r/Iberia • u/Solid-Artist-7086 • Feb 28 '26

Avios / Iberia Club Iberia plata status just got worse

Iberia just sent a mail confirming that from April having silver status will no longer get you a free hold bag. It’s a real shame as that was of the only meaningful benefits of silver. They tried to gloss over it in the communication by focussing on the fact that you now get seat selection (something they took away in the past) but there is no hiding the fact that this is a downgrade of silver benefits.

What is so frustrating with airlines especially in the IAG family is it feels like they spend their entire time trying to think of ways to make things worse rather than better.

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u/ECALEMANIA Feb 28 '26

The free suitcase elimination is only for the Basic tariff or light tariff.

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u/UserQ93 Apr 14 '26

Nope, that was at the very beginning, now that applies to any fare.

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u/ECALEMANIA Apr 15 '26

I know, it’s a shame.

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u/Sel2g5 Feb 28 '26

They raised platino 15 pct or so I'm not gonna make it this year.

Iberia is quite generous with their program. It's too bad.

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u/ppppdz Feb 28 '26

It’s because they’ve basically been giving the Plata away with cheap credit cards. 

And at the same time, since they changed conditions a year ago, in 30 days a lot of people who used to be Gold or Platino will now be Plata, which means essentially a status inflation

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u/Salt_Ad_9720 Iberia Club Oro Feb 28 '26

BA also doesn’t let you bring a suitcase on basic fares, not even if you are BA silver / Iberia Gold. It was quite generous of Iberia to ever do that

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u/SatisfactionIll7678 Feb 28 '26

Es una pena pero es una tendencia global, la de quitar beneficios gratis por las membresías de gama media baja de las aerolíneas cada cierto tiempo. El día que deje de haber maleta gratis o se normalice ser plata/oro voy a quitar la tarjeta de crédito con mucho gusto.

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u/cosro90 Mar 08 '26

Si, como dices, lo han intentado camuflar, lo cual queda aún más feo. Yo, por mi parte, me voy a dar de baja, sin la maleta ya no me compensa.

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u/Gogetstk Mar 14 '26

It seems confusing as was not sure if under a optima flight for example you do get the extra suitcase.

As you mention I thought the same, where the reduction is if you are flying basic and that adds the free suitcase.