Originally Posted by
craigthemif
You will also only ever find 2 Business Class award seats on Iberia flights to/from Madrid. In very rare circumstances, you can find more seats if connecting through MAD to other European cities.
Yeah, you can search ORD to any European city to see if IB is willing to release more award seats on connecting itineraries. If your final destination is actually MAD and you're checking bags, then this throwaway ticketing won't work as your bags will be sent to the final destination.