Finnair (AY) Award Availability
Aug 13, 2018, 3:36 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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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.
The taxes (low) are pretty amazing though.
Aug 13, 2018, 5:30 pm
#4
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Aug 13, 2018, 6:45 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2013
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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.
Aug 13, 2018, 6:47 pm
#6
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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.
Asia-NRT-DEL-HEL-Europe with stopovers in each city for 70k in J (and JL/AY J) is pretty damn sweet.
Aug 13, 2018, 7:05 pm
#9
Join Date: May 2017
Location: SEA
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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.
Aug 14, 2018, 4:54 am
#12
Formerly richh1833
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: SYD
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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?
Edit: Tried booking BKK-HEL-BCN and that didnt work. But BKK-HEL worked. Maybe there's an issue with intra-europe flights?
Last edited by TheSYDTraveller; Aug 14, 2018 at 6:00 am
Aug 14, 2018, 9:26 am
#15
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: YVR/LAX/PVG/TPE
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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