Baggage questions
Feb 27, 2023, 5:02 am
#1
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Baggage questions
Hello,
2 questions:
1) If I book the cheapest Iberia flight with no checked baggage will I get baggage allowance due to OWE even if I book a hand baggage only fare?
2) I am booked on two IB flights, JFK-MAD and MAD-LHR on separate bookings with a few hours between the flights. Can I ask Iberia to check the baggage through from JFK-LHR?
2 questions:
1) If I book the cheapest Iberia flight with no checked baggage will I get baggage allowance due to OWE even if I book a hand baggage only fare?
2) I am booked on two IB flights, JFK-MAD and MAD-LHR on separate bookings with a few hours between the flights. Can I ask Iberia to check the baggage through from JFK-LHR?
Feb 27, 2023, 5:18 am
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1. As long as you are flying IB metal booked with an IB code you will get a checked bag due to status. (i.e. not Level, not a BA codeshare, etc.)
2. No through-checking of bags on separate tickets, unless you find a really sympathetic check-in agent willing to go against IB policy.
2. No through-checking of bags on separate tickets, unless you find a really sympathetic check-in agent willing to go against IB policy.
Feb 27, 2023, 5:21 am
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1. As long as you are flying IB metal booked with an IB code you will get a checked bag due to status. (i.e. not Level, not a BA codeshare, etc.)
2. No through-checking of bags on separate tickets, unless you find a really sympathetic check-in agent willing to go against IB policy.
2. No through-checking of bags on separate tickets, unless you find a really sympathetic check-in agent willing to go against IB policy.
1) So to confirm if I book the IB flight through BA HBO, no checked baggage?
And is it the same rules for IB express? So if I book IB express cheapest fare HBO with no codeshare, do I get baggage?
Thanks
Feb 27, 2023, 5:23 am
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Avoid BA - metal, flight code, etc. - if you want a checked bag. IB marketed and operated only.
Feb 27, 2023, 5:25 am
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Very unfamiliar with IB Express. If I book them through a cheap Travel Agency is that going to be an IB code ie will I get baggage? Or has to be IB express booked via Iberia?
Feb 28, 2023, 12:58 am
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Similar question, but what if flying domestically from San Sebasitan to BCN? And instead, using Sapphire not Emerald.
If I book using Iberia website, will I get baggage allowance with the cheapest fare? And I assume, I can enter my American Airlines FF number as part of Iberia's checkout flow?
Tks - this is my first time flying Iberia / domestic flight, internationally.
If I book using Iberia website, will I get baggage allowance with the cheapest fare? And I assume, I can enter my American Airlines FF number as part of Iberia's checkout flow?
Tks - this is my first time flying Iberia / domestic flight, internationally.
Feb 28, 2023, 1:22 am
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Similar question, but what if flying domestically from San Sebasitan to BCN? And instead, using Sapphire not Emerald.
If I book using Iberia website, will I get baggage allowance with the cheapest fare? And I assume, I can enter my American Airlines FF number as part of Iberia's checkout flow?
Tks - this is my first time flying Iberia / domestic flight, internationally.
If I book using Iberia website, will I get baggage allowance with the cheapest fare? And I assume, I can enter my American Airlines FF number as part of Iberia's checkout flow?
Tks - this is my first time flying Iberia / domestic flight, internationally.
Feb 28, 2023, 9:59 am
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Thx - We read not-so-great reviews about Vueling. So our intention is to fly via Madrid, so it'll be on Iberia metal.
But I am open to the idea of Vueling so as long it's not a troublesome airline.
One that nickle and dimes everything and makes the check-in experience unbearrable / unreliable.
But I am open to the idea of Vueling so as long it's not a troublesome airline.
One that nickle and dimes everything and makes the check-in experience unbearrable / unreliable.
Sep 4, 2023, 9:14 am
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If I booked with IB Avios on a IB coded by operated by Vueling flight, do I get OW elite benefit?
On the confirmation email, it says I get one checked bag free for the Avios booking. Do I get the second bag free due to OW elite Sapphaire status?
On the Vueling website, it is showing no checked bag allowance.
Thanks.
On the confirmation email, it says I get one checked bag free for the Avios booking. Do I get the second bag free due to OW elite Sapphaire status?
On the Vueling website, it is showing no checked bag allowance.
Thanks.
Sep 4, 2023, 10:10 am
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If I booked with IB Avios on a IB coded by operated by Vueling flight, do I get OW elite benefit?
On the confirmation email, it says I get one checked bag free for the Avios booking. Do I get the second bag free due to OW elite Sapphaire status?
On the Vueling website, it is showing no checked bag allowance.
Thanks.
On the confirmation email, it says I get one checked bag free for the Avios booking. Do I get the second bag free due to OW elite Sapphaire status?
On the Vueling website, it is showing no checked bag allowance.
Thanks.
You get the one free checked bag. Take a print-out of your confirmation to the airport, just in case. But since you should be booked into an IB codeshare, you ought to be ok.
Sep 16, 2023, 8:42 pm
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I just booked a Vueling operated flight within Spain with Iberia Avios. Through booking, the Iberia site stated that my ticket included a check-in bag, a carry-on, and seat selection. Since I thought those items were included, I booked with Avios rather than cash. After entering my VY booking reference into their website, it is reminding me that my ticket only includes an under the seat bag and to save money by adding a checked-in bag.
Has anyone encountered this before and been able to successfully check-in a bag and have a carry-on without paying extra? Did you contact Iberia to help with this? If I have to pay for the check-in bag and an overhead carry-on, then the Iberia webpage information is very misleading.
Has anyone encountered this before and been able to successfully check-in a bag and have a carry-on without paying extra? Did you contact Iberia to help with this? If I have to pay for the check-in bag and an overhead carry-on, then the Iberia webpage information is very misleading.
Sep 17, 2023, 7:16 am
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I just booked a Vueling operated flight within Spain with Iberia Avios. Through booking, the Iberia site stated that my ticket included a check-in bag, a carry-on, and seat selection. Since I thought those items were included, I booked with Avios rather than cash. After entering my VY booking reference into their website, it is reminding me that my ticket only includes an under the seat bag and to save money by adding a checked-in bag.
Has anyone encountered this before and been able to successfully check-in a bag and have a carry-on without paying extra? Did you contact Iberia to help with this? If I have to pay for the check-in bag and an overhead carry-on, then the Iberia webpage information is very misleading.
Has anyone encountered this before and been able to successfully check-in a bag and have a carry-on without paying extra? Did you contact Iberia to help with this? If I have to pay for the check-in bag and an overhead carry-on, then the Iberia webpage information is very misleading.
Have you been able to select a seat? That's a clue
Sep 17, 2023, 8:25 am
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I am only able to pick the "back seats". After trying to select one, it directs me to save money on a checked bag.
How can I tell I have an Optima ticket?
On Vueling, it says:
"Payment details
1 adult
Seats (1 back rows)
Unlimited flight changes"
On my Iberia ticket, the class-fare is S1FF.
How can I tell I have an Optima ticket?
On Vueling, it says:
"Payment details
1 adult
Seats (1 back rows)
Unlimited flight changes"
On my Iberia ticket, the class-fare is S1FF.
Sep 17, 2023, 9:49 am
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I am only able to pick the "back seats". After trying to select one, it directs me to save money on a checked bag.
How can I tell I have an Optima ticket?
On Vueling, it says:
"Payment details
1 adult
Seats (1 back rows)
Unlimited flight changes"
On my Iberia ticket, the class-fare is S1FF.
How can I tell I have an Optima ticket?
On Vueling, it says:
"Payment details
1 adult
Seats (1 back rows)
Unlimited flight changes"
On my Iberia ticket, the class-fare is S1FF.