IBA Premier Certification Program

Iron Butt LogoOne of the advantages of Premier Membership is rapid certification of your IBA rides.
 
Follow either of the submission methods below to receive immediate acknowledgment that your ride is being processed by the IBA Certification team.
 
It is important that you follow the protocols in which ever method you select.  Each of the items is necessary for the verification team to expedite certification of your ride.
 
Reply to the submission acknowledgement email to establish communications with the verification team to resolve any issues.

Participation in this streamlined verification program gives you the benefits of quicker ride verifications and direct communication with the verification team,  However, in order to make this program work efficienly, this program imposes added responsibilities on your part.

There are two methods you may use to submit your application.  With either method, your application must meet the following conditions:

--Must be a Premier Member before the ride begins.

--Must Provide your Spotwalla link ensuring the ride data is downloadable. This is a setting you must check for your ride in your Spotwalla account.  Please see the Spotwalla protocol requirements.

--Must Submit electronically photos of your receipts alongside your motorcycle’s odometer.  Attach these photos to your  application. Receipts/odometer must be neat, legible and readable.

--Must submit payment via PayPal at the time of submission and provide a copy of the paypal confirmation document (don't send only the confirmation number).

--Do not pay your verification fee through the ibaestore
.  If for any reason your ride cannot be verified we will refund your payment.  Here's how:

 --Go to PayPal.com, log in, click 'My PayPal', then click 'Send and Request' and choose 'Send money to'.

 ---Send the calculated payment to:

        [email protected]

--The only merchandise you may order on the applications below include SaddleSore 1000 and BBG pins, patches and license plate backers (full package or full monty).  Please go the the ibaestore to view and order any other merchandise.

If you can make your ride submission fit into the above parameters, this is how to submit:


Method One:

Your application must meet the requirements above, plus:

--Must submit an on-line map of your ride using Google Maps (for 10 or fewer waypoints), Bing Maps or Map Quest (both of these accept more than 10 waypoints), using the addresses shown on the gas receipts as your waypoints.  Your map must show miles ridden*.  Do not use google.com/mymaps.

--Click on the mail link below, it should populate your email client with all the required questions that need to be answered. Send your receipts, etc. and Paypal payment confirmation as attachments to this emailDo not put these items 'in the cloud' and send a cloud link.  Do not 'zip' these documents into a zip file.  If your documents are too large to send as attachments, reduce the pixel size of your pictures.

IBA Premier Certification

IBA Tour of Honor Premier Certification

IBA RTE-X-USA Premier Certification

If the above link does not populate your email browser properly, then click on this link

Secondary IBA Premier Certification Link

*For google maps users, point your browser to http://www.google.com/maps and enter your waypoints.  Then copy the url address at the top of the page and paste this into the email from the link above.  Please don't send a link to a cloud based drive--just copy and paste the url.

OR


Method Two:

If you are ordering any merchandise with this application, use Method One, or order your merchandise throught the ibaestore.

Premier Members may use the new Insta-Cert process.  This feature will save you even more time and effort in submitting your applications for most rides AND make it easier for the verification team to get your certificate to you faster.  The Insta-Cert is available for use on your phone, pad or computer.  Insta-Cert is not available for use on Tour of Honor, RTE-X-USA, or complex rides.

--Must meet the general requirements listed above.

--Go to the Insta-cert application on your phone, pad or computer

--Must complete the application with all required information.

--No google map is required.

Here's the best way to use the Insta-Cert application:

--Send in your paypal payment BEFORE you start your ride.  (If, for some reason you don't complete your ride, your payment will be refunded to you.)  This is how:

--Save a copy of the paypal confirmation to your phones gallery or library.  This way you'll be able to complete the ride application process before you leave the final gas station!

--While on your ride, embed your gas receipts into your spotwalla map.  This is very easy to do if you are using either Bubbler (for android phones) or SWTracker (for iphones) apps.  Here are detailed instructions on how to embed your gas receipts into your spotwalla map.

--When you get your final gas receipt, go to the Insta-Cert on your phone.  Fill out the short application, and hit send.  You will get an immediate acknowledging email

--Reply to the acknowledging email by attaching your paypal receipt, and any gas reciepts that didn't get embedded into your spotwalla map and that's it!!

However, if doing all this on your cell phone isn't your thing, you may also fill out the insta-cert form when you get home by using your computer.  Just follow the same instructions.

--If you need to give more information to the verification team, be sure to 'reply' to the acknowledging email rather than sending a new email to [email protected].

As an extra bonus, when using Insta-Cert, you DO NOT NEED to supply a google map!!



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