Wife and I got AY platinum status today
Sep 20, 2017, 11:15 pm
#31
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 127
Managed to get AY platinum this year for the first time and heading for the second platinum year. When I got the platinum first time I got vouchers in the middle of the tier year when I went from gold to platinum (valid end of that tier year), and again in the end of the year. Now when I`am plat does vouchers come only after end of the tier year or in the middle when I pass 150k points?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Sep 21, 2017, 12:32 am
#32
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: Finnair (AY) Platinum, Air France Silver, Tallink Club One Silver :)
Posts: 1,655
You get the vouchers first time when you reach platinum and after that at the beginning of each tracking period, as long as you remain platinum.
Sep 22, 2017, 8:55 am
#33
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Gold
Posts: 428
Today is my first day of Platinum-life as well! Didn´t even think it´s possible when turned my back on AA and switched to AY+ last February. Gold was my target after all, but later I realized that transferring award points to tier points really makes the trick for me.
How I did it:
Award points for point transfer have been collected mainly with AY DC and MC + some AY promotions and feedback comp.
Thank you all for your advice during this journey. Unfortunately next year won´t include a lot of flying, but at least I have a lot of UG vouchers to burn. If I am unable to use them for myself or family, can I also upgrade friends that are not family?
How I did it:
- HEL-DOH-SYD rt in QR J (first ever revenue J ticket)
- Point transfer to achieve AY Gold
- 6 * Domestic rt (AY Value)
- 3* Intra EU rt holiday (AY Light/Value)
- HEL-SIN rt (AY Value)
- Point transfer to achieve AY Platinum
Award points for point transfer have been collected mainly with AY DC and MC + some AY promotions and feedback comp.
Thank you all for your advice during this journey. Unfortunately next year won´t include a lot of flying, but at least I have a lot of UG vouchers to burn. If I am unable to use them for myself or family, can I also upgrade friends that are not family?
Sep 23, 2017, 1:14 pm
#34
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Lumo
Posts: 1,519
Sep 23, 2017, 1:20 pm
#35
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 280
An award can be given to another person. His/her name must be provided when the award is reserved.
Sep 23, 2017, 1:21 pm
#36
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Lumo
Posts: 1,519
Oct 11, 2017, 12:26 pm
#38
Join Date: May 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+Plat, ALL Plat, Scandic L2
Posts: 3,620
Impressive.
Finnair would get you at least 1250 points per flight (except for rare sales), so I'm guessing there's a fair amount of BA or AB flights in there.
Finnair would get you at least 1250 points per flight (except for rare sales), so I'm guessing there's a fair amount of BA or AB flights in there.
Last edited by Courmisch; Oct 11, 2017 at 12:32 pm
Oct 11, 2017, 1:18 pm
#39
Join Date: May 2016
Location: BLL
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, HHonors Silver
Posts: 405
thank goodness I get paid for doing this.
Oct 11, 2017, 1:20 pm
#40
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY Platinum, IHG Gold, Diners
Posts: 1,276
I’m myself only slightly in a better position with 36 flights and 53125 points. 100% Finnair flights, but mostly Northern Europe Value.
(I cheat the company rules, as the SK-mindsetted bean-counters only look at the class of travel, not the booking class. I’m tempted to implement my own pro-only policy - I doubt anyone would notice!)
Oct 11, 2017, 1:35 pm
#41
Join Date: May 2016
Location: BLL
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, HHonors Silver
Posts: 405
Here it's class AND price. I already go against policy many times when choosing AY instead of SK as one can never be sure the morning flights out of HEL are flown. When conflicting travel policy there is always a note of what is the cheapest airfare offered was. So no escaping.
Oct 11, 2017, 2:18 pm
#42
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
I'd like to know who do you work for, just to avoid applying there. Really eejit travel policy, as if cheapest would equal optimal.
Also I cannot understand the tight control over a few dimes for flights, when the same traveler can possibly make decisions with impact several magnitudes higher than the price of a flight ticket - without any control or oversight.
Also I cannot understand the tight control over a few dimes for flights, when the same traveler can possibly make decisions with impact several magnitudes higher than the price of a flight ticket - without any control or oversight.
Last edited by WilcoRoger; Oct 11, 2017 at 2:52 pm
Oct 11, 2017, 2:20 pm
#43
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
Oct 11, 2017, 2:37 pm
#44
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Going around Russian airspace
Posts: 621
Here it's class AND price. I already go against policy many times when choosing AY instead of SK as one can never be sure the morning flights out of HEL are flown. When conflicting travel policy there is always a note of what is the cheapest airfare offered was. So no escaping.
Oct 11, 2017, 10:27 pm
#45
Ambassador: Finnair Plus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Plat, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist, Priority Club Plat Amb, Miles and Smiles Elite
Posts: 5,293
