EndlosLuft

Hello there,

I'm an experienced frequent flyer on Star carriers where United has been my program of choice. With all the changes United has been making I want to take more of my business elsewhere and am looking to build to build status with a Oneworld Carrier. The places I travel to are primarily the US and from Germany to Spain. My choice seems to be between BA and Iberia since I'm not a fan of American's frequent flyer program.

What I'm trying to figure out is how much would I earn with Iberia based on the way I fly.

Does the math below look right to you experienced Iberia Plus flyers?

Flight from/to Airline and class of service Elite points awarded by Iberia for status
TXL-PHL (AA Business I class) 500
PHL-TPA (AA Business I class) 115
TPA-PHL (AA Business I class) 115
PHL-LHR (BA Business I class) 500
LHR-TXL (BA Business I class) 115

TXL-LHR (BA Business I class) 115
LHR-CLT (AA Business I class) 500
CLT-TPA (AA Business I class) 75
TPA-MIA (AA Economy Y class) 50
MIA-MAD (IB Business I class) 500
MAD-TXL (IB Business I class) 225

ARN-LHR (BA Business I class) 115
LHR-IAD (BA Business I class) 500
IAD-LHR (BA Business I class) 500
LHR-ARN (BA Business I class) 115

Total: 4040 Elite points

Thanks for your help and guidance!

Yllanes

It looks correct to me. My only doubt is that LHR-TXL is right at the edge of 600 mi, so it could be 75 Elite Points. You will IB+ Oro (OW Sapphire) after your MIA-MAD flight.

craigthemif

I can make three general comments that might help.

1. If you fly 3,000+ mile segments in J regularly, then IB+ is very attractive because you receive far more value in "Elite Points" than value as "Tier Points"
2. For the shorter flights, BA "Tier Points" are a bit better than IB+ "Elite Points"
3. If you can get to IB+ Platino, that gets you 2 years of status. BA Gold only ever gets you one year (plus anything remaining in your first year qualifying...)

EndlosLuft

I noticed that. But on the flip side there is no soft landing to Silver like BA, right?