Unable to book seats on Iberia flights?
Jan 23, 22, 12:39 am
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Unable to book seats on Iberia flights?
We have booked to fly to Quito via Madrid in December (with BA) and no seat options are being shown for the Quito flights. I contacted BA and apparently a plane (type) has not yet been allocated. Has anyone experience of booking Iberia, how far in advance does seat selection typically become available?
Jan 23, 22, 12:55 am
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Generally, IB is quite early and then sticks to the acft type. I would say latest in May.
MAD-UIO is usually an A350, but occasionally also A330.. Beware that there are several sub variants of A330, with different seat layouts..
MAD-UIO is usually an A350, but occasionally also A330.. Beware that there are several sub variants of A330, with different seat layouts..
Jan 23, 22, 2:37 am
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Jan 23, 22, 5:09 am
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Iberia' site is rubbish -ier than BAs. I have exactly the same problem - there is no way to change seats. I have tried Qantas, Finnair, Qatar, Jordan even without success. I have tried different browsers. None of them work,
Jan 23, 22, 5:14 am
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It's too early to book seats for December in my experience - wait another few weeks and the option will appear. The Iberia booking portal is odd and unlike BA and their strict 355 day rule the Spanish have a more easy going attitude to such things and little patience goes a long way.
Jan 23, 22, 5:20 am
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I have had some luck in the past viewing my booking and changing seat assignments using Iberia's iPhone app. It was still a bit temperamental
Jan 23, 22, 7:53 am
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Jun 22, 22, 12:24 pm
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Aug 5, 22, 4:52 am
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So far nothing has changed. Can not reserve a seat in biz for a flight in 10/2022. Iberia told me to ask BA (booked by BA) and BA sent me to IB.
Oct 31, 22, 7:47 am
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I'm having the same problem - first fight is this Sunday and still showing "no seats". 3 flights codeshare operated by IB, 4th operated by BA and can select a seat.
BA say they can't help and Iberia has long phone waits.
Happy to "suck it up" as there are no awful seats in CE (although row 1 would have been nice), but did anybody manage to solve this or will it be most likely resolved at the airport?
BA say they can't help and Iberia has long phone waits.
Happy to "suck it up" as there are no awful seats in CE (although row 1 would have been nice), but did anybody manage to solve this or will it be most likely resolved at the airport?
