Iberia, the sister airline of British Airways, issued a statement yesterday saying that it had asked the ‘labour authorities’ for permission to make the majority of employees temporarily redundant. These would initially be for a three month period with the possibility of extension. Flight crew, […]
Iberia and Iberia Plus
Spanish airline Iberia is a sister company to British Airways and also offers Avios points via its Iberia Plus reward scheme. This leads to various opportunities to arbitrage the best of the BA and Iberia programmes. One article worth reading is this one on how to make substantial tax savings by booking Iberia redemptions on Iberia.com rather than ba.com. You can find out more about the Iberia Plus scheme on Iberia.com.
News: the BA Angels fund closes, 1p Avios via Iberia offer extended
2 March 2020 By
The BA Angels fund closes On 2nd January, I dropped a couple of lines into our year-end review to promote this fundraising page. It was set up in support of the three British Airways cabin crew who were killed, and the one who was seriously […]
Buy Avios points for almost exactly 1p via Iberia Plus
23 February 2020 By
Iberia has launched a 50% ‘buy Avios’ bonus as you can see from this page. You need to log in to see the discounted prices. The Iberia system is a little odd as you can only buy certain numbers of points. Once you get beyond […]
Why you should NEVER book Avios reward flights on Iberia via ba.com
27 January 2020 By
During January we’ve been running a few introductory articles, primarily to help the new readers we always attract at this time of year. We hope that everyone gets something from them, however. If you are looking to redeem Avios for flights to Central or South […]
Why flying LEVEL is decent value for long-haul Premium Economy Avios redemptions
26 January 2020 By
Two years ago, IAG, the parent of British Airways, launched a new low-cost airline – LEVEL. Whilst we ran an article at the time we have barely mentioned it since, except for the day it decided to sell all of its tickets to Vienna for […]
Willie Walsh quits as IAG CEO and BA CEO Alex Cruz is passed over for the job
9 January 2020 By
In a Stock Market announcement this morning, Willie Walsh announced that he is standing down as Chief Executive of IAG, the British Airways parent company, on 26th March. His formal retirement date has been set for 30th June. He will NOT be replaced by Alex […]
How to use Avios points for a free nights at Iberostar hotels and resorts
1 January 2020 By
EDIT: Since this article was published, Iberostar has withdrawn as an Avios partner. Sorry! It’s a little known fact that you can redeem Avios with Iberostar, a Spanish hotel chain that runs a lot of 4 and 5 star summer holiday properties. Iberostar owns hotels […]
Seven Avios secrets you probably don’t know
30 December 2019 By
If you are at work today you probably have enough spare time on your hands to click through all the links, which is what you need to do if you want to know more about any particular statement. The comments below are deliberately brief. (Think […]
How to earn 3,000 Avios from Avis using Iberia Plus
1 December 2019 By
Iberia Plus is running a promotion with Avis which is more lucrative than you get by crediting rentals to British Airways Executive Club. It only runs for another two weeks though. Avis is guaranteeing a minimum of 3,000 Avios for a 4+ day car rental. […]
Your 100 free Iberia Avios points have arrived …. this is how to transfer them to British Airways Avios
27 November 2019 By
Two weeks ago we told you how to earn 100 free Avios in Iberia Plus by entering a competition. Our article is here – you can still enter and get your 100 Avios if you haven’t already, as the closing date is 4th December. If […]
Buy cheap Avios via Groupon Spain (again) from 1.06p
25 November 2019 By
The Groupon ‘cheap Avios’ promotion in Spain, with Iberia Plus, is back again. Click here for details. Of course, all of the information is in Spanish but Chrome can translate the page for you. The Avios are not a steal at these prices. There is no longer a […]
Easy (and cheap!) Avios point redemptions to Washington DC on new Iberia flights
17 November 2019 By
If you’ve ever looked at Iberia‘s international flight network you may have been struck by how odd it is. Case in point: there are no nonstop flights between the Spanish capital and Washington DC whilst it seems to serve every corner of Latin and South […]
How to use ‘part pay with Avios’ to book Iberia, Vueling or Air Nostrum flights
16 November 2019 By
‘Part Pay With Avios’ for British Airways flights booked at ba.com has, apparently, been very successful since it was launched. It allows you to redeem your points for a discount against a cash ticket, although you are not allowed to pay the entire price with […]
Get 100 FREE Avios points in Iberia Plus for 30 seconds work!
10 November 2019 By
Iberia Plus has launched a competition to promote, of all things, its Infinita ‘lifetime status’ scheme. Since this requires 125,000 Iberia status points to achieve, something which will take many years, it seems an odd thing to plug via a competition which starts “All you […]
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