AVIOS redemption Increase?
 

Did Iberia Avios increase redemption rate? For example, last year I booked NYC-BCN it was 20,000 AVIOS for Blue redemption, but now it seems to be 24,500 even on Blue?

Is it a nonstop flight? I sounds like a routing with transit in MAD bevause of the 4500 more Avios...

Domestic connections in Spain used to be free, but now they are not

Does that mean, BA will follow suit and eliminate that nice Avios benefit - free UK connections on EU awards? Hopefully not...it was one area where Avios was indeed better than the others.

Makes sense
 

Ok that makes sense now, I thought I was losing my mind since it worked earlier this year for 20,000 from NYC-MAD-BCN one way.

Having the same flight number for the BCN connections (but needing to get off the plane and change gates) must have been a nightmare for Iberia staff to track down lost passengers.

Now it's clearer, but a side effect is that extra Avios are needed for redemptions.

You can see also this thread about the same issue

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/iberi...ds-ex-bcn.html