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May 31, 2016, 7:47 am

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Originally Posted by GoGreen

Thanks people. Or, could I simply transfer the Avios from Iberia back to British, where there are more ways to keep them from expiring? I realize that the transfer in and of itself does not re-set a clock, but the points would then be subject to the same expiration as the other British points, right? Let's say I had Avios in Iberia that were going to expire in two months, and I moved them to British where the existing Avios were due to expire in 18 months, would the newly moved avios also expire in 18 months?

Now you're confusing things I think. It seems to me it's not so much about saving a handful of Avios, but keeping nice clean, standard, active Iberia Plus accounts for when you need them. Zeroing out the IB+ accounts and leaving them empty for long stretches is the opposite of what you want to be doing.

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