Iberia Op-Ups
Dec 21, 2019, 5:59 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: LH FTL, IB ORO, HH Diamond
Posts: 10
Iberia Op-Ups
I do approx 100k miles per year with OW (mostly IB) and SA (mostly LX) I've been an Iberia Oro (OW sapphire) for the last 4 years and I have never ever been upgraded to business. Not even once. Zero. In the same time, as a LH FTQV I've been upgraded 3 times to business and 1 to first in LH and LX.
In a few months I will do an overseas trip in economy (full fare) Europe to Latam, and I was hoping for an op-up. By then, I will be LH Senator and Iberia Platinum (OW Emerald). Where would you say I have more chances, with IB or with LH?
Thanks a lot
In a few months I will do an overseas trip in economy (full fare) Europe to Latam, and I was hoping for an op-up. By then, I will be LH Senator and Iberia Platinum (OW Emerald). Where would you say I have more chances, with IB or with LH?
Thanks a lot
Dec 21, 2019, 6:23 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: NT Australia
Programs: QF WP
Posts: 4,160
I’m 1/7 with IB, 2/200+ with BA and 0/200+ QF. So on the strength of that, “better than your chances with other OW carriers” but I don’t think it works like that 😂
(eta: OWR for 1st BA op up, OWS for IB/2nd BA, various statuses with QF but now OWE)
(eta: OWR for 1st BA op up, OWS for IB/2nd BA, various statuses with QF but now OWE)
Dec 21, 2019, 7:27 am
#3
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: IND/MEX
Programs: AA PPro BA Bronze SPG Gold HH GLD Hyatt Exp
Posts: 1,134
I do approx 100k miles per year with OW (mostly IB) and SA (mostly LX) I've been an Iberia Oro (OW sapphire) for the last 4 years and I have never ever been upgraded to business. Not even once. Zero. In the same time, as a LH FTQV I've been upgraded 3 times to business and 1 to first in LH and LX.
In a few months I will do an overseas trip in economy (full fare) Europe to Latam, and I was hoping for an op-up. By then, I will be LH Senator and Iberia Platinum (OW Emerald). Where would you say I have more chances, with IB or with LH?
Thanks a lot
In a few months I will do an overseas trip in economy (full fare) Europe to Latam, and I was hoping for an op-up. By then, I will be LH Senator and Iberia Platinum (OW Emerald). Where would you say I have more chances, with IB or with LH?
Thanks a lot
Dec 21, 2019, 12:34 pm
#4
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,048
Hoping for an op-up won't work with IB. Maybe if you book the last PE seat months in advance and they manage to oversell the cabin.
No op-ups without an oversold Y and/or PE cabin with any IAG airline. It doesn't really happen that often...
As others have mentioned, pay for the cabin you wish to fly in or use Avios to guarantee the upgrade. Anything else is a pleasant surprise. If you enjoy the mental exercise of "increasing your chances" then have fun but it's like researching the lottery numbers...
No op-ups without an oversold Y and/or PE cabin with any IAG airline. It doesn't really happen that often...
As others have mentioned, pay for the cabin you wish to fly in or use Avios to guarantee the upgrade. Anything else is a pleasant surprise. If you enjoy the mental exercise of "increasing your chances" then have fun but it's like researching the lottery numbers...
Dec 21, 2019, 5:33 pm
#5
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: BCN
Programs: BA Gold · A3 Gold · DL Gold · VY apologist
Posts: 8,545
I've been upgraded zero times out of I don't know how many hundreds of IB flights, always with some kind of status. They're auctioning off those business class seats now so it's very unlikely they'll give them out for free.
Dec 26, 2019, 8:11 am
#7
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Singapore
Programs: OZ Diamond, BAEC Silver, Marriott Platinum, HH Gold
Posts: 515
I was upgraded once with IB from Y to J on a short haul intra-EU flight. I had placed a flight redemption on avios last minute i.e. the day before. I reckon that the Y cabin was full that day.
Dec 26, 2019, 12:21 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Somewhere between EZE , MAD and GLA
Programs: IB , BA , AA , LATAM
Posts: 865
About 5 years , i got six upgrades on eight flights from EZE - mad or vcie versa . I wa Iberia Gold at the time.
More recently nothing ....
I tend to plan ahead and purchase Premium Economy , which I am more or less happy with.
A few years ago , I suspected that the flights were oversold . Now , demand is down and will continue to be down with the Latam economy still being in the doldrums.
More recently nothing ....
I tend to plan ahead and purchase Premium Economy , which I am more or less happy with.
A few years ago , I suspected that the flights were oversold . Now , demand is down and will continue to be down with the Latam economy still being in the doldrums.