Originally Posted by
THEsocalledfan
So, now I looked at booking Oct. 11 through Oct. 16. Clear availability, but still pricing 31,500 for ORD-MAD roundtrip in biz. Now, can can get to the final screens as I have zero avios in my account, but the discount is clearly not showing for me on the initial search screen. Lucky has said blackout dates were only in December. Thoughts? What am I doing wrong?
First of all, Ben is wrong... I know from personal experience that the temptation is to write a quick blog post on "breaking news" for promos, but there are several peak dates in October and November.
As far as your pricing... no idea... use the regular website, not the stupid calculator thingy. Set your country to Spain / English. Set your IB+ account address to a hotel in Spain if necessary...