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If you're itching to fly to (or from) Europe, we have some excellent news for you. Iberia just launched an incredible 60% off award promotion for flights through December 31, 2025. You can use this promotion to fly to Europe for as few as 6,400 Avios in basic economy.
Although this sale runs through November 16, 2025, you'll want to act fast to confirm availability. Plus, you can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards Points to Iberia with a 30% bonus through October 31, 2025, so it's worth booking as soon as possible.
Here's everything you need to know about Iberia's Avios award sale.
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Fly to or From Europe for as Little as 6,400 Avios
With Iberia's award travel promotion, you can fly throughout most of Iberia's network for up to 60% off through the end of the year. And since Iberia uses a distance-based award chart, you can reasonably anticipate how many Avios you'll need to spend for the route you have in mind. Thankfully, much of the eligible travel period for this promotion is during off-peak dates.
Even after Iberia's award chart devaluation earlier this year, you can find some excellent deals through this promotion.
To get some inspiration on where you can go, check out Iberia's route map. Iberia flies to nine U.S. destinations from its hubs in Madrid and Barcelona:
- Madrid (MAD) to Boston (BOS), New York (JFK), Washington, DC (IAD), Chicago (ORD), Orlando (MCO), Miami (MIA), Dallas (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), and San Francisco (SFO)
- Barcelona (BCN) to Boston (BOS), New York (JFK), Miami (MIA), Los Angeles (LAX), and San Francisco (SFO)
Note that some of these routes might be seasonal, so if you don't see any availability during the promotion period, that could be why. Although there are a few routes within Europe that show a discount on business class tickets, this promotion is overwhelmingly for economy fares.
Key Terms
- Promotion is valid on bookings from October 9 to November 16, 2025.
- Promotion travel window is from October 13 to December 31, 2025.
- Awards can be booked one-way or round-trip.
- Taxes and fees are excluded from the promotion.
- The offer will not apply to Vueling or Level flights.
How To Book Your Flight
To take advantage of this promotion, you'll want to visit Iberia's website, log in to your account, and enter your flight details. Iberia's website is notoriously finicky, so be patient if you don't see any availability — you might just need to change your dates. The discount will automatically be reflected in the advertised fare, so you don't need to do anything special to book a sale award.
As we already mentioned, Iberia uses a distance-based award chart, with prices for peak and off-peak dates. After the up to 60% discount, and booking during off-peak dates, routes under 4,000 miles will cost just 6,400 Avios in economy. There are five routes between the U.S. and Spain that fall in this 4,000-mile distance band:
- Boston (BOS) — Barcelona (BCN)
- Boston (BOS) — Madrid (MAD)
- New York (JFK) — Barcelona (BCN)
- New York (JFK) — Madrid (MAD)
- Washington DC (IAD) — Madrid (MAD)
Routes between 4,001 and 5,500 miles one-way will cost a slightly higher 8,000 Avios in economy. There are another five routes between the U.S. and Spain that fall in this distance band:
- Chicago (ORD) — Madrid (MAD)
- Dallas (DFW) — Madrid (MAD)
- Miami (MIA) — Madrid (MAD)
- Miami (MIA) — Barcelona (BCN)
- Orlando (MCO) — Madrid (MAD)
Keep in mind that this promotion isn't only for flights between the U.S. and Spain. I'll be living in Mexico City, Mexico, for the rest of the year, so I could fly from Mexico City (MEX) to Madrid (MAD) over Thanksgiving for just 16,000 Avios round trip.
You also don't need to stick around in Spain. Iberia flies all throughout Europe, so you can score some exceptional award flights in economy or business class. For instance, a one-way flight from Madrid (MAD) to Porto (OPO) will cost as little as 1,400 Avios in economy or 3,900 Avios in business.
Or, you can head to the Christmas markets in Munich for 2,600 Avios in economy or 6,600 Avios in business.
The options are really limitless, so you can get creative for your European holiday getaway.
Boosting Your Iberia Balance
If you don’t have enough Avios for a redemption, you can transfer American Express Membership Rewards, Bilt Rewards, or Chase Ultimate Rewards to Iberia Club at a 1:1 ratio. Or, you can transfer Marriott Bonvoy points to Iberia Avios at a 3:1 ratio, with a 5,000-Avios bonus for transferring 60,000 Bonvoy points.
The best option, at least until October 31, would be to transfer your Chase Ultimate Rewards to Iberia with a 30% bonus. That means you could score a one-way flight for as low as 5,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points.
Keep in mind that you can also easily transfer your Avios between Avios-earning accounts. If you have a few thousand points sitting in your British Airways, Qatar, and Aer Lingus accounts, you can quickly transfer them to your Iberia account, and you might have enough for a round-trip ticket.
Related: The Best Credit Cards for Earning Avios
Final Thoughts
Simply put, this is an excellent deal for award travel to Europe. Iberia already offers great award pricing on off-peak award flights between the U.S. and Europe. After taking 60% off these rates, these award prices are truly exceptional. It's not often you can fly on a trans-Atlantic flight for just a few thousand miles, especially during the holidays.
You'll want to act fast — although you can technically book your flight until November 16, 2025, you should book as soon as possible to lock in availability and take advantage of the Chase transfer bonus. Note that the sale is valid for flights through December 31, 2025, so you won't be able to use it to spend New Year's abroad (unless you pay for a full-priced award ticket for your return flight).
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Believe there’s a minor grammatical error in added update. Wouldn’t otherwise mention, but it is now the first line, in bold, folks read. Probably should be “made by” instead of “made until.”
Thanks!
good promo but again its in the “i wish….” category for most of us. I suppose as soon as the COVID restrictions go away, so will these promos.
Are any of these Level flights? I thought Iberia long-haul into BCN was mostly Level.
I remember the last time Iberia had that promotion, AMEX had a transfer bonus to BA, which can be transfer to Iberia, so rates were even lower.
This is so cheap promo from US to Europe. But not want to go out during this period. Walk around should be fine.
It seems to me that IB has much a harder time to fill its seats than BA.
I don’t like Avios FFP. Expensive YQ fee for us. or your account will be closed if they think it’s not normal without any notice. You have to call BA customer and talk many times. The AA was much more better than that.
Great deal, shame we cant travel at the moment!
Amazing promo I’m looking at booking especially to use my Iberia Credit that expires 12/31!
This is a great deal! Hopefully, we’re able to visit Europe by then.
Interesting offer., for those who collect avios. The fact is that as the post remind us due to Covid 19 there are many restrictions between those countries , NYC is asking for quarantine and Madrid too plus is for winter period . But tempting . Thanks for posting
Probable when the election is over we can start travelling again and take advantage of this. I like what i’m seeing. We just need to hold on another month or so.
I have seen a lot of promos for less dollars and less miles to fly here and there and it’s at first a happy feeling and then I remember covid.
With all the requirements it’s just too much to try and fly to Europe. I am hoping that next summer there will be something to make it easier to travel to Europe. I am hoping to see my in laws without all the fanfare.
8500 avios not bad, but then i will have to sell my kidneys to pay for their pathetic fuel surcharges.
( When will they go out of business? such poorly managed airline)
JT the promotion period is Sept 1 to Mar 15. In the Key terms you have Sep 1 to Mar 31 which is incorrect.
Great catch, thanks for pointing that out. Date has been updated.
Hopefully, I will be able to travel during the summer of 2021.
Very difficult to predict if we would be able to travel in March 21! The deal is amazing but the situation is so unpredictable I highly doubt anybody would take advantage of this.
I really want to travel, especially when promotions like these appear. Hopefully the pandemic ends and we can travel soon.
OOOH. Wish I could use AA miles here — but I’ve got no Avios or transferrable points to get into Avios 🙁
Looks like a good deal for those that can book with flexible travel dates.
The actual question now is whether the borders are “flexible.” I do not want to talk about the things that some governments that have recently gone rouge are doing on its borders nowadays.
Do these award bookings come with high fuel surcharges??
Very reasonable taxes/fees. Generally under $100 each way.
Iberia’s surcharges aren’t too bad, BA is where they will ream you.
Exactly
Iberia’s C class is an excellent product, also Iberia always has excellents deals to buy Avios.
You hit the nail on the head with the elephant in the room. Just so much we don’t know that it’s hard to get excited about good deals sometimes.