IB90k promo - where are YOU going :) ?
Jul 19, 2018, 7:25 am
#61
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: between Albuquerque and Santa Fe
Programs: Kimpton Inner Circle; IHG Spire elite; Marriott & SPG Gold, r
Posts: 838
SoCal-based, got 180000 Avios total for myself and on behalf of my SO, who's not big on flying even in comfort but is always happy to help my cause. 
I opened both accounts solely for the promo and got the various e-mail messages of doom (which I replied to with relevant info); the Avios all posted yesterday and I made both bookings today:
(2) LAX-MAD-LAX in J on IB metal, 85000 Avios plus ~$240. Planning to tack on paid LCC flights to get to/from Paris.
(Edited to add details)
I opened both accounts solely for the promo and got the various e-mail messages of doom (which I replied to with relevant info); the Avios all posted yesterday and I made both bookings today:
(2) LAX-MAD-LAX in J on IB metal, 85000 Avios plus ~$240. Planning to tack on paid LCC flights to get to/from Paris.
(Edited to add details)
Jul 19, 2018, 11:42 am
#62
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 35
Jul 19, 2018, 8:12 pm
#65
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 40
Resigned to fly IB Metal Biz JFK-MAD in mid-April. First world problems. Found perfect days nested between peak days. Lucky works great for my break at work. 68,000+210. Total is $487 once you work in the 277$ in one ways and the $210 in fees.
Left with 22,200 to see if the non-Iberia flights work out - 2 rt 11k flights from that if it pans out.
Edit: Reading flights JFK-MAD are using the 350, but Iberia says its still the 340. And the rows for the semi-private window L vs J seats are different based on 340 vs 350.
Left with 22,200 to see if the non-Iberia flights work out - 2 rt 11k flights from that if it pans out.
Edit: Reading flights JFK-MAD are using the 350, but Iberia says its still the 340. And the rows for the semi-private window L vs J seats are different based on 340 vs 350.
Last edited by iletired; Jul 19, 2018 at 8:14 pm Reason: 340 vs 350
Jul 20, 2018, 12:02 am
#66
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 1,352
There is only one A350 and it's still not flying anything. JFK will be its first route (after short-haul test flights), but nobody knows what's going to fly on your particular date. Just check the seat map much closer to the day of the flight and in the meantime pick A or L if you want a window.
Jul 20, 2018, 3:32 am
#67
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 9
Doha too
I was charged over €200 for a one-way Doha to London in First Class, yet on BA’s it’s under Ł80.
Jul 20, 2018, 1:23 pm
#69
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,614
So my winnings are a return trip in April to Santiago in business class for 102K (after a slight infusion of avios from the BA mountain) and Ł130, wrapped around a Ł650 LATAM business class return to Easter Island. Very happy with that - the trip prices up at around four grand in revenue, and I've long wanted to go. The redemptions to South America are very available and there's some very interesting ones - Lima caught the eye at 86K plus the Ł130.
The promo flights themselves are mostly being flown as ways of either generating TPs towards my end of year target or connecting up with things I fancied trying like flying Vueling to see if it's as bad as everyone says.
The promo flights themselves are mostly being flown as ways of either generating TPs towards my end of year target or connecting up with things I fancied trying like flying Vueling to see if it's as bad as everyone says.
Jul 22, 2018, 8:42 pm
#75
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: SJC / DPS
Programs: AS G75K, UA Silver
Posts: 1,757
I just snagged 2x off-peak IB MAD-SFO biz tickets in May for 51k each. Slightly more then the MAD-LAX price of 42k but the only date I found with 2 seats available was Feb 27 (grab them quick!)
Quite happy so far.
Quite happy so far.
