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Hawes7701 Aug 13, 2018 2:20 pm

Finnair (AY) Award Availability
 
Just looking at booking a flight from MIA - LHR and stumbled upon Finnair as an option.... looks like redemptions are now available.



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Hawes7701 Aug 13, 2018 2:26 pm

Europe - del is 45,000 in bus

us - del is 110,000 in bus

europe to Asia 60,000 in bus




lalala Aug 13, 2018 3:36 pm

Clearly you found the only J seat avail. us-hel. I can only find Y for 30K which is okay, but likely not to come with lounge access or preferential seating.

The taxes (low) are pretty amazing though.

3Cforme Aug 13, 2018 5:30 pm


Originally Posted by lalala (Post 30078846)

The taxes (low) are pretty amazing though.

You must be accustomed to the punishing BA surcharges (also charged by AA when redeeming AA miles for BA travel).

Calculon Aug 13, 2018 6:45 pm


Originally Posted by 3Cforme (Post 30079180)
You must be accustomed to the punishing BA surcharges (also charged by AA when redeeming AA miles for BA travel).

$24.30 isn’t low enough? You’re going to be difficult to please, I think.

Of course, coming back from Europe is usually where the taxes are high(er). And departing from or spending more than 24 hours in the UK will incur APD.

As as long as it’s just taxes and not “surcharges”, I’m very happy.

eponymous_coward Aug 13, 2018 6:47 pm

Doesn't seem to be phantom (which happens sometimes on AA)... booked DEL-HEL just now. The HEL-TXL leg I wanted crapped out though, will see what I can do to add that later.

Asia-NRT-DEL-HEL-Europe with stopovers in each city for 70k in J (and JL/AY J) is pretty damn sweet.

CDKing Aug 13, 2018 6:49 pm

Right on. time to go looking

Singapore from JFK
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CDKing Aug 13, 2018 7:00 pm

CX is still cheaper to HK. 250K points RT in J to Asia. the future of MP pricing is grim

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quemalo Aug 13, 2018 7:05 pm


Originally Posted by 3Cforme (Post 30079180)
You must be accustomed to the punishing BA surcharges (also charged by AA when redeeming AA miles for BA travel).

Are you saying that $24 in taxes is high?


And I almost forgot to say that I'm glad to see there is some award availability now. I was wondering if it would ever show up.

CDKing Aug 13, 2018 7:15 pm

Wasn't someone recently begging for Russia/Asia? Their wish has come true, I guess i shouldn't say never when it comes to AS bookings?

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c39ad01b26.jpg


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CDKing Aug 13, 2018 7:25 pm

intra-europe is allowed for 12.5K Y / 20K J. Russia falls under europe for this partner


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TheSYDTraveller Aug 14, 2018 4:54 am

Pretty exciting stuff! Exactly when I needed it as well.

Edit: Tried booking BKK-HEL-BCN and that didnt work. But BKK-HEL worked. Maybe there's an issue with intra-europe flights?

beyounged Aug 14, 2018 7:35 am

it is definitely doable with 12.5k Y and 25k J for something crazy like LPA-HEL-TFS, 13 hours intra europe.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...eae4f97a58.jpg

eponymous_coward Aug 14, 2018 9:16 am

Did you complete the booking though? My DEL-HEL-TXL booking crapped out. DEL-HEL worked though.

beyounged Aug 14, 2018 9:26 am


Originally Posted by eponymous_coward (Post 30081416)
Did you complete the booking though? My DEL-HEL-TXL booking crapped out. DEL-HEL worked though.

No I did not go book, as I was just toying around to see if the JL thing can be replicated. Also for most leisure routes AY has no J cabin. But I say their LHR route may be worth it. As for the connectivity issue, I think it may be just some IT problems as AY redemptions have to be able to connect to show its value, since HEL is rather far off from most continental Europe destinations


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