Finnair price gap increasing
Sep 11, 2018, 11:03 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 91
Finnair price gap increasing
Has anyone else noticed the price gap on FinnAir code share flights vs. American (on the same AA metal) increasingly significantly? Looking at some ORD-LHR and some flights are nearly $400 more if booked on AA.
Sep 11, 2018, 11:40 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP - Marriott LT Platinum - National Exec Elite
Posts: 1,112
Always important to use Kayak to double-check pricing when codeshares are involved. I see week-to-week changes in BA, JL pricing out of DFW for American metal.
Sep 11, 2018, 11:45 am
#3
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: JFK/LGA
Programs: AA EXP/5 MM, BA Blue Bayou, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 5,828
What booking site are you using? I am seeing some good fares on AY for a Europe trip in November (out on AY, back on AA or BA) but they are on various/dubious 3rd party sites and i have not yet been able to get finnair.com or aa.com to replicate them.
I have a related query- and not to highjack your thread- but it is an AY question with AA relevance as follows. Would a party of 5- where one is an AA PLT- get the additional baggage allowance for the whole party that would be granted on a flight marketed/operated by AA, for:
An AY marketed flight operated by AY?
An AY marketed flight operated by AA? (departing LHR if that matters.)
Thanks
I have a related query- and not to highjack your thread- but it is an AY question with AA relevance as follows. Would a party of 5- where one is an AA PLT- get the additional baggage allowance for the whole party that would be granted on a flight marketed/operated by AA, for:
An AY marketed flight operated by AY?
An AY marketed flight operated by AA? (departing LHR if that matters.)
Thanks
Sep 11, 2018, 3:09 pm
#4
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 1,107
It’s not just AY that can be lower. BA and IB can as well. Same AA metal, just a codeshare.
A coulle trips later this year I purchased dorect from BA and saved ~25% over the exact same flights through AA. Sometimes it pays to shop around partners.
A coulle trips later this year I purchased dorect from BA and saved ~25% over the exact same flights through AA. Sometimes it pays to shop around partners.
Sep 11, 2018, 5:45 pm
#5
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca., USA
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat; Bonvoy Titanium Lifetime Elite;Hyatt Globalist; HHonors Diamond; United Silver
Posts: 8,315
Do the codeshares get there own inventory of lower fare classes? If so, I could see them as priced the same originally, but the AA low fare buckets get used up more quickly.
