Originally Posted by
FlyeBye
In all fairness, this was never an official perk. Finnair has treated the beginning of a newly earned status year the same way, they treated status renewals. That never really made sense, since it was always still the same status period that just has started early when you reached the tier. So, while it's sad, that this is gone, this one is not really an enhancement, rather a fix.
in all fairness something that has been like that for as long as I can remember being changed all of a sudden is a enhancement of the worst kind even if its not official, especially wheb it leaves members with vouchers e piring before their elite status does....
Fair warning that this is changing would have eased the blow to many but as allways finnair chose to sneak this in instead of letting us know. Many could have timed their status runs then accordingly...
Just my 2 cents...
Finnair has made alot of moves that I fear will bite them in the butt long term, not the best time to burn bridges IMO.
Time will show, but this definately was a sneaky way to do it even if it wasnt official...
An Established practice none the less