Originally Posted by
jmphoto
Slightly OT, but I was just looking at some flights to BCN in June. Any idea why on Iberia.com I can book a return leg on IB7470 which is in fact BA473, but that flight isn't available for booking on ba.com?
I looked on expertflyer and as far as I can tell it only operates as IB7470.
I ran into the same awkwardness and there were fare differences as well. I found IB 7470 on ITA's fare matrix and it was cheaper than booking BA 473. Called BA and booked IB 7470 as it was cheaper.