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Flying with IB Express from Gatwick.
(Flight is booked with Iberia, IB Express is the carrier, people on BA may be also on the same plane)
Can the BA premium checkouts be used?
(many people having booked a LON-Spain flight may be on a mix of BA/IB/Express flights so I suppose checking across all IAG is the same? Or does this makes too much sense and instead they will have their own check in counters causing more issues?)
An IB Express flight (to Madrid) – which I believe you are on? – will check in at their own counters. Can’t use BA
A BA flight being operated by IB Express as a wet lease flight will check in at BA counters. Everything is exactly as if it were BA except the physical plane and crew
A Vueling flight checks in at their counters
It doesn’t matter what code you’re booked on, you always check in with the operating carrier on the day (which is indeed a bit confusing for people booked on an airline code who does also have check in counters at that airport, but is just the way it is around the world 🙂 !)
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Just because BA and I2 (and we’ll toss in VY and EI as they also fly from Gatwick) have the same owner does not mean they are interchangeable.
They are still separate airlines with their own policies and procedures.
No you can’t – at least I know you can’t in Heathrow, so I suspect you can’t in Gatwick either.
I queued up in the BA Business class queue and got told to go to Iberia.Thank you all 👍
IAG does like to make it complicated indeed. They would benefit from having a single set of check-ins (in UK it could be maned by BA and in Spain bi IB for instance). That way you know that regardless of who you flight with you can benefit from your status etc.
I booked with IB Express on the IB website … same ticket can be bought on BA and IB Express (for different prices!) A great thing to be able to fly to MAD from LON but honestly such a waste of resources and a source of endless questions!
I2 isn’t a full oneworld member though so BA status has different benefits to IB status on an I2 flight, I think.
Thank you all 👍
IAG does like to make it complicated indeed. They would benefit from having a single set of check-ins (in UK it could be maned by BA and in Spain bi IB for instance). That way you know that regardless of who you flight with you can benefit from your status etc.
But how would you deal with EI and VY who are part of IAG but not One World?
And it would likely cause even more confusion because most people are going to know about BA and Iberia but won’t have a clue who IAG are.
When IAG was formed one of the important aspects was that IB and BA would retain their separate identities within the holding company.
I2 isn’t a full oneworld member though so BA status has different benefits to IB status on an I2 flight, I think.
As a subsidiary of IB it is an OW member via IB so all the OW benefits apply.
I2 isn’t a full oneworld member though so BA status has different benefits to IB status on an I2 flight, I think.
As a subsidiary of IB it is an OW member via IB so all the OW benefits apply.
What I understand:
– I2 flight booked on the I2 website: you get Avios on Iberia Plus but no Tier Points
– I2 booked on IB or BA website: you get both tier points and Avios on either BAEC or IB Plus or other OW membership you happen to haveYou get your OW status perks in either case (free seat selection, priority check-in and security, lounge access, extra luggage, etc.)
Happy to learn if I go this wrong.
No you can’t – at least I know you can’t in Heathrow, so I suspect you can’t in Gatwick either.
I queued up in the BA Business class queue and got told to go to Iberia.Strangely this is actually a relatively new thing – for a good while the IB flights were operated with BA “prime” flight numbers and you could check in anywhere. It obviously caused enough of a headache somewhere that they decided to create a seperate Iberia check in instead
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