Iberia flights, operated by BA - what does this mean?

Connors Daddy · 4 Sep 21, 09:30 AM

My preferred dates are not out yet for 2022, but I was playing around on SkyScanner, and came across something.

Looking at business class, and it tells me that Iberia flights, operated by BA, would come in at Ł1606 each, and that chosing the BA option would come in at Ł2201 each.

Same dates, same flight times, but nearly Ł2400 cheaper for the 4 of us.

Why would this be, and what am I missing?

Cheers

loldis · 4 Sep 21, 09:35 AM

It's a codeshare flight, Iberia are effectively reselling BA tickets. Price differences are common, it may be that BA have already sold all of their own tickets in the cheaper fare bucket but Iberia still have some of their allocation left to sell.

Connors Daddy · 4 Sep 21, 09:38 AM

That's a big difference though. Certainly worth looking out for when my dates come out. Cheers

Kraken · 4 Sep 21, 10:36 AM

If you want to fly Virgin, then look at Air France or KLM codeshares "operated by Virgin Atlantic". The exact same often happens - the codeshare flight is cheaper, but you're on a Virgin aircraft flying direct from the UK to MCO.

I've got Upper Class flights in the past for about Ł200 cheaper by booking the Air France codeshare flight.

Shooby doo · 4 Sep 21, 11:14 AM

It's crazy, we once flew with Condor on a TC flight that our TA told us didn't exist

& far cheaper than TC- Condor were part of their group.
SD

Bozza · 4 Sep 21, 11:15 AM

Same as I found for some Christmas fares last night.

Booking with Iberia is about half the price of booking the same flights with BA: https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho... php?t=1203026

duchy · 4 Sep 21, 12:05 PM

We usually fly BA to the US on a code share with AA , both for fare reasons and that AA are more flexible with changes .

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loldis Imagineer Join Date: May 17 Location: Sussex	It's a codeshare flight, Iberia are effectively reselling BA tickets. Price differences are common, it may be that BA have already sold all of their own tickets in the cheaper fare bucket but Iberia still have some of their allocation left to sell. Edited at 09:36 AM.

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duchy Imagineer Join Date: May 04 Location: Kent	We usually fly BA to the US on a code share with AA , both for fare reasons and that AA are more flexible with changes .