Originally Posted by
Mountain Trader
Does anyone know if BA availability for IB awards holds up through booking? If so, lack of same availabilty on IB would suggest IB blocking its own flights in favor of BA awards with fat fees. If not, then normally reliable BA award search engine may be broken.
I had the same issue recently:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/iberi...ilability.html
Would have preferred to use Avios, but ticketed just fine on AA. Seems like partner availability (U bucket) is different than what they offer internally.