BAH still best to BAC not Iberia Plus?

[Apple53]

Dear All

My first post as a newish member.
Thanks in advance, therefore.

We have begun to pursue the Iberia elite points approach for all BA and Iberia flights, due to a more generous scheme and our increasing time in Spain. (except for our young son who only has a BAC account – Iberia is more complex to get an account for him).

However, we have recently booked a British Airways Holiday (BAH) c. £3k spend for 3 of us. I believe with BAC we would get 1000 tier points each (our son is more than 2). As far as I can see Iberia would give me/us less, at 10% of the avios granted, so even though this may include the bonus avios for the lead traveller, this must surely be less than with BAC. However, if I have no chance of getting BA status, maybe I am better off using Iberia Plus number anyway? Can anyway confirm the Elite point calculation for such a BAH?

Or strategically maybe we should divide our approach and I go for BAC status and my Spanish wife for Iberia Plus status?

Do I have to decide before the outbound flight or can I remove all numbers and do a clawback within, say, a month?

Many thanks

[JDB]

@Apple53 – the flights within your BAH would credit to Iberia for both points and Avios in the ordinary way – based on the price paid (and they can see it even if you can’t) if it’s on BA/AA/IB or Iberia’s grid if another airline. You get no credit with Iberia for any hotel/car in the BAH. I think removing all the numbers and hoping to do a retro claim is a pretty high risk strategy.

[nike85]

I wonder if it’s possible to have the BAH points (hotel/car etc) deposited into BA Club account, but record Iberia frequent flyer number on the flights for tier point/status earnings purposes?

[JDB]

nike85 wrote:

I wonder if it’s possible to have the BAH points (hotel/car etc) deposited into BA Club account, but record Iberia frequent flyer number on the flights for tier point/status earnings purposes?

No, for BAH, it’s all or nothing, not ‘pick n mix’.