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Iberia Family Account: A Guide to Pooling Avios
If you collect Avios through Iberia Club, you’ll know that building a meaningful balance can often take time. For many travellers, Avios end up scattered across multiple accounts, useful in theory, but rarely enough in one place to unlock the rewards you actually want. That’s exactly what the Iberia Family Account was designed to solve. Introduced early February this year, it allows you to combine Avios with others into a single shared balance, making it significantly easier

Helena
Sep 225 min read


We've updated the Avios Calculator: updated routes, nearby airports, your Avios balance, Barclays vouchers, and more!
In May this year we launched our Avios calculator because, honestly, finding the prices of Avios flights, and then comparing the prices was just too much hassle. There was no one tool where you could directly compare the prices across all the Avios airlines (British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Qatar Airways, Finnair, and Loganair), which is why we made one to tell you how much any flight would cos in Avios. That was a good first attempt, let's call it, but we've now decided

Sam
Sep 183 min read


The new Avios reward flight search tool is great, apart from these things
The other week, we brought you the news about the launch of the new and improved Avios Reward Flight search. It's great, but it's not perfect, so here are a few things we would like to see changed. 355 days in advance? Neither the Avios website, nor the Avios app appear to show flights 355 days in advance, only up to the end of July. Here is an example for London to Mumbai, August 2027, where flights should be showing to the middle of the month now. This fault is also true wi

Sam
Aug 243 min read


Can you book Avios flights earlier than 355 days? With Qatar, Finnair and Iberia, yes
355 days in advance is BA's booking window, but this isn't an Avios rule. Seven airlines now use Avios (being BA, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair, Loganair, and Vueling), but each opens bookings on its own schedule, with a few opening earlier than BA's window. This isn't a trick for getting BA seats early. BA opens at 355 days, and that's that. It's that Qatar, Finnair and Iberia start selling their own seats before BA's window even opens. Here's what you need to know. The

Sam
Aug 124 min read


Avios has finally built a proper, free, reward seat calendar, and it shows Companion Voucher availability
Let us be the first in the points and miles space to say it: well done, Avios. Avios has been updating something behind the scenes that's been missing from its toolkit for years, something so overdue that third-party tools had to build it for us all first. Without so much as a press release, at the time of publishing, Avios has rolled out a much-improved calendar that allows you to search for reward seats, with additional Companion Voucher availability built in (even if you h

Helena
Aug 46 min read


Get up to 10% off all Iberia flights, including Avios redemptions, with an Iberia gift card
For the next week, you can get up to 10% off an Iberia gift card, which in turn can be used to purchase an Iberia flight, including an Avios redemption. I think we've all bought gift cards on sale in the past, usually through an employers discount site such as Reward Gateway, but purchasing one to buy a flight may be new to you. Buying a voucher is simple, simply visit this link. The discount you will get is up to 10% off. To get the full 10% off you have to purchase a vouche

Sam
Jun 292 min read


Iberia Avios sale: up to 30% off reward flights, but only until 15 June
Iberia is running another Avios sale on reward flights, with savings of 10%, 20% or 30% depending on the route and cabin. The discount comes off the Avios price only. Taxes and fees stay the same. You need to book by 15 June 2026, and your travel has to be completed by 15 September 2026. Bookings must go through the Iberia website. Try to book the same flight through BA and you'll see the standard price. A few things before you get excited We covered the last one of these in

Sam
Jun 104 min read


How many Avios do you need? We built the only calculator that compares every Avios airline, in one search
How many Avios do you actually need for a flight? It depends. British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair, Qatar Airways and Loganair all use the Avios, but they charge wildly different amounts for the same route. Comparing them properly has, until now, meant clicking through different award charts and hoping you've worked it out correctly. So we built a tool that does it for you. The Avios Calculator: All Six Airlines, One Search compares how many Avios you need, across eve

Sam
May 164 min read


Iberia is offering up to 30% off Avios redemptions until 10 May
Iberia is running an Avios discount on reward flights, with savings of 10%, 20% or 30% depending on the route. You need to book by 10 May 2026 and travel has to be completed by 15 September 2026. The discount applies to the Avios cost only. Taxes and fees stay the same. Bookings must be made on the Iberia website. If you try and book through BA, you will see the standard price. All routes are to or from Madrid, meaning you will have to connect if travelling onwards. The trave

Sam
Apr 303 min read


How to save up to 50% Avios during school holidays
If you have to abide by school holidays, you already know the problem. You are locked into the same travel windows as everyone else, and the Avios price reflects it. BA treats every school holiday as peak. There are two ways around it though, depending on which school holiday you are trying to escape. Half terms: fly Aer Lingus or Iberia BA, Iberia, and Aer Lingus all use Avios and all run peak and off-peak pricing, but their calendars are not the same. Aer Lingus keeps it si

Sam
Apr 243 min read
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