Proactive upgrade offers on IB flight marketed by BA?
Oct 7, 21, 6:33 am
#1
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Proactive upgrade offers on IB flight marketed by BA?
Hi FT!
I have a LHR-MAD booking bought on ba,com, IB flight booked with a BA flight number.
Have FTers with similar bookings received proactive upgrade offers online in the past?
Same question for offers at the airport? (I remember trying to upgrade a similar flight two years ago and being bounced between the BA and the IB check-in desks at T5 with no success...)
Thank you All !
I have a LHR-MAD booking bought on ba,com, IB flight booked with a BA flight number.
Have FTers with similar bookings received proactive upgrade offers online in the past?
Same question for offers at the airport? (I remember trying to upgrade a similar flight two years ago and being bounced between the BA and the IB check-in desks at T5 with no success...)
Thank you All !
Oct 7, 21, 6:44 am
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You won't get a POUG on that (for reasons explained in the POUG thread).
You may get Iberia's equivalent of a AUP, at the Iberia desks in the middle of T5 (zone D or somewhere by there). You can't assume that you will be offered anything here.
Iberia has a bid mechanism within their Manage My Booking equivalent, but because it's a BA ticket you won't be abel to participate in that. There is also an upgrade mechanism within Ibera, more for longhaul flights, which they can tell you about at the desk. But if you are looking to use BA's mechanisms, you best have a simple single or return BA.com booking on BA metal. Anything more complicated gets you off that process. If flying Iberia business is important, it is generally more cost effective to either buy it to begin with or to use Avios.
You may get Iberia's equivalent of a AUP, at the Iberia desks in the middle of T5 (zone D or somewhere by there). You can't assume that you will be offered anything here.
Iberia has a bid mechanism within their Manage My Booking equivalent, but because it's a BA ticket you won't be abel to participate in that. There is also an upgrade mechanism within Ibera, more for longhaul flights, which they can tell you about at the desk. But if you are looking to use BA's mechanisms, you best have a simple single or return BA.com booking on BA metal. Anything more complicated gets you off that process. If flying Iberia business is important, it is generally more cost effective to either buy it to begin with or to use Avios.
Oct 7, 21, 10:35 am
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It depends, I recently flew Iberia on a BA ticket bought on ba.com
No POUG on the BA App, but if you download the Iberia app you may get a POUG there. When checking in on the Iberia app, I was offered an upgrade to Business for 45. Pretty good given it was on the A350. However, Tier points awarded were based on original cabin booked.
Last edited by Bar Operator; Oct 7, 21 at 10:43 am
Oct 7, 21, 10:53 am
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But if you are looking to use BA's mechanisms, you best have a simple single or return BA.com booking on BA metal. Anything more complicated gets you off that process. If flying Iberia business is important, it is generally more cost effective to either buy it to begin with or to use Avios.
Oct 7, 21, 11:13 am
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It depends, I recently flew Iberia on a BA ticket bought on ba.com
No POUG on the BA App, but if you download the Iberia app you may get a POUG there. When checking in on the Iberia app, I was offered an upgrade to Business for 45. Pretty good given it was on the A350. However, Tier points awarded were based on original cabin booked.
