Transfer Iberia Avios to BA member in household group?
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2017
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Transfer Iberia Avios to BA member in household group?
I've tried searching around for an answer to this without much luck (also posted in another thread but no responses).
Can you transfer Avios from an Iberia account to a BA account that's part of a household group? I know you can't to an Avios family account (not that these really exist any more I guess), but I wasn't sure on the BA accounts.
I'm looking to create a household group for my wife and I and as far as I can tell that's the only potential problem. Unless others can tell me of any downsides to this that I'm unaware of?
Can you transfer Avios from an Iberia account to a BA account that's part of a household group? I know you can't to an Avios family account (not that these really exist any more I guess), but I wasn't sure on the BA accounts.
I'm looking to create a household group for my wife and I and as far as I can tell that's the only potential problem. Unless others can tell me of any downsides to this that I'm unaware of?
#2
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Thats true, it wont let you transfer direct from Iberia to BA Household.
However, you can still currently use the workaround. Iberia -> Avios -> BA household (two step process).
However, you can still currently use the workaround. Iberia -> Avios -> BA household (two step process).
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#6
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None in my experience, although mine was an old Avios account into which I tacked an Aer Club account to credit an Aer Lingus booking (and prevent the Avios account from expiring). I think others have reported newly created accounts work as well!
#8
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If not other option would be to close account. After how long can you close a family account?
Basically my partner doesn't have the miles but has a BOGO voucher on her account which we want to use with my miles. If we set up a family account this should be possible right?
#9
Join Date: Jun 2003
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So can I do this other way around? Transfer points to a Avios account then onto my Iberia account from my family account?
If not other option would be to close account. After how long can you close a family account?
Basically my partner doesn't have the miles but has a BOGO voucher on her account which we want to use with my miles. If we set up a family account this should be possible right?
If not other option would be to close account. After how long can you close a family account?
Basically my partner doesn't have the miles but has a BOGO voucher on her account which we want to use with my miles. If we set up a family account this should be possible right?
Yes - if you mean she has a BOGO in BAEC account, forming an HHA will allow you to use your joint mileage with the voucher.
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A tiny problem is that she doesn't have many Avios where as I have 90% of them. Is that still ok? Say if it's 200k for a redemption and she only has 25k.