Award Automatically Pricing “Avios & Money”
Aug 31, 2021, 8:29 am
#1
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Award Automatically Pricing “Avios & Money”
Im experiencing a very frustrating problem in which there is award space at the off-peak pricing, but the website automatically prices at the “Avios & Money” options. And I can’t get it to price at the normal level. For example even when I try to book a simpler one way non-stop booking of MAD-JFK, the 34,000 shows in large print next to the flight info. However, the payment options are fixed on the “Avios & Money”, which I can’t seem to deselect.
I tried a different browser to the same result. And I have enough miles in the account, as I just transferred them from Chase today.
Has anyone else experienced this before?
I tried a different browser to the same result. And I have enough miles in the account, as I just transferred them from Chase today.
Has anyone else experienced this before?
Aug 31, 2021, 10:08 am
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Which are the Avios levels you ARE able to book?
I would assume that IB+ thinks you have fewer Avios than you think you have. Possibly a glitch regarding the new Avios transferred in.
I would assume that IB+ thinks you have fewer Avios than you think you have. Possibly a glitch regarding the new Avios transferred in.
Aug 31, 2021, 10:31 am
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Im experiencing a very frustrating problem in which there is award space at the off-peak pricing, but the website automatically prices at the “Avios & Money” options. And I can’t get it to price at the normal level. For example even when I try to book a simpler one way non-stop booking of MAD-JFK, the 34,000 shows in large print next to the flight info. However, the payment options are fixed on the “Avios & Money”, which I can’t seem to deselect.
I tried a different browser to the same result. And I have enough miles in the account, as I just transferred them from Chase today.
Has anyone else experienced this before?
I tried a different browser to the same result. And I have enough miles in the account, as I just transferred them from Chase today.
Has anyone else experienced this before?
Aug 31, 2021, 12:18 pm
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Aug 31, 2021, 12:24 pm
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You are booking a peak date that is incorrectly showing as off-peak in the initial search. The 50k pricing is correct.
A glitch, but nothing to do with Avios & Money.
A glitch, but nothing to do with Avios & Money.
Aug 31, 2021, 12:34 pm
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Thanks for the explanation. I wish I knew of that glitch beforehand, as I wouldn't have transferred the points from chase. I researched Iberia awards extensively on the typical miles/points blogs and I never saw this mentioned.
Aug 31, 2021, 1:47 pm
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First of all, whatever the Points Guy writes is designed to get you to sign up for a new credit card - accuracy or the full picture isn't as lucrative for them.
But if it's any consolation, 50k is still a bargain. I don't think there are any other Chase partners that would get you to Europe in Business Class for less.
But if it's any consolation, 50k is still a bargain. I don't think there are any other Chase partners that would get you to Europe in Business Class for less.
Aug 31, 2021, 5:20 pm
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First of all, whatever the Points Guy writes is designed to get you to sign up for a new credit card - accuracy or the full picture isn't as lucrative for them.
But if it's any consolation, 50k is still a bargain. I don't think there are any other Chase partners that would get you to Europe in Business Class for less.
But if it's any consolation, 50k is still a bargain. I don't think there are any other Chase partners that would get you to Europe in Business Class for less.
Last edited by Flamenguista; Aug 31, 2021 at 5:51 pm
Sep 1, 2021, 8:29 am
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At this point, and after seeing what was happening with the website misleading us on the lowest avios price, I went ahead and gamble it by booking a non peek award and will just wait for a schedule change to move it to my desire dates. I did that last year after they launched the half AVIOS promo for winter, and ended up pushing it until the peak summer season on the MIA-MAD-MIA route.
Sep 17, 2021, 1:06 am
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