Please make sure to make your dissatisfaction known to Finnair, I feel they will only change back if enough of us complain often enough.
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I second this.
Make sure they also understand that major airlines (IIRC, QR, CX and AA) has gone back to original policy of checking to final on separate tickets if tickets are OW and MCT is met.
This can also be done preemptively. Call everytime you are about to make a ticket purchase and ask:
- Hello! I am about to buy a ticket to CAN, and as you don't serve this destination I will fly AY to HKG and CX to CAN. My question is if you will be able to check my bags to final destination?
<frantic search for info or referral to back office manager>
- Sadly no.
- OK, no problem. I will then buy the same ticket from Cathay as they have no problems serving their customers with this simple task of checking to final!