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Florida
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Iberia the worst airline in the world
February 19, 2026

On December 20th I had a flight with American Airlines operated by Iberia for my return to Miami. When I bought the ticket, both the outbound and return flights were supposed to be with American, but for some reason they changed it to Iberia.

In the original contract, both the outbound and return included baggage — I paid for that — but Iberia refused to honor that contract. I tried to speak with a supervisor in Madrid and his response was that he didn't have time to talk to me. There was no way to resolve it.

I had to pay 70 euros for my suitcase and my wife's. It was the worst experience I've had on an international flight. They also didn't respect the seats since it was a different airplane, and they put us in the worst seats possible. The food was awful — a very bad experience. Never again with Iberia.

Now, when I buy a ticket I always book through American, and I make sure that the return is never with Iberia. If there is no other alternative, I cancel the ticket until American has a return flight available.

Date of experience: December 22, 2025
Italy
37 reviews
3 helpful votes
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La brutta copia di Ryanair
July 26, 2023

Questa compagnia aerea al momento del check-in online del volo (entro il giorno prima della partenza) applica un sovrapprezzo alla scelta dei posti, nonostante non ne venga selezionato nessuno in particolare: in pratica al momento della prenotazione del volo è possibile non procedere alla scelta (e acquisto) di un posto in particolare, ma al momento di fare il check-in e optare per l'assegnazione casuale dello stesso, può pure capitarne uno a pagamento, pertanto a prescindere che venga scelto prima o meno occorre comunque pagarlo, pena il non poter ricevere la carta d'imbarco. Ciò è quanto mi è accaduto per il volo Madrid-Fiumicino, in cui mi hanno assegnato di loro iniziativa un posto anteriore, e quindi più costoso degli altri. Ho risolto solamente facendo il check-in in aeroporto presso il loro banco check-in, dopo una lunga fila: gli addetti al check-in mi hanno consegnato la carta d'imbarco senza farmi pagare. Però non è stato facile, poiché prima avevo anche provato a fare il check-in presso le postazioni di self check-in e nemmeno lì è andato a buon fine il rilascio della carta d'imbarco (nel sistema non compariva il mio nome). Inoltre l'assegnazione dei posti è sempre casuale (a meno che non si paghi un sovrapprezzo) e i pasti e le bevande offerte sul volo sono sempre a pagamento.

Date of experience: July 26, 2023
Italy
49 reviews
4 helpful votes
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TRUFFA del buono sconto
January 18, 2023

Ho prenotato un volo di sola andata con Iberia dal momento che a luglio parteciperò al festival Mad Cool di Madrid e Iberia, al fine di accaparrarsi i viaggiatori che andranno al festival, ha pubblicizzato la promozione per cui chi vi partecipa può usufruire di uno sconto del 10% per i voli da e per Madrid durante la settimana del festival digitando, al momento della prenotazione, il codice MADCOOL23 prima di pagare il volo. Ciò che però non hanno scritto (e che ho scoperto solo a mie spese) è che tale codice è valido SOLO per voli a/r, benchè loro non informino assolutamente di questa cosa! Mi sembra un modo vergognoso di fare pubblicità ingannevole da parte di quella che dovrebbe essere una compagnia di bandiera, e che quindi si suppone debba quantomeno avere un minimo di serietà verso i suoi clienti!

Date of experience: January 18, 2023
Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Lost baggage, terrible customer service designed to have you spend more money on pay calls to their service centres, automated voice recognition system that does not recognize your voice! No real people anywhere, no accountability. No suitcase for over 24 hours for second time in two weeks! Anyone there in Iberia?

Date of experience: June 29, 2019

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Puerto Rico
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Beware with Iberia airlines!
May 27, 2019

I cancelled the flights 7 hours after purchasing. Due to a US federal law, I had the right to a full refund due to the cancellation being made within 24 hrs of purchase. First, the airline told me I didn't have a right to any refund. I then directed them to the US federal site stating the law. Then they broke up the charges of the one time transaction, I made, into 5+ charges on my credit card to attempt to keep the money for the fees associated with seat selection and baggage. They are crooks. Beware!

Date of experience: May 27, 2019
Spain
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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It's a secure option for travelling, good service in cabin, if you have some trouble changing the dates, it probably will be expensive to change, but they respond.

Date of experience: December 19, 2018
New York
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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You have been warned!
June 11, 2018

Booked 4 flights on IBERIA-later shocked when I went into the booking a week later and found out it was cancelled-What? But I had recieved confirmation!
It was pending on my credit card for 21 days-but they said the payment hadn't gone through.
They refused to correct it at the original booked price ($400)-instead I would have to pay $700. Customer service gentleman told me that he knew it was wrong-but there was nothing he could do.
You are taking a big risk here- I think they cancelled so they could benefit from selling at a higher price.

Date of experience: June 11, 2018