Iberia bonus avios
Nov 19, 2018, 2:17 am
#5
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 2,379
BA presumably has no idea they have expiry dates on them.
Whether your Iberia account going negative and then being merged with your BA balance will result in them being wiped out, whether you spent them or not, is the more important question!
Whether your Iberia account going negative and then being merged with your BA balance will result in them being wiped out, whether you spent them or not, is the more important question!
Nov 19, 2018, 2:41 am
#6
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: England - UK
Posts: 512
I read from here and other websites that people who haven't yet spent them have received emails reminding them to do so before 1st December. We've spent ours and didn't get an email so I guess they must have some mechanism in place that identified those who had spent to those who hadn't. IMHO 90,000 avios is too many to lose gambling they won't claw them back if they've been transferred out.
Nov 19, 2018, 2:51 am
#7
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,048
Since there appears to be a list of members who haven't spent their Avios properly, that list may well include the BAEC numbers those Avios were transferred to. And making a BAEC redemption is most definitely NOT a qualifying redemption under IB+ rules. But BA/IAG may not want to bait the Daily Mail, etc. again, after caving into the UK press back in the summer and allowing Combining of (promo) Avios.
The simple question yet to be answered is whether IB+ accounts will simply go to negative -90K, or whether BA and IB have spent these months to set up a process to "expire" 90K Avios out of BAEC as well. Get the popcorn ready...
Nov 19, 2018, 3:39 am
#8
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Canada
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum
Posts: 91
I really interested to see how the outburst on this forum will be next month. I already didn't like the way some people were talking about their avios coming in delayed, so I'm going to have my popcorn ready.
I don't want to take the risk and I've spent all 63k I've acquired with this offer with IB. Also that Groupon deal came in handy as I've bought quite some avios there too. When I moved to Spain 2 years ago I did well signing up for IB+ and all the hard work of gathering avios is paying off
I don't want to take the risk and I've spent all 63k I've acquired with this offer with IB. Also that Groupon deal came in handy as I've bought quite some avios there too. When I moved to Spain 2 years ago I did well signing up for IB+ and all the hard work of gathering avios is paying off