Not sure exactly what has been reported before, but here goes:
Ibera offers free internet "
for Iberia plus members and business class passengers". However, there is no option to validate as a business class passenger on these flights, so you need to register a IB plus account. (a BA account may work too as this is the .air service offered by IAG - presumably you need to connect through shop.ba.com then).
You don't need an account before boarding - you can register in the air and you do not need to tie the account to your reservation. So there is no reason not to claim your free internet.
The free internet is wonky. Capped at 50kbps you need great patience with everything including log-on and mandatory pages load. LIke, once you've cliked login, better lay down your phone and do something else , instead of staring at the progress indicators.
tIf you stay with simple services it works but there might be multiple dropped connections and need to re-log in, especially if you do something more intensive. But, it is free for entire flight so all you pay is your patience. Fair enough.
There is a purchase option called "minimum 1,5Mbps" with 1hour at 6€ and full flight 9€. This connection is way more stabile. It does not deliver the "minimum 1,5Mbs" though (I had around 1Mbs up and down) but it still is way more usable than the free option. 9€ isn't cheap IMO, but again, on a 4h flight and you want to do something seriuous online, I didn't regret paying.
Food BCN-HEL
"Lunch" flight (10.40 departure)
I like the bread presentation, in a folded napkin.
Coffee cups are on the small side and they won't offer seconds. For a nordic person that is quite different.
Really tasty olives in the starter salad
Beef cheek is a meal that works well in the air. Really bland though(why no salt/pepper offered?)
While Iberia carries multiple kinds of whine and beer, for spirits the options are only Gin, Whiskey, Vodka, Rum and Brandy. So no hope for a Baileys to your coffee. However, all spirits are full size bottles, so e.g. the Brandy bottle was presented and I was asked if I wanted it in a heated glass, which was nice touch.
I belive it was the same purser on this flight as it was on friday, suggesting that Iberia does not rotate many crew onto the Finnair flights. If so, a good thing as it seems they've gotten some good staffing.
A few notes on boarding:
It seem BCN airport started boarding extremely early. It was announced to start 30 minutes before take-off, but 35 minutes before take-off Finnair app suddenly said "Boarding commenced". AY app is always slow in these announcements, so I thinkg boarding may have started at T-40 minutes or even earlier.
I arrived at the gate (far end of B pier, 10 minutes walk from the lounge) around 30 minutes before take-off and they were already boarding group 5...
Only 2 rows of business, and I feared it would be difficult to find space for bag when I missed the prio boarding. However, staff had guarded overhead bins down to row 3 for us, so there was enough space for all 6 J-pax.
That is something I
really whished AY staff would do, but that is a pipe dream.
Also, with only 2 rows of business, the rest of the "business cabin" was presented as XL-seats. I assume there was no charge for these seats as Finnair has no such functionality. Assuming IB would have sold them at a premium though, they were flagged with red head covers