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Old Sep 6, 2022 | 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by A_Stark
Thanks, I hadn't considered the parking actually....

The two main points for me are:

1) I am always on Iberia metal these days (like 6 flights /month easy) and I see other IB Plus Sapphire card holders being invited to sit up front and I am always passed over.. I once asked why, and I was told that preference is given to IB card holders over other alliance members.
2) I cannot get the BA Credit card to earn avios as a I am not resident in the UK, I guess I could get the IB one and transfer the points, but one can also get some other benefits with the IB card and IB Plus.

So I figured perhaps I can higher faster with Iberia on an Iberia Plus membership.

A.
IB Plus also has some redemption partners that BAEC does not.

In some cases, it will make more sense to use BA Avios rather than IB Avios for redemptions -- particularly in the case of redemptions on partners that the two programs have in common.
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