British Airways .....

A disproportionate percentage of my inbox in the last 6-8 weeks has been on the topic of the closure of the .....

20 Aug 201820 August 2018 by Rob Burgess • 163 comments

Groupon has launched another cheap Avios promotion in Spain, with Iberia Plus.  Click here for details. Here are the prices: 4,000 Iberia Plus Avios for €54 (1.2p) 8,000 Iberia Plus Avios for .....

Groupon has launched another cheap Avios promotion in Spain, with Iberia Plus.  Click here for details. Here .....

16 Aug 201816 August 2018 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the refurbished Iberia Velazquez lounge in Madrid Terminal 4S. Iberia is in the process of refurbishing its two main lounges in Madrid.  The Velazquez lounge in 4S, which is .....

This is my review of the refurbished Iberia Velazquez lounge in Madrid Terminal 4S. Iberia is in the process .....

9 Aug 20189 August 2018 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

This is my review of business class on the new Iberia A350. Ten days ago Iberia‘s first A350-900 long-haul aircraft went into operation, flying between London and Madrid for crew training before .....

This is my review of business class on the new Iberia A350. Ten days ago Iberia‘s first A350-900 .....

31 Jul 201831 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Many Head for Points readers took part in the Iberia ‘90,000 Avios for booking 10 one-way Iberia flights you didn’t have to fly’ promotion a few weeks ago. You can read about it .....

Many Head for Points readers took part in the Iberia ‘90,000 Avios for booking 10 one-way Iberia flights .....

28 Jul 201828 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 172 comments

British Airways Executive Club is launching a new ‘buy Avios’ promotion today.  It will also apply if you gift Avios to someone else. BA has lifted the annual purchase limit to 200,000 .....

British Airways Executive Club is launching a new ‘buy Avios’ promotion today.  It will also .....

23 Jul 201823 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 138 comments

An interesting quirk with the Iberia Avios redemption chart was picked up in this thread on Flyertalk.  For some reason Singapore, when flying BA, is in a more expensive redemption zone than .....

An interesting quirk with the Iberia Avios redemption chart was picked up in this thread on Flyertalk.  .....

19 Jul 201819 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

The saga of the ‘9,000 Avios for booking any Iberia flight, however cheap, and you don’t need to fly it’ promotion (see our article here) continues to rumble on. People with .....

The saga of the ‘9,000 Avios for booking any Iberia flight, however cheap, and you don’t need to .....

9 Jul 20189 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 181 comments

If you took part in what was (effectively) Iberia’s “buy 90,000 Avios for £200” promotion two weeks ago, you should now have 90,000 Avios sitting in your Iberia Plus account. Now .....

If you took part in what was (effectively) Iberia’s “buy 90,000 Avios for £200” promotion .....

5 Jul 20185 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 172 comments

This is Part 2 of my article on how to spend your 90,000 Avios from the recent Iberia promotion.  Part 1 is here. A word about peak and off peak dates Just to make life even more complex, Iberia has .....

This is Part 2 of my article on how to spend your 90,000 Avios from the recent Iberia promotion.  Part 1 is .....

5 Jul 20185 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

We interrupt the England v Colombia game with this important announcement …. Avios from the Iberia ‘9,000 Avios for booking any flight (up to 90,000 Avios)’ promotion last weekend .....

We interrupt the England v Colombia game with this important announcement …. Avios from the Iberia .....

3 Jul 20183 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 125 comments

Back in January I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by signing them up to a British Airways Executive Club household account. There is another .....

Back in January I published an article on how to earn Avios points on behalf of your children – ie by .....

3 Jul 20183 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery between now and 2021 which will revolutionise Iberia’s long-haul offering. Iberia will .....

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is part two of my review of Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic’s A330-200 fleet.  Part 1 is here.  These aircraft were inherited from airberlin to replace Virgin’s faulty Boeing .....

This is part two of my review of Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic’s A330-200 fleet.  Part 1 is .....

27 Jun 201827 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments