Spanish carrier Iberia is looking favourably upon its frequent flyer membership, with the airline planning to extend status for its premium passengers.
For all members. they will maintain their status for another year.
Iberia Airbus A320neo taxing at Madrid Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond.
The status extension will run until March 2023.
In a release, the airline said
To express its gratitude to frequent Iberia flyers, the company decided to maintain their card levels, regardless of how many flights they took in the past year, keeping them at their current level in the Iberia Plus programme through March, 2023.
To those who managed to keep their level by their own efforts, Iberia is giving an additional bonus of Elite Points, with which to keep or raise their levels at the next cut, in March, 2023.
OnBusiness support too.
For those who hold OnBusiness status with Iberia, there is additional support too. All members holding On3 status –the highest level in the programme– will keep it regardless of the number of flights taken in the past year. Members with On1 status will need to spend only half as much on flights through June 30 to pass to a higher level.
Supporting their premium passengers… better than another IAG airline.
Iberia is making the status extension move to reward its frequent flyers, but also to encourage them to fly more.
Meanwhile, fellow IAG airline British Airways announced their extensions last week. Head for Points has full coverage, which sets new records in complexity (with different things depending on the status level and when your status year ends) – whilst trying to shed passengers whose travel habits have changed.
Heck, I’m struggling to understand how many points I need to renew –
Iberia’s solution seems to be a lot simpler to incentivise and reward its passengers to get themselves in the air to renew their status.
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