Originally Posted by
nk15
I had a complex situation and had to book two separate tickets, arriving at LHR with AA, and departing to Spain with IB (LHR-MAD-regional city in Spain). I have a 4-hour layover between tickets and I know that I have to change T3-T5 but I will only have hand luggage and I can afford at least a 2-hour delay of the US arriving flight with AA.
My question is what will happen if there is a longer delay of the incoming AA flight and end up misconnecting, will IB rebook me for free or would I have to buy a new ticket? I have OW elite status. Again, separate tickets, the first one all AA ticket stock/code/metal, the second one all IB ticket stock/code/metal.(At least I was smart enough to avoid BA codes and metal, as who knows by then if BA will be on strike, in or out of the EU, or whatnot).
In my personal experience, they would make you buy a new ticket. They would even do that if both flights were operated by IB on separate tickets. When it happened to me, I was able to find a redemption seat on BA.com that I was unable to find on Iberia.com. This was much better than shelling £500 which is what they asked for.