Crediting IB to AS
Aug 24, 2021, 3:59 am
#1
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Crediting IB to AS
do we know how long/what day IB flights credit to AS? (i think AA flights post like every thursday or something, which has been absolutely my experience the past several months). thanks!
Aug 24, 2021, 9:37 am
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Join Date: Dec 2020
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I flew from FCO-MAD on IB on 8/14, and MAD-LHR on IB on 8/15. Neither has posted to AS yet. I was also scheduled on AA from LHR to SEA using 75K SWU to business, but ended up getting moved to BA for the LHR-SEA flight. (in business) Nothing posted yet, but it's only been a week.
Aug 24, 2021, 12:32 pm
#4
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I flew from FCO-MAD on IB on 8/14, and MAD-LHR on IB on 8/15. Neither has posted to AS yet. I was also scheduled on AA from LHR to SEA using 75K SWU to business, but ended up getting moved to BA for the LHR-SEA flight. (in business) Nothing posted yet, but it's only been a week.
Aug 24, 2021, 3:28 pm
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Sep 20, 2021, 9:01 pm
#6
Join Date: Nov 2014
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None of my several July Iberia flights have posted yet. I requested credit on 8/28 and still have not heard back with any results. All the boarding passes had my mileage plan number on them so it should have just worked, but it didn't. Has anyone else had better luck? It doesn't sound like it, but I thought I'd bump this to see if anyone has more recent experiences that might be better.
The website says it will take 6-8 weeks (!) for IB flights to post but it still hasn't happened; the autoreply to my missing credit request said it would take 6-8 more weeks (!!) to process the request. I'll try calling next (or maybe not... >1hr wait times?), but I'm curious if it's broken for me or if they're still unable to credit Iberia flights for everyone for some reason. These timelines are long enough that I'm suspicious that it might be less of a "this process takes 8 weeks" situation and more of a "hopefully it will be working by 8 weeks from when we wrote this web page" situation.
In case it matters, my BA-marketed codeshare did not fare any better than my IB marketed-and-operated ticket.
The website says it will take 6-8 weeks (!) for IB flights to post but it still hasn't happened; the autoreply to my missing credit request said it would take 6-8 more weeks (!!) to process the request. I'll try calling next (or maybe not... >1hr wait times?), but I'm curious if it's broken for me or if they're still unable to credit Iberia flights for everyone for some reason. These timelines are long enough that I'm suspicious that it might be less of a "this process takes 8 weeks" situation and more of a "hopefully it will be working by 8 weeks from when we wrote this web page" situation.
In case it matters, my BA-marketed codeshare did not fare any better than my IB marketed-and-operated ticket.
Sep 21, 2021, 5:06 am
#7
Join Date: Dec 2020
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Update: I requested missing credit for my IB flights through the AS website several weeks back. Result: "Declined: Codeshare flight" I guess that even though my AS number was attached to the reservation, since the tickets were purchased through AA, that's preventing me from getting credit? Same deal with the AA ticket from LHR to SEA on BA. No credit after 5 weeks.
Maybe it's just me, but One World status really sucks since most of the time we're not getting credit on "partner" airlines, many international lounges are still closed, and upgrades on partners are sparse/non-existent. I'm hoping for better luck on BA tickets next month SEA-LHR-FCO, BUD-LHR-SEA and in December SEA-LHR-ZRH-LHR-SEA, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Maybe it's just me, but One World status really sucks since most of the time we're not getting credit on "partner" airlines, many international lounges are still closed, and upgrades on partners are sparse/non-existent. I'm hoping for better luck on BA tickets next month SEA-LHR-FCO, BUD-LHR-SEA and in December SEA-LHR-ZRH-LHR-SEA, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Sep 21, 2021, 7:40 am
#8
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Update: I requested missing credit for my IB flights through the AS website several weeks back. Result: "Declined: Codeshare flight" I guess that even though my AS number was attached to the reservation, since the tickets were purchased through AA, that's preventing me from getting credit? Same deal with the AA ticket from LHR to SEA on BA. No credit after 5 weeks.
Maybe it's just me, but One World status really sucks since most of the time we're not getting credit on "partner" airlines, many international lounges are still closed, and upgrades on partners are sparse/non-existent. I'm hoping for better luck on BA tickets next month SEA-LHR-FCO, BUD-LHR-SEA and in December SEA-LHR-ZRH-LHR-SEA, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Maybe it's just me, but One World status really sucks since most of the time we're not getting credit on "partner" airlines, many international lounges are still closed, and upgrades on partners are sparse/non-existent. I'm hoping for better luck on BA tickets next month SEA-LHR-FCO, BUD-LHR-SEA and in December SEA-LHR-ZRH-LHR-SEA, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Sep 21, 2021, 8:54 am
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Update: I requested missing credit for my IB flights through the AS website several weeks back. Result: "Declined: Codeshare flight" I guess that even though my AS number was attached to the reservation, since the tickets were purchased through AA, that's preventing me from getting credit? Same deal with the AA ticket from LHR to SEA on BA. No credit after 5 weeks.
Maybe it's just me, but One World status really sucks since most of the time we're not getting credit on "partner" airlines, many international lounges are still closed, and upgrades on partners are sparse/non-existent. I'm hoping for better luck on BA tickets next month SEA-LHR-FCO, BUD-LHR-SEA and in December SEA-LHR-ZRH-LHR-SEA, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Maybe it's just me, but One World status really sucks since most of the time we're not getting credit on "partner" airlines, many international lounges are still closed, and upgrades on partners are sparse/non-existent. I'm hoping for better luck on BA tickets next month SEA-LHR-FCO, BUD-LHR-SEA and in December SEA-LHR-ZRH-LHR-SEA, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Oct 23, 2021, 12:48 pm
#10
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 127
The "request missing credit" page was updated at some point and now says:
* We are experiencing technical issues with posting miles for flights on Iberia – if your Alaska Mileage Plan number was added to your reservation, we will post eligible flight miles as soon as the issue is resolved.
Any success stories of any Iberia flights posted to Mileage Plan, either manually or automatically?
Oct 23, 2021, 1:51 pm
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The "request missing credit" page was updated at some point and now says:
* We are experiencing technical issues with posting miles for flights on Iberia – if your Alaska Mileage Plan number was added to your reservation, we will post eligible flight miles as soon as the issue is resolved.
Any success stories of any Iberia flights posted to Mileage Plan, either manually or automatically?
Oct 30, 2021, 5:31 pm
#13
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 127
I don't think anyone's Iberia credit is posting yet, manually or automatically. They are promising to eventually credit the miles, but it is not clear if that is in a few weeks or a few years.
My understanding from asking Alaska is that the computers are not linked at all still and so any crediting happens manually and that they still have no ETA on when this will work - I asked again today (9 weeks after filing missing mileage credit, 17 weeks after my flight).I am going to wait until December and then nag again - I don't want to miss out on 75k for my January flights because of this...
My understanding from asking Alaska is that the computers are not linked at all still and so any crediting happens manually and that they still have no ETA on when this will work - I asked again today (9 weeks after filing missing mileage credit, 17 weeks after my flight).I am going to wait until December and then nag again - I don't want to miss out on 75k for my January flights because of this...
Oct 30, 2021, 8:36 pm
#14
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 567
It just doesn't make sense that they're still having technical issues. I have a IB ticketed and operated flight coming up soon, and just by entering my AS number, IB allowed me to choose seats for free. You'd think that crediting mileage wouldn't be a problem then...