Originally Posted by
casper79
Hi,
I am OW gold now, and I intend to keep it. I am AB gold, mainly because I used it for short flights and was able to reach the number of flights required.
I just moved to Finland, and I won't be flying air berlin anymore, mostly Finnair. It will take some time to become Finnair gold. During that time, I was wondering if I can still enjoy the OW Sapphire benefits?
So Basically the questions comes down to this.
Is it possible to collect points on Finnair plus, but use the benefetis of AB gold.
my interpretation is yes, because nowhere is said that your status should be on your ticket.
My flights are economy short haul, Business long haul.
Yes, most benefits, anyway. The key is to have your AY (Finnair) number on the booking, so you build up your status there and have your AB (airberlin) card on you to show at lounges, etc
Priority security might be an issue (as your BP will show no status) but easy to get around. Check in first (online) with your AB number and print out the bp - it will show your OWS status. Then go back to the checkin page, modify your checkin and replace the AB number with your AY number. At security just show your bp with the AB number on it, showing "priority security".
Come over to the Finnair board for more discussion!