1,500 Avios when you book your next British Airways flight … on iberia.com

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• JamesWag says:

  12 Jun12 June 09:29

  1500 Avios, Wahoo ! That makes up for screwing us on two ticket baggage.

• Dale says:

  12 Jun12 June 15:20

  So how do I book a UK domestic via Iberia ?

  I’m getting this message for EDI – LON

  We regret to inform you that there are no connecting flights between the cities selected.

  • harry says:

    12 Jun12 June 15:33

    No idea but first things I would try are
    different browser
    use Spanish – Spain setting for language/ location

    • Dale says:

      12 Jun12 June 20:26

      I think Iberia probably make sure their website works with multiple browsers and I’m not sure why changing the language settings would make any difference!

      Can anyone tell me how to book a BA flight through Iberia.com? Do domestic flights count?

      • Rob says:

        12 Jun12 June 22:55

        It seems that not all BA flights are on iberia.com – to be honest, I thought they were. If you can’t get them to show then there isn’t anything you can do. A domestic would certainly count if you can get it to show.

        • Dale says:

          13 Jun13 June 08:16

          Thanks – EDI – BCN shows OK, but individual London airports aren’t even loaded, just LON and no connecting flights shown.

• harry says:

  12 Jun12 June 17:11

  O/T Daily Mail: We booked flights for a family holiday through Expedia. My 12-year-old was charged £71 air passenger duty, but 12 to 15-year-olds no longer have to pay this.
  I spoke to two Expedia call handlers who didn’t know what this duty was and just read out a spiel as if I wanted to cancel the flight. The last person I spoke to said I had paid a full adult fare for my child, but the invoice clearly states ‘Traveller 3 child’.
  I’m £11 out-of-pocket already after phoning them at 10p a minute and through the cost of rebooking.
  Mrs H. D., Cleveland.

  In the autumn statement of 2014, the Government announced that children under 12 would no longer pay air passenger duty in economy class on flights from May 1, 2015.
  This exemption was extended to all children under 16 travelling on or after March 1, 2016. Your flight was scheduled for March 25 this year, so your 12-year-old should not have been charged the duty.
  You sent me a copy of your invoice and, as you say, it clearly states the third traveller is a child, so why you were charged is a mystery.
  I contacted Expedia and they have refunded the £71 duty and have offered a £11 goodwill gesture to cover your phone charges, plus a voucher as a goodwill gesture.
  You’ve decided to use some of this money to buy some plants for a new bumblebee garden at your daughter’s school.

  ***
  harry: avios.com have refused to refund us APD for 2 of my children who fall into the same case, ie APD charged but no longer payable by the airline. The annoying thing is, if I had used BAEC for the redemptions, they’d have refunded us. But avios.com just say the RFS fee £17.50 EW has got nothing to do with APD and is a concession, as if we didn’t pay APD at all, which clearly we did. Any thoughts?

  • Rob says:

    12 Jun12 June 17:23

    Avios.com charges the lower of £17.50 or the actual taxes and charges. However, as Heathrow charges are £32 there is no chance of getting under £17.50 even with no APD.

    • harry says:

      12 Jun12 June 17:50

      But I paid 7500 Avios = £75 + £17.50 = £92.50. The Avios have a value. Just because I used points + cash doesn’t mean I paid less than somebody paying 100% cash.

      • John says:

        12 Jun12 June 19:02

        Then your fare was £75 and you paid £17.50 out of £32 of the LHR service charge.

        Avios cannot be used to pay taxes and charges.

      • Callum says:

        12 Jun12 June 20:41

        Huh? Are you seriously claiming you should get an avios discount to cover the fact there’s no APD?

        Your terminology is rather unclear though – so I’m not sure exactly what you bought. 7500 + £17.50 looks like a normal redemption. London airport charges cost more than £17.50 ergo none of you have really been charged APD anyway.

        • harry says:

          12 Jun12 June 20:49

          Every passenger on flights leaving LHR pays the APD, I want mine refunded (or my sons’)

          I paid it & I want it refunded

        • Callum says:

          12 Jun12 June 21:44

          From your lack of objection I’ll assume I was right and this is a normal redemption from London.

          In which case, not only have you not paid APD for your children, you have not paid it for yourself either – BA have. Period.

          If you’re going to refuse to accept what both BA and everyone on here says then there’s really nothing I can add!

        • TimS says:

          12 Jun12 June 22:07

          “Every passenger on flights leaving LHR pays APD”

          Not quite true.
          Every passenger on flights leaving the UK incurs an APD charge for the carrying airline. That charge is invoiced to the airline who usually pass it on to the traveller, but they don’t have to do so.

          The £17.50 that BA charged you and your sons is a fraction of the total fees, duties and charges that BA pay for your travel. Whether or not your sons incurred APD on your flight, BA didn’t pass the full charges on to you as they were significantly larger than the £17.50 you paid.

          I bet you would rather pay the (subsidised) RFS fee on all passengers than the (full) fees the airline incurred from your flights. APD or no APD, the full fee cost exceeded £17.50 per traveller so you are not losing out, despite how you may feel!

• Dale says:

  12 Jun12 June 22:44

  It would be good if the thread stuck to the topic

  • Rob says:

    12 Jun12 June 22:56

    I’ve given up trying on that, to be honest 🙂 Anything outside the broad topics the site covers is chopped though, so no-one at least tries to debate the football!

    Arguably it is my fault for refusing to add a forum to the site.

    • Alan says:

      12 Jun12 June 23:07

      It’s part of the fun of HfP though – quirkily British 😀

      PS apparently 2.5h delays in LHR tonight thanks to BA’s new IT system ‘FLY’ being hopeless, cabin crew saying it’s been happening all day and LGW is having runway issues – could be fun for anyone flying tomorrow!

  • Leo says:

    12 Jun12 June 23:22

    +1

• shd says:

  15 Jun15 June 12:53

  I didn’t get this promo on my IB account, neither did my wife. Any rhyme or reason to this?

  • harry says:

    15 Jun15 June 12:56

    promo expired yesterday?

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