Motion Passed: Create Iberia Forum
 

Moved by Markie and seconded by jackal:
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Flyertalk has grown to the point where there are so many forums that people don't always know where to post things, and sometimes there is a huge overlap between two or more forums with exactly the same posts.

Having specific obvious forums goes a long way to help , and nothing is more specific than an airline or a hotel. To me this is a easy one, of course there should be a forum specific to Iberia. It's so much easier to point somebody in the right direction when it's an obvious direction.

I am in favor of a specific forum for Iberia simply because, in my experience, Iberia Plus is a complete enigma. I have tried to use it in the past, but gave up because I couldn’t find much information on it, and Iberia was no help.

Iberia is growing in USA FT member use with its many flights, including the restored LAX-MAD flight. I find myself using IB more going to Europe because of the convenience, slightly lower fares, ease of use of MAD airport, lounge quality, quality of Iberia Business Plus. As well, with the merger of BA, yet separate identities, FFPs, etc. it would probably not be a good merge to have a BAEC-IP Forum.

I would welcome an Iberia Plus Forum and believe it would get some good use.

I am in favor of this motion. I see more and more interest in travel to Spain.
The Iberia Forum makes great sense.^

I Agree in having a forum for Iberia it would make it much easier to find the information we might want to understand since IB themselves are not much help.

As a long term oneworld flyer I was suprised to find IB in a general forum. For travel last year I needed to sort though a lot of other stuff to find the IB specific information/advice I was after.

While I was able to get the information I was after and more; an Iberia specific forum could be a godsend.

So, yes please!

I agree that we need an IB forum, but wonder whether we should also have an IAG forum with BA and IB under that and it will be easy to add other airlines as IAG grows.

I agree with OPebble. The IAG thread is a good idea!

So Yes to Iberia.

Fully agree. I live in Spain, and Spanair is no really alternative to Iberia, I am using them more and more. Esepcially as the merger with BA gives much more options in tickets, flying e.g. to the US with IB, and back with BA. But with competivitive rates.

Thanks

Spainfly

I am also in favor of it. It's one of the core members of oneworld. By default, they should have had their own forum a long time ago.

As I stated in the other thread, this would be a welcome addition to FT. With IB's closer relationship with BA, I see myself flying IB more and more often, as I love MAD!

They provide great connections for me to TLV, and with their relationship with BA and AA, (as well as the rest of OW,) IB is a serious contender and deserves a place on FT.

I'm all in favour of an Iberia board. Perhaps then finally I can understand the program?
I have looked at it several times but it's still quite a mystery to me. The Iberia homepage doesn't help...

I don't see any reason to not create the forum...

+1 for Iberia forum
 

I flew this April to Milan from EWR/JFK (don't remember) with the mistake fare tikts on AA booked through Iberia and I'm happy they honored the tikts.