Aditional Checked Bag in Iberia with OW Tier Status
Jun 16, 2010 | 5:41 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 132
Aditional Checked Bag in Iberia with OW Tier Status
With new policies on checked baggage, and fees been an important new incom, Iberia has limited the number of checked bags.
However, they have a benefit for their frecuent flyers:
For flights operated by Iberia,
Club Fiesta Iberia,
Iberia Plus Silver,
Gold and
Platinum
cardholders can always check in an extra item (up to 23 kg) to the amount which appears on their ticket free of charge.
Does anyone know if this benefits are also valid for OW equivalent Tier Status?
That is, if I as a OW Ruby (by AA) can benefit from this perk and check an extra bag?
I called IB and the operator told me yes, but in the airport they refused, and I cant find anything in their web site that clears the doubt.
Thanks in advance
However, they have a benefit for their frecuent flyers:
For flights operated by Iberia,
Club Fiesta Iberia,
Iberia Plus Silver,
Gold and
Platinum
cardholders can always check in an extra item (up to 23 kg) to the amount which appears on their ticket free of charge.
Does anyone know if this benefits are also valid for OW equivalent Tier Status?
That is, if I as a OW Ruby (by AA) can benefit from this perk and check an extra bag?
I called IB and the operator told me yes, but in the airport they refused, and I cant find anything in their web site that clears the doubt.
Thanks in advance
Jun 16, 2010 | 7:28 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: SFO/OAK/CCR
Programs: AA LT PLT
Posts: 997
Officially no, OW carriers do not provide harmonized elite baggage allowances between carriers. Hopefully one day this will change.
My experience with IB has been that they are pretty lax about overweight luggage, so perhaps it would have been better to try to squeeze your additional items into one of the 2 allowed pieces. Two of us recently traveled from VLC, checking in at Business Class desk, and were allowed 4 pieces weighing 20, 24, 28 and 31 kg. Limit is 23 each, so we were over by 11 kg or 25 lbs and we were not charged.
My experience with IB has been that they are pretty lax about overweight luggage, so perhaps it would have been better to try to squeeze your additional items into one of the 2 allowed pieces. Two of us recently traveled from VLC, checking in at Business Class desk, and were allowed 4 pieces weighing 20, 24, 28 and 31 kg. Limit is 23 each, so we were over by 11 kg or 25 lbs and we were not charged.