Activating Iberia Plus account in order to transfer BA Avios
Feb 26, 2014, 7:20 am
#31
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It works fine for me.
Try using this direct link which should bring you to the transfer page:
https://www.britishairways.com/trave...club/_gf/en_us
Try using this direct link which should bring you to the transfer page:
https://www.britishairways.com/trave...club/_gf/en_us
Mar 12, 2014, 11:47 pm
#34
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Made IB+ (and AY+) Silver this week. First time elite at any oneworld. My celebration lasted all of 2 nanoseconds before combining all outstanding Avios into the BA piggy. Yeah, typical Wednesday.
Mar 13, 2014, 8:36 am
#35
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Signing up on avios.com will create an e-rewards that can only redeem for avios.com - but you could get 750 avios every month or so until banned (if they actually notice)!
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Mar 24, 2014, 6:19 am
#36
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Hi all,
I just finished a call with Iberia support as I was unable to combine my BA avios into my Iberia account. It is over 90 days but there are no points in it currently. The Iberia operator said I couldn't purchase avios via Iberia to activate the account. Is this true? Has the policy changed? She said I would need to fly once to activate. Has anyone recently had success buying avios via Iberia to activate to enable BA transfers to Iberia?
Thanks!
I just finished a call with Iberia support as I was unable to combine my BA avios into my Iberia account. It is over 90 days but there are no points in it currently. The Iberia operator said I couldn't purchase avios via Iberia to activate the account. Is this true? Has the policy changed? She said I would need to fly once to activate. Has anyone recently had success buying avios via Iberia to activate to enable BA transfers to Iberia?
Thanks!
Mar 27, 2014, 3:27 pm
#39
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Well, the purchase itself will activate the account. You can do it online.
The benefit is if you buy an IB+ ticket with avios, the taxes are much lower than for the same ticket booked through BAEC. Plus, you can earn with some partners that are not BAEC partners (car hire, hotels, airlines). Earning some avios this way will activate the account too.
The benefit is if you buy an IB+ ticket with avios, the taxes are much lower than for the same ticket booked through BAEC. Plus, you can earn with some partners that are not BAEC partners (car hire, hotels, airlines). Earning some avios this way will activate the account too.
Mar 12, 2015, 9:47 am
#40
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I'm thinking of buying 2K Iberia Avios to activate the account, but do I still need to wait the 90 days (it's only been 20 days for me) to transfer from BA?
Also, has anybody outside UK tried changing address to an English address recently? Is this an easy process?
http://thepointsguy.com/2014/04/how-...irways-iberia/
EDIT: I just read the T+C for purchasing Avios... looks like they can only be bought if balance is greater than 0 AND you must have had an Iberia card for >3 months.
Last edited by DaveInLA; Mar 12, 2015 at 10:03 am
Mar 12, 2015, 1:41 pm
#41
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Yes, you need to wait the full 90 days, unfortunately, I am currently waiting too. You don't need to buy the Avios, there are many ways to activate the account for free, like the Hailo telephone app (discussed in this board), e-rewards, credit card points transfer, hotel, car hire...
Mar 12, 2015, 5:33 pm
#42
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Yes, you need to wait the full 90 days, unfortunately, I am currently waiting too. You don't need to buy the Avios, there are many ways to activate the account for free, like the Hailo telephone app (discussed in this board), e-rewards, credit card points transfer, hotel, car hire...
I have no credit cards that transfer to Iberia. I just read about e-rewards and that is a last-resort option. I don't have any hotel stays upcoming that will give miles.
Mar 15, 2015, 12:15 pm
#44
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Well, as soon as I try to log in my Iberia account from within combine my Avios, it says "The account must be 90 days old", even before I choose the direction of the transfer.
Mar 30, 2015, 5:19 am
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Trying the Hailo trick now!