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Originally Posted by drhongjiang

Thanks for your reply. I understand iberia.com has a US operation (I believe the site I used to book the flight is a US operation). In addition, Iberia has flight out of JFK. If NJ court has no jurisdiction, how about a NY court, because Iberia operates out of JFK?

More info. The Barcelona/Casablanca flight was part of a trip originated from and finished at JFK.

Iberia is not a United States based company / corporation. Many froeign based Airlines and companies have sites just for their Unites States / Canadian passengers only Including Iberia, Alitalia, South African Airways
etc......but it is their country / home base of operations which has the jurisdiction. Believe it or not the moment you stepped onboard an Iberia
Airlines flight, you are touching "Spanish soil" as the aircraft is registered in Spain and under Spanish jurisdictions. There for you would have to file in Spain. Just like when my dad I flew to and from Jamaica 2 years ago on board Air Jamaica, the moment we boarded JM 038 from FLL to KIN we were on Jamaican soil because the aircraft was registered in Jamaica. and the return flight was with Air Jamaica as well. Even though we landed back in FLL, we were still on "Jamaican soil" because the aircraft was Jamaican registered. Once we stepped into the loading bridge leading towards US Customs and Boarder Protection was on "US Soil" again.
Thats why if you have anything happen to you while travling abroad you are told to seek the embassy of the country of which you are a citizen as that is your soil.