Finnair Leasing LOT Plane/Crew JFK-HEL
May 22, 2015, 12:15 pm
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Finnair Leasing LOT Plane/Crew JFK-HEL
Hi,
So nearly a year ago I booked a trip to Norway using AA miles. I really wanted to fly on Finnair and managed to get a business class flight to Oslo on Finnair JFK-HEL-OSL (Coming back to JFK on AA and BA) for my wife and me on our 5th wedding anniversary.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks!
So nearly a year ago I booked a trip to Norway using AA miles. I really wanted to fly on Finnair and managed to get a business class flight to Oslo on Finnair JFK-HEL-OSL (Coming back to JFK on AA and BA) for my wife and me on our 5th wedding anniversary.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Last edited by Diotallevi; May 24, 2015 at 8:17 am
May 22, 2015, 1:54 pm
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Technically, you probably purchased the right to be flown in business class from JFK to OSL and back within a certain time window for you and your wife. So you would be getting what you purchased from a legal point of view, albeit not from a moral point of view.
If you want to postpone the trip so that you actually fly on Finnair, you can try to argue your case with the customer service.
If you want to postpone the trip so that you actually fly on Finnair, you can try to argue your case with the customer service.
May 22, 2015, 2:14 pm
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I think AY has offered reasonable options for most passengers although they could have informed earlier. At least revenue passengers can reroute their tickets to other oneworld flights, cancel them and change dates free of charge. If you don't want to travel with LOT, you should contact AA and ask whether they are able to reroute you (AY policy most likely only applies to AY-issued tickets).
May 22, 2015, 3:05 pm
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I think AY has offered reasonable options for most passengers although they could have informed earlier. At least revenue passengers can reroute their tickets to other oneworld flights, cancel them and change dates free of charge. If you don't want to travel with LOT, you should contact AA and ask whether they are able to reroute you (AY policy most likely only applies to AY-issued tickets).
Thanks again for the input.
Last edited by Diotallevi; May 24, 2015 at 8:17 am
May 22, 2015, 3:37 pm
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While not all direct aisle access, LOT's J seats on their 788 looks not too shabby.
From Lucky's blog:
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...w-york-warsaw/
From Lucky's blog:
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...w-york-warsaw/
May 22, 2015, 5:01 pm
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Yeah, doesn't look too bad. BA wants to charge me $226 to select seat assignments. My god that pisses me off about BA.
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May 23, 2015, 5:30 am
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May 23, 2015, 8:23 am
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I would have stayed with LOT. Transiting through LHR is a mess and BA J cabin (8 front- and back-facing seats abreast) versus LOT's cabin (6 abreast, all front facing) is too confining. Plus service is mixed.
May 23, 2015, 3:33 pm
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I did manage to get my JFK flight on BA switched to EWR, which means the commute to the airport just got reduced by over an hour, so there's a silver lining. The Newark flight leaves 1/2 earlier, so I now have a bit more breathing room connecting in LHR, and the seat map on the BA EWR flight is much more wide open than the JFK, so there will be a better chance that my wife and I will be able to sit together when I choose a "free" seat assignment 24 hours before departure.
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May 23, 2015, 11:43 pm
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LO C has fully flat seats - the same TK uses - very comfortable (I would even say more comfortable than AY newest product, unless you are in the 'throne' seat). IMHO you should have stayed with LO.
May 24, 2015, 1:33 am
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So the time you lose connecting in LHR (vs HEL) you'll possibly recover in EWR (immigration + going downtown)
I'd have gone with AY (LO) due to the better hard product, but for a six hours flight it's not that crucial.
I'd have gone with AY (LO) due to the better hard product, but for a six hours flight it's not that crucial.
