Finnair business class offers Ex India
Jun 26, 2012, 11:15 pm
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Return trip from India to Europe in business class for 1400 euros! And someone wishes to complain 
The poor Finns, however, have to pay nearly 4000 euros for mere HEL-DEL-HEL flights in front of the curtain. <insert here at least 12 obscenities, profanities, and curse words>
The poor Finns, however, have to pay nearly 4000 euros for mere HEL-DEL-HEL flights in front of the curtain. <insert here at least 12 obscenities, profanities, and curse words>
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Jun 28, 2012, 4:01 am
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Jun 28, 2012, 10:46 am
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And a visa?
If one is to even venture out into the cold, a Shengen visa might be needed, right? I'll be carrying an Indian passport.
If one stays within airport, can one skip the visa/transit visa? Any decent lounges? I see you are in HEL, so I thought I'd ask. Thanks!
If one stays within airport, can one skip the visa/transit visa? Any decent lounges? I see you are in HEL, so I thought I'd ask. Thanks!
Jun 28, 2012, 11:30 am
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Based on you location I thought it'd be a US one.There are I think two lounges non-Schengen side, one is AY's own, quite decent, the other is a contract lounge, also good. But none of them are such that I'd want to spend 20+ hrs in there.
There are some discussion on the lounges here, browse around, this is a rather smal corner in FT-land
Jun 28, 2012, 12:12 pm
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What should a Shengen visa have to do with this specific Indian bargain? Most likely the destinations intented would visits within Schengen anyhow. I think such bargains should not exist at all!
Jun 28, 2012, 11:48 pm
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I think such bargains should not exist at all!
All airlines have premium cabin campaigns from time to time - e.g. Emirates offers < 1900€ to KUL, ICN, CPT, etc in C, +1000€ in F (!) ex-DE
Jun 29, 2012, 2:29 am
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I do not understand why AY never sells premium cabins competetively priced ex-HEL, short haul is expensive from anywhere and long haul always from HEL..
But hey, AY management do really seem how to run an airline profitably, don't they?
Jun 29, 2012, 4:25 am
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Ah, but we all know the reason why there seldom is offers ex-HEL (sadly, but fact of travel industry)
OTH, AY is having a competitive pricing ex LHR right now. LHR-HEL-SYD/MEL in J, routable via HKG/SIN/BKK I think, with free unlimited stop overs. 2500Ł
As many of HEL based FT'ers are considering going to LHR anyway for BA flights, I assume this can be interesting? Open all year, but only certain days of the week (tue-thu or something like that)
Jul 6, 2012, 4:42 pm
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This flight is apparently ridiculously delayed for a departure that was supposed to be on the 6th of July but is delayed by at least 6 hours -- nearly the duration of the flight time -- all without EU flight delay regulatory provisions being fully in play -- due to some mechanical issue with the water system and it needing "cleaning".
