jagoffee

Was your booking an Economy award? Currently for next August I am seeing just the opposite. Plenty of Business Awards available, but not Economy awards (X) available on any date. How hard was it for you to get your Economy award ticket on IB?

Thanks

nsx

Yes. About 6 months out I picked up blue award seats which I suspect someone had canceled within the few preceding days.

tboons

anyone know whats the booking class for classic fares?

krzysz

I haven't had any experiences with IB yet, but I will fly to South America over the summer with them (economy class). I was able to "nominate" my aisle or window seat preference for my IB flights on the Qantas website ("manage your booking" and then select your seats)

http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/home/gb/en

I chose "window" and got the an F seat (the first one behind the blocked seats) for the intra-European flights and the "window" stated as my preference for the SA flight. I can see the selection when I log on to checkmytrip.com. It seems that the F seat selection is all set now - if I check my reservation on Qantas and select "Aisle" for a change, no seat change is made. I wonder if it will be still there when I check in.

Both flights are operated by IB but are booked under BA numbers and the ticket was issued by BA - not sure if that matters. When I check the reservation on the BA or IB website, the F seat shows up as confirmed. When I access the seat map for the European flight on the BA website, it says that I have a seat reservation, but also that if I want to change it, I will be charged for it.

IB says that a random seat is selected during the online check-in process. I am curious how random it really is: given that I chose "window" and was assigned the front-most window seat that wasn't blocked, does this mean that this random process moves on from the front to the back of the aircraft? If I manage to check in very early, can I hope for a random seat towards the front of the cabin? I am curious if anyone has any non-random experiences.

Another thing: you can also access some seat maps and select seats on http://www.qatarairways.com/, but your selections won't be confirmed after you press the confirm button. Well, at least you get to see some seat maps.

goodndntwin

I'm flying MAD->BOS on an S class fare this July. Anyone know what the cost of upgrade to J at the desk is likely to be since I didn't book full fare Y?

Also been trying to get some info about these XL seats but all the pages 404, which makes me think the 333 doesn't have them. Is there some other Y+ product that has a footrest for purchase (like CX and BA)?

LupineChemist

If you go into the Iberia booking there should be a section for how to bid for an upgrade. IB does an auction system and shows about how much the upgrade should be.

bowlingformatt

Thanks for this.

Have just tried it and have been 'allocated' seat numbers. Whether I get them or not is up in the air! I'll report back on Sunday when I fly.

krzysz

You may also try m.tam.com.br (the mobile website of TAM) to see if you can pull the seat map. In case of problems, try switching into the Brazilian Portuguese version of the website (by changing the language). I was able to select seats there and they are shown in my reservation when I look it up on Iberia or checkmytrip. However, I was trying to do the same for a friend's reservation that involves Iberia domestic flights and it didn't work.

aceman

just entering my IB ff number for the first time in Hertz to get the account going, just wondering the format on my card is "IB 12345678" is that exactly how I enter it? or just the number, or no space?

Caciucco

Hi, just trying to book award flights now, MIA-MAD, the site asks each family member for a redress number. What does everyone do here? I don't have one and tried it with the British passport information too but no luck. I could phone but thought I'd check here first to see what the forum regulars do. thanks in advance

qasr

Just leave it blank. It is for people on the US government watch list, who aren't actually bad. If you don't know what it is, you don't need it.

nldogbert

Hi,

Could not find the info anywhere on the forum. My bid to business from AMS-MAD on IBEx went through. It is now booked in the U class, just wondering would this be eligible for the normal Biz TP of 40?

Cheers!

chuci

Hi I've made a booking using ebookers for a holiday to Rio.

My journey is:

LHR - MAD with BA then MAD - GIG with Iberia.

The questions I have are:

do I have to check in twice?
How does it work when I get to Madrid?
Do I need to collect my baggage and recheck in?
Also I noticed on my return leg, my stopover in Madrid is only 55minutes but the terminal (T4S) is the same. Is that enough time?

Forgot to add, when I booked the holiday I received an Iberia record locator in the ebookers confirmation email, however I've also been emailed by BA and got a completely different booking reference number. Which do you use?

Airlib

Hi!
I have made a booking today on the Iberia website and have two questions:

* Is there any way to check the actual fare class (Y, B, etc.)? Neither the Iberia nor Checkmytrip Classic displays it. As this will enable me to know how much miles will be credited on ANA on the one segment operated by a Star Alliance carrier.

* A seat has automatically been allocated for both long-haul segments; thankfully they are quite nice seats (window seat near the front). However, is this allocation reliable or is there a high chance they are changed at check-in?

Thanks!

no1cub17

Sorry to post this question again in this thread (started a new thread awhile back but got zero responses): does anyone have experience with IB's special meals? Particularly their "vegetarian asiatique" or "vegetarian" options in long haul? There's precious little info I can find online. Thanks!