Originally Posted by
intuition
I'm sure Finnair told BAEC that, but as far as I can tell, Finnair isn't really prioritising their own frequent flyers either. Very few have reported to have their waitlist clear before T-59.
If they indeed was offering a better U availability to frequent AY flyers up-front that would be one thing, but everyone, from silver to lumo, goes onto waitlist.
Which is why I think the C upgrade vouchers people like to drool at in this subforum are becoming less of a benefit compared to the OW competition. Eventhough I'm based here in the home market for AY, there's very little incentive to do any changes to my OW flight habits. Would easily do AY+ Platinum taken my activity level in 2019 and 2020, but I see AY screwing up the benefit with waitlists for anything that involves the U bucket prior to T-60. And I assume it's also not certain that a points upgrade from U will clear right away at less than T-60? I wonder what's the usefulness with AY award points, if one can't use them for C prior to T-60 with guaranteed award bookings? Not only talking upgrades here, but awards as well. Book Y or hope you make it throught the waitlist? Duh, well, I assume partner awards would be the better bet then.
I always keep monitoring my options, but so far AY+ is going in a direction that makes me less interested to consider it in the future.