Breaking: CAN transfer bonus avios to BAEC!
#31
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#32
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Yes. I've got the popcorn scheduled for early December when IB+ accounts go negative. It was 100% clear that not spending your Avios via IB+ meant that they would be taken back.
#33
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Ok guys so whats the process
Hi all,
ive logged on to both BA and Iberia, gone to combine my avios and on both sites it tells me i can only transfer from BA to Ibera? what am i doing wrong?
ive logged on to both BA and Iberia, gone to combine my avios and on both sites it tells me i can only transfer from BA to Ibera? what am i doing wrong?
#35
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They are just trying to force this restrictions that were never in the T&C. There were no restrictions to the transference and any movement in the BAEC account should be limited to BAEC rules.
#36
Join Date: Mar 2003
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It used to be easy to get a JFK-LHR ticket in business or first.
Now looking at outbound 9/22 and return 9/29 (both Saturdays).
One seat JFK-LGW in business outbound and one seat in First on American metal LHR-JFK.
130,000 Avios plus $1,334
There are days when there is no availability at all.
So it's already happened.
#37
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Yes no restriction, but you'll still go negative because the terms say you need to redeem them, not transfer
#39
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You seriously believe that if the original rules said that, any of these discusssions would be happening?
#40
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I don't have a dog in this fight, but I think I can see where the confusion comes from. If you look at post 14, which I linked into the Wiki, (and note the date was at the start of the promotion activity timeframe) a quick read indeed suggests that it is Iberia + related only. But read it a second time and it is clear it relates to the purchased tickets that triggered the extra Avios (e.g. buying a Level ticket via Iberia would not trigger the Avios bonus).
#41
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People could assume whatever! In the T&Cs the only condition was the PURCHASE of the tickets. People obviosly needn't fly because it was stated in the T&Cs that the avios would be credited 10 days after the PURCHASE (not the flight).
I really don't get how people defend the company abuse against clients / customers, especially one that is trying so damn hard to make service worse for their passengers.
I really don't get how people defend the company abuse against clients / customers, especially one that is trying so damn hard to make service worse for their passengers.
#42
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Which is why I will be reaching for the popcorn in December, as people start complaining about their accounts going negative and a potential merger of IB+ with BAEC meaning that the negative balance catches up to people. Nobody can claim that they weren't warned that these Avios expire in December if not spent via IB+.
#43
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€2m. It's not a little joke and if you are going to 'use' Ben, Gary, Greg, myself etc to flog €2m of extra tickets in 4 days you better stick to your word.
#44
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Expiration after xfer to BA?
Do we have any data around if the transfer of the promotional miles from IB to BA circumvents the December 1 expiration policy? The whole "what happens to the miles on Dec 1" feels a bit nebulous still. I don't know if it's possible for them to submit a negative 90k transfer to BA through the Avios program or if by getting them out the miles have effectively been sequestered at that point.