Iberia Pilots Strike Dec 2011 and onwards (this round)
Dec 14, 2011, 1:42 pm
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Iberia Pilots Strike Dec 2011 and onwards (this round)
Info on cancelled flights on the following link: http://megustavolar.iberia.com/
They update it regularly.
They update it regularly.
Dec 16, 2011, 1:40 pm
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Info on cancelled flights on the following link: http://megustavolar.iberia.com/
They update it regularly.
They update it regularly.
I hope that my C class ticket will help to sort things out… 
Dec 16, 2011, 5:01 pm
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Dear Totti,
If help needed, let me know, will see what i can do.
I do have late shifts 26th till 29th of December Iberia & British Airways ticketing desk.
Most likely same rules as for this coming sunday.
Dutch_122
If help needed, let me know, will see what i can do.
I do have late shifts 26th till 29th of December Iberia & British Airways ticketing desk.
Most likely same rules as for this coming sunday.
Dutch_122
Still no information on the 29.12.2011 flights. I called today and asked to be rebooked but they declined. I have to wait until it is clear that the flight is canceled before they will do anything. While I understand their rationality it is quite a pain not to know what will happen. I hope that my C class ticket will help to sort things out…
I hope that my C class ticket will help to sort things out… Last edited by dutch_122; Dec 16, 2011 at 5:02 pm Reason: spelling error
Dec 19, 2011, 6:15 pm
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iberia pilot strike dec. 29
we are booked to fly mpls to chicago to madrid to seville on dec. 29, arriving in spain dec. 30. because of the dec. 29 iberia strike, we can book for dec. 27, 28, 30 and 31. due to schedules, would like to leave dec. 28, but that means we'll arrive in madrid dec. 29 and fly to seville from there. anyone know if we'll be able to get to seville from madrid on dec. 29? that flight is "air nostrum" which might be affiliated with iberia, but not sure how that works. (hmmm....assume that if we're on iberia dec. 28 and when it becomes midnight and we're flying over the atlantic that the pilot won't say (in spanish of course:"sorry, i'm on strike now"!)
Dec 20, 2011, 2:50 am
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we are booked to fly mpls to chicago to madrid to seville on dec. 29, arriving in spain dec. 30. because of the dec. 29 iberia strike, we can book for dec. 27, 28, 30 and 31. due to schedules, would like to leave dec. 28, but that means we'll arrive in madrid dec. 29 and fly to seville from there. anyone know if we'll be able to get to seville from madrid on dec. 29? that flight is "air nostrum" which might be affiliated with iberia, but not sure how that works. (hmmm....assume that if we're on iberia dec. 28 and when it becomes midnight and we're flying over the atlantic that the pilot won't say (in spanish of course:"sorry, i'm on strike now"!)
Dec 20, 2011, 2:54 am
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What makes we wonder though is a sentence stated in the Q&A's on the IB website:
Originally Posted by Iberia website
Am I entitled to receive compensation?
We will comply with our passenger care obligations (e.g. provision of meals, hotel accommodation etc. as appropriate) under European regulation 261/04.
You are not entitled to additional compensation, as this incidence is considered to be an "exceptional circumstance" for which Iberia as an airline cannot be held responsible.
We will comply with our passenger care obligations (e.g. provision of meals, hotel accommodation etc. as appropriate) under European regulation 261/04.
You are not entitled to additional compensation, as this incidence is considered to be an "exceptional circumstance" for which Iberia as an airline cannot be held responsible.
Anyway, I am not keen to get a compensation anyway but would rather fly as booked or get rebooked to another airline on the same day.
Dec 20, 2011, 3:13 am
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we are booked to fly mpls to chicago to madrid to seville on dec. 29, arriving in spain dec. 30. because of the dec. 29 iberia strike, we can book for dec. 27, 28, 30 and 31. due to schedules, would like to leave dec. 28, but that means we'll arrive in madrid dec. 29 and fly to seville from there. anyone know if we'll be able to get to seville from madrid on dec. 29? that flight is "air nostrum" which might be affiliated with iberia, but not sure how that works. (hmmm....assume that if we're on iberia dec. 28 and when it becomes midnight and we're flying over the atlantic that the pilot won't say (in spanish of course:"sorry, i'm on strike now"!)
As posted above, as long as it is an IB8XXX (Air Nostrum) you won’t have any problems.
If you have separate tickets and therefore the Air Nostrum domestic sector you originally have is not covered by the flexibility for date changes granted due to the strike, another option from Madrid to Seville is the AVE high-speed train.
IIRC it only takes 2.5 hours.
Dec 20, 2011, 6:53 am
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My original flight on the morning of the 29th from MAD to LHR has been cancelled. IB have automatically rebooked me on a flight 2 hours later and even got my seat assignment pretty much correct. Mildly impressed. ^
Dec 20, 2011, 7:01 am
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iberia pilot strike dec. 29 2011
thank you perli and aikos for the information. because of that, i was able to rebook for a day earlier with confidence that we can fly madrid to seville on dec. 29 with air nostrum. since this is our time with our daughter, son in law and grandchildren who live in seville, it's a precious time. hurray, we get to see them a day earlier.
ps- i'm a newbie to this site and still trying to figure out certain aspects, but it's a wonderful, helpful and friendly place.
ps- i'm a newbie to this site and still trying to figure out certain aspects, but it's a wonderful, helpful and friendly place.
Dec 20, 2011, 9:52 am
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As I "only" have an C class award ticket I had to call BA to sort things out and the only alternatives they seem to offer is rebooking to IB or BA metal flights. This will not help me much as I either have to fly a day earlier or arrive more than 4 hours later in the middle of the night.What annoys me most is the marketing bla bla on the IB website. The mention that they have agreements with 27 other airlines and will do their best to rebook everyone but in the end they are actually unwilling to find the best possible solution for the customer which in my case would be either rebooking with LX or SN or a mix of IB and LA. I should probably mention that I only fly AGP-MAD-FRA which makes a 4 hours delay even more annoying.
Lets see what happens in the next days.
Dec 23, 2011, 2:26 am
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This is my first post, but I have been lurking for a while 
. Would appreciate any advice!
I am booked on IB to fly TXL-MAD-EZE on 12/28, leaving TXL at 7:20a. My connecting flight IB 6845 was moved from 12 pm to 11:35 pm, meaning that I now have a 13 hour layover in MAD that I would like to avoid. The German IB phone line told me that all later TXL-MAD flights are full. They also refused to put me on the more comfortable BA flights via LHR.
Should I call again and insist or deal with the loooooooooong layover in MAD?
. Would appreciate any advice!I am booked on IB to fly TXL-MAD-EZE on 12/28, leaving TXL at 7:20a. My connecting flight IB 6845 was moved from 12 pm to 11:35 pm, meaning that I now have a 13 hour layover in MAD that I would like to avoid. The German IB phone line told me that all later TXL-MAD flights are full. They also refused to put me on the more comfortable BA flights via LHR.
Should I call again and insist or deal with the loooooooooong layover in MAD?
Dec 24, 2011, 2:13 am
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If people need some help let me know, maybe i'm able to help.
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Dec 26, 2011, 2:20 pm
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i'm ticketed on dec 29 ord-mad (aa flight number) then connecting to lhr (ba flightnumber)..all operated by iberia...website says not cancelled...wonder if i should be asked to be switched to a direct ord-lhr or take my chances on the ord-mad.
Dec 29, 2011, 11:49 am
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Pilots strike on 9th & 11th January too
http://megustavolar.iberia.com/2011/...-9th-and-11th/
http://megustavolar.iberia.com/2011/...-9th-and-11th/