50 free Avios via Iberia Plus – and it ‘activates’ your Iberia account

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As well as collecting Avios via avios.com and/or British Airways Executive Club, it is also possible to earn points via Iberia Plus, the Iberia frequent flyer scheme. Any Avios you earn in Iberia Plus can be moved over via ‘Combine My Avios’ once your Iberia account is 90 days old.

One reason to have an Iberia Plus account is that Iberia runs regular Avios redemptions sales such as this one. To take advantage, you need to move Avios points over to Iberia Plus. However Iberia Plus has a nasty little rule – on top of making you wait 90 days from opening your account, you cannot transfer in or out of the scheme until your account is ‘active’, ie has earned 1 Avios point.

Iberia has launched a new competition called “The Great Avios Conquest”. Taking part earns you a whopping 50 Avios! The most important thing, though, is that these 50 Avios will activate your account and allow you to transfer in or out. The next time Iberia has a redemption sale, you will be able to participate.

This is how to play:

Open the July-August of the Iberia online magazine by clicking here

Scroll to the page marked “The Great Avios Conquest” and click Start

Answer the four questions – the answers are My Shoes, La Panza es Primero, All of the above and Cash card

Input your details and 50 Avios will be credit to your Iberia account. The time frame is unknown.

If you do not already have an Iberia Plus account, you can sign up here. Click on the Iberia Plus link in the menu bar and select ‘Register Now’.

How to earn Avios points from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways BA Amex American Express card

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital On Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios:

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus:

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

(Want to earn more Avios? Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)

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Gadgeteer1066 says:

14 Jul14 July 07:16

Thank you for finding this. I had opened an Iberia account ages ago but had done nothing with it, and so, as you say, could do nothing with it. This easy step gets me over that!
Ryan says:

14 Jul14 July 07:40

When trying to ‘combine my avios’ with Iberia plus I’m not able to transfer avios from Iberia to BAEC (but it would let me transfer the other way). The only way I managed to get my Avios where I wanted them was to do Iberia Plus -> avios -> BAEC.
It’s not to do with having an active Iberia Plus account as before it was active no transfers were possible and now the above method is.
Any idea why? Has anyone else had this issue? Am I doing something stupid?
- TimS says:
  
  14 Jul14 July 07:47
  
  Do you have a BAEC household account?
  
  I don’t think IB+ lets you transfer directly into a household account? I’m sure i had a similar issue in the past and just routed it via Adios.com instead.
  - Brian says:
    
    14 Jul14 July 08:45
    
    As far as I know, you can’t transfer from IB to BA direct, regardless whether you have a household account or not. You have to go via Avios.com, so it’s a two-stage process if you need the miles in BAEC.
    - Fenny says:
      
      14 Jul14 July 09:16
      
      I transferred from IB to BAEC. The only avios I have in IB are from e-rewards surveys. I transferred them a couple of weeks ago with no problem at all.
    - Rob says:
      
      14 Jul14 July 12:04
      
      Pretty sure you can go IB to BA if you use ‘Combine My Avios’ on the Iberia site.
  - Ryan says:
    
    14 Jul14 July 19:22
    
    Tim, I do have a household account – that would be it. Thanks!
- Doodles says:
  
  14 Jul14 July 12:51
  
  I tried to transfer my points to BAEC and it looked like it was going to work after doing nothing at all on previous attempts then it failed but instead of leaving my points for me to try again, it took them and I now have to call to get them back. What a useless website they have.
- ECR says:
  
  14 Jul14 July 13:17
  
  I did have a similar issue before with my Iberia account in the past. Then I read somewhere that it is to do with the password on the Iberia account needs to be numerical for the combine my avios to work. I changed my password to all numbers and it seems to have fixed the problem for me.
  - Rob says:
    
    14 Jul14 July 14:15
    
    That could be right. I have a numerical password (I had no choice at the time, they insisted).
  - Simon says:
    
    14 Jul14 July 17:39
    
    I set my dad up with an Iberia account and found the same thing, the Iberia password needed to be all numeric for the combine my avios to work.
John says:

14 Jul14 July 08:13

Thanks. Nice easy one. Also another easy way to activate your Iberia plus account if you ever go on holiday in Spain is to go to a repsol petrol station. They are an avios partner. Every time I fill my hire car with petrol I go to a repsol station I hand over my Iberia plus card and it gets credited with a few avois. Many of the repsol have shops attached like the uk chain petrol stations so I would imagine you could just pop into the petrol station and just buy a sandwich or some soft drinks and hand over your card although I have not tried this myself.
Felix Flyer says:

14 Jul14 July 08:52

Slightly OT. I opened an Iberia Plus account for the last free Avios promo. Unfortunately I clicked Sra rather than Sr. I now cannot find any way to change my sex back correctly in the Edit Profile! Anybody have any suggestions or is it a call to their helpdesk?!
- MaltaPoints Tom says:
  
  14 Jul14 July 09:23
  
  Based on my experiences, it would probably be an easier process to change gender than call the Iberia Plus helpdesk and get them to change your profile.
  - ankomonkey says:
    
    14 Jul14 July 09:45
    
    LOL! I concur. Iberia Plus “Customer Services” have been consistently inept in my experience.
    - Felix Flyer says:
      
      14 Jul14 July 10:38
      
      Hmm. I’m going to have to ring them in a very deep voice I think….
evelyn says:

14 Jul14 July 10:04

Hi
I tried this comp when it was sent to me direct and again with Raffles’ link.
But on 1st page despite clicking “my shoes” and then “confirm” nothing happens. Anyone else have this problem? any suggestions?
Thanks
- DeltaCharlie says:
  
  14 Jul14 July 10:06
  
  Agree, does not work for me either.
  - Woodley Beacon says:
    
    14 Jul14 July 10:17
    
    It failed for me in IE and Firefox but worked OK in Chrome.
    - zark says:
      
      14 Jul14 July 10:22
      
      Same for me. Not with Internet Explorer but OK with Chrome.
      However, points have still not appeared on my account.
      Anybody know how long this takes or is this a problem too?
      - TimS says:
        
        14 Jul14 July 10:48
        
        With IB points oftenseem to be entered manually in batches so don’t expect to see anything soon.
    - Rob says:
      
      14 Jul14 July 12:02
      
      Works ok on ipads as well.
      - pazza2000 says:
        
        14 Jul14 July 13:26
        
        Yup, could only get it to work with my iPad. IE no use.
- Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
  
  14 Jul14 July 10:22
  
  Worked for me (in Chrome)
  - Fenny says:
    
    14 Jul14 July 11:36
    
    And me in FF
- Rob says:
  
  14 Jul14 July 12:03
  
  Ipad or Chrome it seems
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Singing Dwarf says:

14 Jul14 July 12:00

Thanks, good for 10 seconds work – works for me in Chromium
compass31 says:

14 Jul14 July 13:10

I used my iPad and had no problems.

Thanks for all your helpful info and advice.