Originally Posted by
pushmyredbutton
I'm going to wait it out and see if the blocking of partners resolves itself, but if not, it's a really low move by Iberia to restrict awards to their own metal.
I haven't read the full terms yet, but I would suspect that being awarded Avios would give me the full redemption opportunities, minus whatever was mentioned as a restriction (use by Dec 1 and no transfers). To have an additional restriction added post-promotion isn't actual kosher.
When I first opened my account last month, I was able to price out partners, but this changed once my account was unlocked (with no Avios). Now that the 90k have been deposited, I still can't price partners despite being able to price when I first opened my account a few weeks ago.
Same issue that i'm running into.