Originally Posted by
flyer4321
I recently flew Finnair and was impressed by the structure of their frequently flyer program and how different it is from American (see below). The Finnair structure seems more fair than the more arbitrary points/segments structure of AAdvantage's 25/30, 50/60, 100/100. The average passenger creates more business for the airline flying 100 segments than earning 100,000 points. Thus it appears that Finnair rewards flyers based on the business they bring to the airline instead of aesthetics and symmetry(?).
Does this make sense or can someone help me understand the apparent irrationality in the current AAdvantage structure?
Thanks
Finnair Plus program:
Basic, Silver (40,000 tier points, or take 24 scheduled flights), Gold (90,000 tier points, or take 54 scheduled flights), and Platinum (150,000 tier points, or take 92 scheduled flights).
http://www.finnair.com/INT/GB/finnai...mbership-tiers
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Why not share the details? For example, how are tier points earned? Are they based on class of service or/and distance? Are they like AA Elite-Qualifying Points? Are they like BA Tier Points? You have given us truly minuscule information for comparison purposes. We don't even know if you actually know the AAdvantage FFP - you mention points, but do you mean EQ Miles or EQ Points? Difficult to make any meaningful comparison when one isn;t sure of the terminology used or a paucity of information.
We'd have lots of questions: if one is detailed to another airline because if irregular operations, does one earn tier points? On AA, we can request original routing credit because of involuntary rerouting and get it, for example. Can one do the same with Finnair? (The answer seems to be "no"). What advantage would a North America based flyer have in signing up for Finnair Plus instead of AAdvantage or Dividend Miles?