Feb 24, 2017, 5:26 am
LHR-(in J)-HEL-(in Y)-TLL, 200TPs, £232 return, inc AY A350
Nov 18, 2017, 2:17 am
#1006
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Hmm, I've always found the HEL Holiday Inn to be overpriced for paid nights and much better as a redemption for 15000 points. If you need it for Accelerate, can you stay at another property in Helsinki?
You don't need to get a taxi to the ferry terminal in Tallinn... I walked it in an hour (in 0°C!) or you can take a bus directly there for €2.
From the Helsinki ferry port you buy a day ticket from the tram driver for €9.
What about the "overnight" ferries?
I think so, the HEL lounges seem like a conveyor belt to me (I actually prefer the Schengen one)
You don't need to get a taxi to the ferry terminal in Tallinn... I walked it in an hour (in 0°C!) or you can take a bus directly there for €2.
From the Helsinki ferry port you buy a day ticket from the tram driver for €9.
What about the "overnight" ferries?
I think so, the HEL lounges seem like a conveyor belt to me (I actually prefer the Schengen one)
£100 or so for the Tallinn Hilton.
Looked at overnight ferries and they are around €165 so more than a day / evening ferry @ €23+ and say a night at the Tallinn Hilton.
Think I could afford the €2 rather than walking for an hour!
Nov 18, 2017, 2:50 am
#1007
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Well, it's around £75 for the HI at HEL and close to double that in Helsinki itself. Don't know the city to say whether other hotels are well placed or really out the way.
£100 or so for the Tallinn Hilton.
Looked at overnight ferries and they are around €165 so more than a day / evening ferry @ €23+ and say a night at the Tallinn Hilton.
Think I could afford the €2 rather than walking for an hour!
£100 or so for the Tallinn Hilton.
Looked at overnight ferries and they are around €165 so more than a day / evening ferry @ €23+ and say a night at the Tallinn Hilton.
Think I could afford the €2 rather than walking for an hour!
Nov 18, 2017, 3:28 am
#1008
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Nov 18, 2017, 9:59 am
#1010
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And then checking in at the Hilton.
Nov 18, 2017, 10:12 am
#1011
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I'm amazed at how much chicken some people can pile onto a plate in the exec lounge! Nice upgrade to a suite though.
Nov 18, 2017, 10:13 am
#1012
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Probably a few runners, yes. However, there are always a lot of people flying from London to Tallinn (not necessarily TP runners that is). I think it is a busy route (NATO personnel come to mind).
Enjoy Tallinn! Jõuluturg (christmas market) is open now.
Enjoy Tallinn! Jõuluturg (christmas market) is open now.
Nov 18, 2017, 6:22 pm
#1014
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Nov 18, 2017, 10:34 pm
#1015
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Hmm, I've always found the HEL Holiday Inn to be overpriced for paid nights and much better as a redemption for 15000 points. If you need it for Accelerate, can you stay at another property in Helsinki?
You don't need to get a taxi to the ferry terminal in Tallinn... I walked it in an hour (in 0°C!) or you can take a bus directly there for €2.
From the Helsinki ferry port you buy a day ticket from the tram driver for €9.
What about the "overnight" ferries?
I think so, the HEL lounges seem like a conveyor belt to me (I actually prefer the Schengen one)
You don't need to get a taxi to the ferry terminal in Tallinn... I walked it in an hour (in 0°C!) or you can take a bus directly there for €2.
From the Helsinki ferry port you buy a day ticket from the tram driver for €9.
What about the "overnight" ferries?
I think so, the HEL lounges seem like a conveyor belt to me (I actually prefer the Schengen one)
Will give that a go on the way home tomorrow. Can we get beers and spirits there ?
thanks
Nov 19, 2017, 1:57 am
#1016
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At least in the Schengen lounge, last year when I went through, there was a tap where you could pour yourself beer. IIRC, they might have had cider as well.
Nov 19, 2017, 5:23 am
#1017
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Cumbria, UK
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Same taps available in the non-Schengen J lounge too, on the same ‘island’ as the coffee machine from memory, and not next to the wines (on the side wall counter along from the small cake selection) so possible to see the wines and miss the beer/cider.
Nov 19, 2017, 5:30 am
#1018
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Still there as of last week, though when I passed through it was faulty and couldn’t be used, so could possibly still be out of action.
Same taps available in the non-Schengen J lounge too, on the same ‘island’ as the coffee machine from memory, and not next to the wines (on the side wall counter along from the small cake selection) so possible to see the wines and miss the beer/cider.
Same taps available in the non-Schengen J lounge too, on the same ‘island’ as the coffee machine from memory, and not next to the wines (on the side wall counter along from the small cake selection) so possible to see the wines and miss the beer/cider.
Nov 19, 2017, 6:43 am
#1019
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Cumbria, UK
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Can’t honestly remember, sorry - have always ended up sticking to wine when passing through the Finnair lounges. I don’t think so in the Schengen lounge as there’s not a bar area, and I don’t remember seeing it out for self pour on the counter in the food/drink area. I’m pretty sure that you can get spirits including G+T in the non-Schengen J lounge from the bar area at the hot food station (immediately on your right as you enter), but as I say can’t say I’ve asked for it before so may be wrong.
In the Tallinn lounge however there are gin miniatures available so you can make G+Ts to your heart’s content.
In the Tallinn lounge however there are gin miniatures available so you can make G+Ts to your heart’s content.