Transfer Avios (Iberia Plus) to Avios (BA)
Dec 17, 2013, 6:13 pm
#331
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Click on the buying and transferring Avios link located down the left side. Scroll down and you'll see some easily missed red text saying "Don’t forget you can combine your Avios with those of other OW customer loyalty programmes."....there's your link.
Dec 18, 2013, 1:07 am
#332
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It's now under buy, gift, and transfer avios (not too sure of the exact English title) in small print at the bottom.
Dec 18, 2013, 2:25 am
#333
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Go to Mis Avios / Comprar, regalar y transferir Avios. Then just under the Transferir box you will see this line:
No olvides que puedes combinar tus Avios con los de otros programas de fidelización OW
Dec 18, 2013, 5:28 am
#334
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Yes it has been changed to an even more ridiculous place than it was before. Click on the buying and transferring Avios link located down the left side. Scroll down and you'll see some easily missed red text saying "Don’t forget you can combine your Avios with those of other OW customer loyalty programmes."....there's your link.
Jan 10, 2014, 4:11 pm
#336
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Don't understand this. Tried it multiple times. Account names, addresses etc the same. IB Plus account over 90 days old. 5,765 IB Plus I'd like to move to BA if that's possible, but every way I try it fails. When I follow the advice above I'm told:
"You can only move Avios from British Airways to Iberia Plus - you cannot move your Avios back again."
That's a quote from the transfer tool on the IB Plus site. I've also tried the BA tool in the past, and that didn't work either. Do I have to go through generic Avios.com Avios to accomplish this? Not sure how that would work since I have to have a British address to create an Avios account. Do I create it and then call them to switch the address to the US? And then do the transfers?
"You can only move Avios from British Airways to Iberia Plus - you cannot move your Avios back again."
That's a quote from the transfer tool on the IB Plus site. I've also tried the BA tool in the past, and that didn't work either. Do I have to go through generic Avios.com Avios to accomplish this? Not sure how that would work since I have to have a British address to create an Avios account. Do I create it and then call them to switch the address to the US? And then do the transfers?
Jan 10, 2014, 4:45 pm
#337
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Don't understand this. Tried it multiple times. Account names, addresses etc the same. IB Plus account over 90 days old. 5,765 IB Plus I'd like to move to BA if that's possible, but every way I try it fails. When I follow the advice above I'm told:
"You can only move Avios from British Airways to Iberia Plus - you cannot move your Avios back again."
That's a quote from the transfer tool on the IB Plus site. I've also tried the BA tool in the past, and that didn't work either. Do I have to go through generic Avios.com Avios to accomplish this? Not sure how that would work since I have to have a British address to create an Avios account. Do I create it and then call them to switch the address to the US? And then do the transfers?
"You can only move Avios from British Airways to Iberia Plus - you cannot move your Avios back again."
That's a quote from the transfer tool on the IB Plus site. I've also tried the BA tool in the past, and that didn't work either. Do I have to go through generic Avios.com Avios to accomplish this? Not sure how that would work since I have to have a British address to create an Avios account. Do I create it and then call them to switch the address to the US? And then do the transfers?
Jan 10, 2014, 5:10 pm
#338
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If your BAEC account is in a household, you can only move TO Iberia plus. Need to go via avios.com for the opposite direction. You don't need (and cannot) change the avios.com address to the US, the combine tool will work if all the other details match, including the e-mail address.
Jan 12, 2014, 5:19 am
#339
Join Date: Mar 2009
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If your BAEC account is in a household, you can only move TO Iberia plus. Need to go via avios.com for the opposite direction. You don't need (and cannot) change the avios.com address to the US, the combine tool will work if all the other details match, including the e-mail address.
Last edited by Atlantico; Jan 12, 2014 at 6:00 am Reason: Deleted: Haven't seen the previous post
Jan 12, 2014, 9:05 am
#340
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Yes it has been changed to an even more ridiculous place than it was before.
Click on the buying and transferring Avios link located down the left side. Scroll down and you'll see some easily missed red text saying "Don’t forget you can combine your Avios with those of other OW customer loyalty programmes."....there's your link.
Click on the buying and transferring Avios link located down the left side. Scroll down and you'll see some easily missed red text saying "Don’t forget you can combine your Avios with those of other OW customer loyalty programmes."....there's your link.
I managed to transfer my avios from Iberia to avios.com even with 2 different addresses/countries (I can't change my address on Iberia’s website to put my UK address) but with the same name and e-mail.
Jan 21, 2014, 1:08 am
#342
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IB and BA Tale of two cultures
OK, sounds like others have been able to make the IB to BA avios transfer. MMV (My Mileage Varied).
Logged into my IB Plus account, clicked on “Buy, Give or Transfer Avios” and got the message (in Spanish) “This option cannot be accessed.” Called IB Plus – polite but firm answer: “This service has been down since last Tuesday (a week ago) and we don’t know when it will be back.” My questions then: Can I transfer Avios by writing by snail mail? “No.” Can I do this in person at an Iberia office? “No.” Any way to do this other than on-line? “No.” Any idea when the service will be back up? “No. Should have been back some time ago.”
So there we are! No upgrades for the time being using my IB avios! Is it any wonder that Willie Walsh gets frustrated with his Iberia “partner”?
Suggestions?
Logged into my IB Plus account, clicked on “Buy, Give or Transfer Avios” and got the message (in Spanish) “This option cannot be accessed.” Called IB Plus – polite but firm answer: “This service has been down since last Tuesday (a week ago) and we don’t know when it will be back.” My questions then: Can I transfer Avios by writing by snail mail? “No.” Can I do this in person at an Iberia office? “No.” Any way to do this other than on-line? “No.” Any idea when the service will be back up? “No. Should have been back some time ago.”
So there we are! No upgrades for the time being using my IB avios! Is it any wonder that Willie Walsh gets frustrated with his Iberia “partner”?
Suggestions?
Jan 21, 2014, 2:54 pm
#343
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OK, sounds like others have been able to make the IB to BA avios transfer. MMV (My Mileage Varied).
Logged into my IB Plus account, clicked on “Buy, Give or Transfer Avios” and got the message (in Spanish) “This option cannot be accessed.” Called IB Plus – polite but firm answer: “This service has been down since last Tuesday (a week ago) and we don’t know when it will be back.” My questions then: Can I transfer Avios by writing by snail mail? “No.” Can I do this in person at an Iberia office? “No.” Any way to do this other than on-line? “No.” Any idea when the service will be back up? “No. Should have been back some time ago.”
So there we are! No upgrades for the time being using my IB avios! Is it any wonder that Willie Walsh gets frustrated with his Iberia “partner”?
Suggestions?
Logged into my IB Plus account, clicked on “Buy, Give or Transfer Avios” and got the message (in Spanish) “This option cannot be accessed.” Called IB Plus – polite but firm answer: “This service has been down since last Tuesday (a week ago) and we don’t know when it will be back.” My questions then: Can I transfer Avios by writing by snail mail? “No.” Can I do this in person at an Iberia office? “No.” Any way to do this other than on-line? “No.” Any idea when the service will be back up? “No. Should have been back some time ago.”
So there we are! No upgrades for the time being using my IB avios! Is it any wonder that Willie Walsh gets frustrated with his Iberia “partner”?
Suggestions?
Is that the link you want? It sounds like the one for working with multiple IB accounts. The one fr transferring to BA is an elusive text link nearby IIRC.
Jan 22, 2014, 12:36 am
#344
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Use OMG, not ADM (Ay Dios Mio)
Esherflyer – thanks for the hint. At least it kept me trying different ways to access this section. It turns out you can do this in English but not in Spanish! (I didn’t try the Catalan version of the IB Plus site). In English the “Buying or Transferring Avios” button works, but it doesn’t in Spanish. Transfer was instantaneous. Thanks again! 
Jan 22, 2014, 6:08 am
#345
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I had a bit of time this morning, so I put this together. Hope it helps:
Go to Iberia.com, login, hover over Iberia Plus so this menu appears. Go to Mi Perfil > Mis Avios
On the new screen, down to the left, click on Comprar, Regalar y Transferir Avios
Then click on the red link, and you're all set!
Go to Iberia.com, login, hover over Iberia Plus so this menu appears. Go to Mi Perfil > Mis Avios
On the new screen, down to the left, click on Comprar, Regalar y Transferir Avios
Then click on the red link, and you're all set!
Last edited by David_DLI; Jan 22, 2014 at 10:19 am