Iberia "Business Promotional" on BA Metal
Jun 8, 2018, 7:02 am
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Iberia "Business Promotional" on BA Metal
Please forgive/redirect me if this has been raised previously (This is my first post).
I travel to Mallorca from London fairly regularly and when booking recently of I thought I would see if I could book through Iberia to see if it was cheaper.
I have notice that specifically on LHR-PMI-LHR returns travelling certain weekdays in August that the "Business Promotional" fares offered by Iberia were half the price of the BA CE fares and in many cases cheaper than the BA Basic Economy fares. I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on why this is?
If there has been another post about this or if it is not relevant please let me know.
I travel to Mallorca from London fairly regularly and when booking recently of I thought I would see if I could book through Iberia to see if it was cheaper.
I have notice that specifically on LHR-PMI-LHR returns travelling certain weekdays in August that the "Business Promotional" fares offered by Iberia were half the price of the BA CE fares and in many cases cheaper than the BA Basic Economy fares. I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on why this is?
If there has been another post about this or if it is not relevant please let me know.
Jun 8, 2018, 11:28 am
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IB often tend to have ex LHR reasonable BC fares compared to BA to destinations in Spain via MAD. Quite reasonable for tier points runs as well.
Jun 8, 2018, 11:33 am
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Sure. But I think the point here is that direct flights on BA metal are priced substantially lower on IB than the BA price for the same flights.
Jun 8, 2018, 2:28 pm
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I have notice that specifically on LHR-PMI-LHR returns travelling certain weekdays in August that the "Business Promotional" fares offered by Iberia were half the price of the BA CE fares and in many cases cheaper than the BA Basic Economy fares. I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on why this is?
Nov 20, 2018, 4:40 pm
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I've booked a few of these previously primarily on the ALC route. The rules and conditions are usually stricter than the corresponding BA fare (no changes for a fee, no same day changes) but if you know exactly which flights you want then there's everything to gain - in my experience once the I class fare level has sold out on Ba.com the IB Business promo R fare is usually around £100 cheaper than the Ba.com R fare for the journey I make.
I find the IB website clunky and not particularly user friendly. Once the booking is made, I add all API and Frequent flyer details in Ba.com.
I find the IB website clunky and not particularly user friendly. Once the booking is made, I add all API and Frequent flyer details in Ba.com.
Nov 20, 2018, 8:05 pm
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Been posted here and HFP and TLFL for some time. Only issue I have had is BA.com doesn’t recognise IB booking reference and generally TPs don’t post automatically
Nov 21, 2018, 1:18 pm
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@paulaf Flight etc went fine, and as I had input my BAEC number the booking ported straight across to the BA website. The only issue as @BAGoldBoy raised was that getting the Avios and TP was a bit of an issue. I flew with Mrs. RBMA1987 and for some reason, Iberia had issued the ticket numbers for the opposite tickets (I.E my ticket number for Mrs. RBMA1987 and vice versa). To be fair, a call to the BAEC line when I was aware that the TPs had not posted and then I put the correct ticket numbers in the Avios and T.P posted.