Free drinks for AY Plats [and other experience reports of Plat recognition]
#496
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, AA 1MM lifetime gold, Starwood gold, Marriott Gold Elite
Posts: 719
Forgive the question (I've tried searching the forum, probably using wrong search words) but does this relate to the colour coding of seats on the cabin crew's ipad-thingies they use when doing the drinks service? I saw I was highlighted gold with other seats/people different colours.
#497
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat, Hilton Honors Gold
Posts: 3,154
I don't think it always works. We were OWE and in blue. Didn't matter as we were in J, but I wonder whether we would have been bypassed for free drinks in Y. Boarding passes all correctly reflected BA OWE. The ticket was a BA coded one on AY J, so I wonder if that made a difference.
#498
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Platinum, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,132
#499
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: TLL
Programs: AY+ Plat, TK Elite
Posts: 233
Same here. Wasn't recognized when flying AY on BA codeshare. A couple of glances to FA iPhones showed my seat as white (maybe that's "other OW FF"?). I did see expected blacks, golds and silvers (and blues) around the cabin (including SH J).
#500
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Lumo
Posts: 1,519
My guess too. Peeked at the device when in J two weeks ago and nobody's name was highlighted in any way in the front.
#501
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: AY+ Plat, A3*G
Posts: 672
With the introduction of new devices the free drinks success rate has been 100% so far, and it's also more convenient for us shy Finns when people sitting next to you wonder who are you and why you don't have to pay
HEL-LJU and back purser greeted "Mr. X I presume" and handed a newspaper (no choice, but that route is quite Aurinkomatkat so maybe they only stock IS/HS)
HEL-LJU and back purser greeted "Mr. X I presume" and handed a newspaper (no choice, but that route is quite Aurinkomatkat so maybe they only stock IS/HS)
#502
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, AA 1MM lifetime gold, Starwood gold, Marriott Gold Elite
Posts: 719
They had some passengers highlighted in gold. Only 2-3 at most in a 32 seat J on HEL-LHR. Some silver passengers too. I suspected it had to be wrong, as at least 1/3 the cabin sported BA gold (OWE) luggage tags and we recognised most of them as being on our connection from TLL
#503
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Germany
Posts: 1,244
Just back from our 4 Norra and AY flights. Only on one flight they asked me and my wife if we want a drink as I'm a Emerald member.
On the other 3 flights I showed them my boarding pass, then they said "sure u and your wife can choose something". They seems to be very disappointed that we haven't choose some alcoholic "u want just a coke, you could have champagne".
On the other 3 flights I showed them my boarding pass, then they said "sure u and your wife can choose something". They seems to be very disappointed that we haven't choose some alcoholic "u want just a coke, you could have champagne".
#504
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY Platinum, IHG Gold, Diners
Posts: 1,274
ARN-HEL today was funny. FA had a big bunch of IS in her hand and simply shouted "who wants a paper". Maybe we were too many plats on board? Very uninterested crew in general, probably annoyed by the delay a Friday evening.
#505
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: HEL
Programs: SPG LTP, hotels, OWE, STE+, *G, Octopus
Posts: 5,772
Better set ARN expectations to zero, not to be disappointed. I just booked DY today just for s and giggles to compare status on legacy vs non-status on LCC. How bad can it be, right?
#507
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,895
Not much status benefits on a ARN flight anyways so might as well book with price on that route!
I stopped booking AY there, OSL and CPH I Will still book AY if the price is right but otherwise SK. I have not tried DY YET but perhaps I should give it a go 😀
I stopped booking AY there, OSL and CPH I Will still book AY if the price is right but otherwise SK. I have not tried DY YET but perhaps I should give it a go 😀
#509
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY Platinum Lumo, LX Senator, SK Life-time Gold, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 282
Excellent recognition yesterday from ZRH to HEL, secret code was not used at all. Newspaper was distributed before the take-off with the FA saying "Platinum greetings from Finnair". When offering the drinks he again made sure that he knew my status: What would you like to drink, I will put the bill on Finnair Plus. Also "seat block" or what ever it should be called worked in a packed plane.
#510
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat, Hilton Honors Gold
Posts: 3,154
Excellent recognition yesterday from ZRH to HEL, secret code was not used at all. Newspaper was distributed before the take-off with the FA saying "Platinum greetings from Finnair". When offering the drinks he again made sure that he knew my status: What would you like to drink, I will put the bill on Finnair Plus. Also "seat block" or what ever it should be called worked in a packed plane.