And ATC giving priority to IB and ANS traffic, I find it hard to believe that it's also an standard practice.
Happened a few times to me already that I was vectored to let an Iberia ahead.
Last time it was in Alicante where we were told to ''standard arrival and reduce minimum clean'' at 50+ miles out only to see on our right wing an Iberia A320 fly by at high speed to become number one...