Originally Posted by chicago747

I booked two ORD-MAD J awards using the promo miles for this fall. We've decided our actual final destination will be Rome. I am assuming Iberia will NOT allow me to add a MAD-FCO segment to this promo award. Has anyone else had any different results on something like this?

If we end up booking MAD-FCO on a separate ticket will IB check our bags all the way through ORD-MAD-FCO? We'd probably book around a 4hr connection to make sure we had enough time.

Thanks!