Finnair longhaul Y - what to expect?
Mar 8, 2010, 3:34 am
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Finnair longhaul Y - what to expect?
My first trip with Finnair, both shorthaul and longhaul are not far away.
I will be travelling with my fiancé in Y from OSL-HEL-BKK. OSL-HEL are operated by Embraer 170 and HEL-BKK with A330-300.
How is the Finnair onboard product in Y? Should I try to eat dinner in the lounge (OW Sapphire) before HEL-BKK or is the food onboard ok?
Looking forward to try Finnair
I will be travelling with my fiancé in Y from OSL-HEL-BKK. OSL-HEL are operated by Embraer 170 and HEL-BKK with A330-300.
How is the Finnair onboard product in Y? Should I try to eat dinner in the lounge (OW Sapphire) before HEL-BKK or is the food onboard ok?
Looking forward to try Finnair
Mar 8, 2010, 3:42 am
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Hmmm... your flying Y, so I assume it will be something like this:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1360100977
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1360100977
Mar 8, 2010, 5:44 am
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My first trip with Finnair, both shorthaul and longhaul are not far away.
I will be travelling with my fiancé in Y from OSL-HEL-BKK. OSL-HEL are operated by Embraer 170 and HEL-BKK with A330-300.
How is the Finnair onboard product in Y? Should I try to eat dinner in the lounge (OW Sapphire) before HEL-BKK or is the food onboard ok?
Looking forward to try Finnair
I will be travelling with my fiancé in Y from OSL-HEL-BKK. OSL-HEL are operated by Embraer 170 and HEL-BKK with A330-300.
How is the Finnair onboard product in Y? Should I try to eat dinner in the lounge (OW Sapphire) before HEL-BKK or is the food onboard ok?
Looking forward to try Finnair
Mar 8, 2010, 6:08 am
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Don't think the chances for an Op-Up are very high...
I'm a poor BA Silver (OW Sapphire) on a cheapo Y-ticket. I guess there's a lot of people that will be Op-Up'ed before I'm even considered.
Almost full in C and Y on the outbound, but on the inbound there is still plenty of availibility in C while Y is packed.
I'm a poor BA Silver (OW Sapphire) on a cheapo Y-ticket. I guess there's a lot of people that will be Op-Up'ed before I'm even considered.
Almost full in C and Y on the outbound, but on the inbound there is still plenty of availibility in C while Y is packed.
Mar 8, 2010, 8:14 pm
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Here is my recent trip report on AY's long haul in economy.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...d.main/165635/
I will be flying HEL-BKK with my fiancé in June, so definitely let us know how it went.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...d.main/165635/
I will be flying HEL-BKK with my fiancé in June, so definitely let us know how it went.
Mar 16, 2010, 10:38 am
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My return flight BKK-HEL is operated by A340 and I see on the seatmap that row 6 and 7 are counted as Economy, but these are businessclass seats according to SeatGuru.
On ExpertFlyer these seats are marked as blocked for the moment. I'm assigned 26AC. How can I get these seats? I guess it doesn't increase my chances that I'm a BA Executive Club Silver and not in the Finnair Plus program
On ExpertFlyer these seats are marked as blocked for the moment. I'm assigned 26AC. How can I get these seats? I guess it doesn't increase my chances that I'm a BA Executive Club Silver and not in the Finnair Plus program
Jul 7, 2011, 10:44 pm
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Here is my recent trip report on AY's long haul in economy.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...d.main/165635/
I will be flying HEL-BKK with my fiancé in June, so definitely let us know how it went.
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...d.main/165635/
I will be flying HEL-BKK with my fiancé in June, so definitely let us know how it went.
Thanks for any info people can share.
Jul 8, 2011, 12:58 am
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I guess it depends how much you value leg room. I am 183cm (6'), and I find myself quite comfortable on Finnair's standard Y seats, even NRT-HEL (ten hours). Mind you, if the person in front of you tilts his/her seat all the way back, you will be cramped. JFK-HEL is night flight, so this is more likely to happen.
Jul 9, 2011, 1:39 am
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Finnair has the the highest seat pitch of any airline in Y. And it is one of the best rated seats, at least in terms of comfort, although I haven't tried it myself yet. You should be fine though, and please report back how it was 
Jul 9, 2011, 2:07 am
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That is simply not true.
Ay has 32" pitch in its LH fleet (unless we count the 757 as long haul, it has a generous pitch of 28"... ouch) which is pretty standard, even if the more generous end of standard. However, there are airlines with 33" or 34" in whY.
Ay has 32" pitch in its LH fleet (unless we count the 757 as long haul, it has a generous pitch of 28"... ouch) which is pretty standard, even if the more generous end of standard. However, there are airlines with 33" or 34" in whY.
Jul 9, 2011, 2:43 am
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Yes, sorry. It's the a319 that has a pitch of 37" in Y but that's SH, my bad... Although it is still very good from what I've heard.
Jul 9, 2011, 4:37 am
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Err... have you flown the AY A319? The pitch is nowhere near 37" in any class. According to Seatguru it's 31". Now I didn't bring a tape measure, but from experience that sounds just about right. The seats are better padded that the new Recaros in the rest of the A320s, though.
Jul 9, 2011, 6:08 am
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Err... have you flown the AY A319? The pitch is nowhere near 37" in any class. According to Seatguru it's 31". Now I didn't bring a tape measure, but from experience that sounds just about right. The seats are better padded that the new Recaros in the rest of the A320s, though.
"The largest seat pitch in any commercial airline's short-haul economy section is 37 inches (94 cm) in Finnair's Airbus A319s.[10] American Airlines' business class seats in their Boeing 767-200s are 62 inches (160 cm), the largest in any short-haul business class.[11] US Airways' first class flatbed seats in their Airbus A330-300s have a seat pitch of 94 inches (240 cm).[12]"
Jul 9, 2011, 10:03 am
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I'm not hating anyone, sorry if I gave that appearance. But I'm still not buying the 37" pitch. Perhaps they have it on an exit row something, but having been on the aircraft quite many times myself, I think I'd remember if it was through the plane, 37" (about 94cm) is about what you'd expect in US Domestic First. The source Wikipedia has for the data is Seatguru, which currently states 31", so the statement simply seems to be incorrect (although, I got to admit that does sound a little low to be throughout the plane, taking into account that Finnair does have less than average seats on its A319)
