The Thrifty Traveler Podcast · Thursday, October 22, 2026
Kyle Potter shares that he successfully booked two Iberia business class seats from DC Dulles to Madrid exactly 361 days in advance at 7pm Eastern time, which is when Iberia loads its schedule.
“Earliest, furthest out is exactly 361 days, which I did last week, when I booked two Iberia business class seats from, in this case, DC Dulles to Madrid for next fall.”
“And we booked that at exactly 7pm Eastern time, which is when the airline, in this case, Iberia loads the next day's flights as far out in the calendar as they do”