South & Central America: €1,025 Iberia Premium Economy from Amsterdam (Incl. Checked Bags)

Oneworld member Iberia currently offers discounted premium economy class tickets from Amsterdam to six destinations in Middle- and South America. With a change of planes in Madrid both ways, you can score €1,100 round-trip tickets to places like Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela. The cheapest tickets are available to Quito in Ecuador for €1,025 – a fare that includes full board service and extra leg-room on the long-haul flights, and two checked bags of up to 23kg each.

You can find roundtrips for less than €1,100 to the following airports:

• Quito, Ecuador at €1,025
• Bogotá, Colombia at €1,050
• San Jose, Costa Rica at €1,050
• Panama City at €1,060
• Guayaquil, Ecuador at €1,060 (2 stops)
• Caracas, Venezuela at €1,073

Our availability calendar highlights all possible flight dates for less than €1,200 for trips up to 28 days. It will forward you to Iberia with your selected flight dates.

On your flight from Amsterdam to Madrid, you will be seated in economy class in Iberia’s Airbus A320 fleet aircraft. The long-haul flights are either Airbus A330-300 (2-3-2 seating in premium economy) or Airbus A350-900 (2-4-2), depending on your destination. If you are flying to Guayaquil, you have an additional change of planes in Quito. A LATAM Airbus A320 operates the Ecuadorian domestic flight.

Search & Book

According to the fare rules, these tickets are on sale without a sales or travel period. A hefty minimum stay of at least seven days is necessary to get the cheapest tickets.

Google Flights helps you find additional flight dates or destinations. While online travel agencies on Skyscanner may offer cheaper tickets, we recommend purchasing them directly on Iberia’s website.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Miles & Points

Iberia issues long-haul tickets in booking class T, the feeder flights between Madrid and Amsterdam are ticketed in K. Oneworld frequent flyers can earn the following miles and points for a trip to Bogotá:

You can calculate your personal accrual with our mileage calculator:

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