Booking a level economy flight with avios through Iberia
Apr 27, 2023, 10:48 pm
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Booking a level economy flight with avios through Iberia
Does anyone have experience doing this? Did you run into any trouble? Do you get an included meal? Do you get a checked bag included? If so what is the weight limit? I think you get to choose your seat.
Thanks
Thanks
Apr 28, 2023, 1:22 am
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Hopefully somebody with LEVEL-specific experience will come along to confirm.
But LEVEL award flights (and Iberia FWIW) typically book into the Optima fare. Optima comes with:
But LEVEL award flights (and Iberia FWIW) typically book into the Optima fare. Optima comes with:
- checked bag
- food
- seat selection
Nov 2, 2023, 6:50 pm
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Hopefully somebody with LEVEL-specific experience will come along to confirm.
But LEVEL award flights (and Iberia FWIW) typically book into the Optima fare. Optima comes with:
But LEVEL award flights (and Iberia FWIW) typically book into the Optima fare. Optima comes with:
- checked bag
- food
- seat selection
Feb 6, 2024, 9:12 pm
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Anyone have any new info/data points? I'm looking at booking a Level flight (SFO-BCN) using Iberia Avios and am wondering about bag fees, seat selection fees, food fees, etc.
Feb 6, 2024, 11:59 pm
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- checked bag
- food (you can preorder ahead of time to be sure)
- seat selection
Feb 7, 2024, 10:03 am
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Feb 29, 2024, 1:12 pm
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This has been really helpful for my booking too, thank you! Did you also see a discrepancy between the number of avios shown for the flight, and the number you were ultimately required to use, and add cash? I am very confused because my flight pops us as being 22k avios and I have 27K in my account. However, the system is only letting me book a combination with cash, at 17K avios. Is there no option where I would just pay the 22k, with no cash addition? I need to transfer over a bunch of points for a family trip, so if each ticket will never cost 22k avios (as I had thought), that fact will change my transfer amount. Thanks!
Feb 29, 2024, 1:14 pm
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This thread has been really helpful for my booking too, thank you!
Did you also see a discrepancy between the number of avios shown for the flight, and the number you were ultimately required to use, and add cash? I am very confused because my flight pops us as being 22k avios and I have 27K in my account. However, the system is only letting me book a combination with cash, at 17K avios. Is there no option where I would just pay the 22k, with no cash addition? I need to transfer over a bunch of points for a family trip, so if each ticket will never cost 22k avios (as I had thought), that fact will change my transfer amount. Thanks!
Did you also see a discrepancy between the number of avios shown for the flight, and the number you were ultimately required to use, and add cash? I am very confused because my flight pops us as being 22k avios and I have 27K in my account. However, the system is only letting me book a combination with cash, at 17K avios. Is there no option where I would just pay the 22k, with no cash addition? I need to transfer over a bunch of points for a family trip, so if each ticket will never cost 22k avios (as I had thought), that fact will change my transfer amount. Thanks!
Mar 1, 2024, 2:04 am
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The Iberia website is glitchy when it comes to LEVEL awards.
You will pay 17,000 Avios per person + the taxes / surcharges listed. There is no option to pay a lower cash amount.
You will pay 17,000 Avios per person + the taxes / surcharges listed. There is no option to pay a lower cash amount.