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Safe - Immediate turnaround is easy, i.e. according to experience it is possible to reach departure gate quickly and without extra security check when doing same plane turnaround.
Intermediate - Immediate turnaround is doable, but requires e.g. extra security check.
Risky - Immediate turnaround not recommended. (See notes.)
TO KEEP THE WIKI AS COHERENT AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE USE "SAFE", "INTERMEDIATE" OR "RISKY" APPROPRIATELY! (I.e. no "Safe" for stations that require any kind of security or transfer check, not to mention going landside, etc.)
Immediate turnaround information for European AY destinations:
ACE: ?
AGP: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.) Details here from August 2022
ALC: Intermediate, Arrivals pour from jetbridge to "funnel pathway" which takes people to baggage claim, but one can look for "Transfer" signage and take escalator up to the gate area. No checkpoints.
AMS: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
ARN: Safe / Intermediate (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate, except gate 62 arrival pours to baggage claim. ATR flights may be riskier if one ends up with a bus gate.)
ATH: Intermediate at best
AYT: ?
BCN: No direct turnarounds due to operated by IB.
BER: ?
BGO: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
BLL: ?
BMA: Safe (Transfer door is before going to the terminal exit and boarding will not start before the incoming plane is empty.)
BRU: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
BUD: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
CDG: ?
CFU: ?
CHQ: Risky (To landside first and security needed. Long lines possibile.)
CPH: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
CTA: ?
DBV: ?
DUB: ?
DUS: ?
EDI: ? (Security check required for sure.)
FCO: Intermediate / Risky. Bus transportation can cause long walks.
FNC: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight. Mobile BP not available, obtain a BP from HEL.)
FRA: Safe (Even with the bus from stand you can make it.)
FUE: ?
GDN: Risky (Providing it is ATR by Norra, apron position, walking / bussing to the arrivals, queue security (can be very long), sprint upstairs to the gate.)
GOT: Safe / Intermediate(At least on tube arrival, after exit from the tube to the terminal area, turn around and you are at the departure gate. No info on possible bus gates though.)
GVA: ?
GZP: ?
HAJ: Safe (Arrival at departure gate)
HAM: ?
HER: ?
IBZ: ?
INN: Intermediate / Risky (To landside first and then security. No airside transit.)
IVL: Safe, arrivals pour into the gate area.
JOE: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
JSI: ?
JTR: ?
JYV: ?
KAJ: ?
KAO: ?
KEF: ?
KEM: ?
KGS: ?
KOK: ?
KRK: Intermediate (AY rarely has a jetty position so bus, arrivals then go upstairs to departures for security, there is a fast track for OW elites - not well signposted - separate B/Pass scanner to the left)
KTT: ?
KUO: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
LHR: Intermediate (Need to go via Flight Connections to reclear security, which may take time depending on the time of the day.)
LIS: ?
LIN: Safe, arrivals pour into departures.
LJU: ?
LPA: ?
LYS: ?
MAD: No direct turnarounds due to operated by IB.
MAH: ?
MAN: Intermediate/Risky, requires reclearing security.
MHQ: ?
MSQ: ?
MUC: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
MXP: Intermediate / Risky (Arrivals come into a different floor, transfer requires walking through a transfer point and distances are quite long.)
NAP: ?
NCE: ?
OSL: Safe / Intermediate (D gates pours directly to departures. E gates also pours to departure gate, follow transit arrow, automatic gate door will open during "normal" hours. IF door doesn't open go upstairs try the transfer security. Very rare reports of stand arrival with bus to exit, but should still be doable, security is usually fast and short distances.)
OUL: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
PFO: ?
PMI: ?
PRG: Safe (From arrivals walk up to departures to departure gate.)
PVK: ?
RHO: Risky (Arrivals pour to baggage claim, security check usually has long lines before you get to the departure hall.)
RIX: Risky. After deplaning, you walk to the terminal, but boarding is done with buses. My flight was delayed, and they started boarding before the plane was even there.
RMI: ?
RVN: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
SPU: ?
SZG: ?
TAY: ?
TFS: ?
TLL: Risky (May have a remote stand arrival, when departing flight has been boarded into a bus with boarding gate already closed.)
TLV: ?
TOS: ?
UME: ?
VAA: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
VBY: ?
VCE: ?
VIE: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
VNO: Risky. (Departing pax board bus when arriving pax still deplaning. Connection corridor available but not sure how straightforward it is).
VRN: ?
WAW: Safe (Arrivals pour to departure gate.)
ZRH: Safe (When exiting the bridge, you are under the gates and there are inclined speedwalks that bring back to the gates upstairs.)
Immediate turnaround information for selected longhaul AY destinations:
DEL: Intermediate (There's plenty of time for the obligatory visit to the transit desk and security. However, you'll need a self-printed visa confirmation to show the gate agent at HEL.)
DOH: ?
DXB: Intermediate (Follow "connections" to security downstairs and after that go to transfer desk if needed.)
JFK: Intermediate (Generous time with the new schedule, but you'll need to clear US immigration so ESTA or visa is needed.)
NRT: Intermediate (OLCI and mobile BP works, no need to go landside. There's transfer security, though.)
Safe - Immediate turnaround is easy, i.e. according to experience it is possible to reach departure gate quickly and without extra security check when doing same plane turnaround.
Intermediate - Immediate turnaround is doable, but requires e.g. extra security check.
Risky - Immediate turnaround not recommended. (See notes.)
TO KEEP THE WIKI AS COHERENT AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE USE "SAFE", "INTERMEDIATE" OR "RISKY" APPROPRIATELY! (I.e. no "Safe" for stations that require any kind of security or transfer check, not to mention going landside, etc.)
Immediate turnaround information for European AY destinations:
ACE: ?
AGP: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.) Details here from August 2022
ALC: Intermediate, Arrivals pour from jetbridge to "funnel pathway" which takes people to baggage claim, but one can look for "Transfer" signage and take escalator up to the gate area. No checkpoints.
AMS: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
ARN: Safe / Intermediate (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate, except gate 62 arrival pours to baggage claim. ATR flights may be riskier if one ends up with a bus gate.)
ATH: Intermediate at best
AYT: ?
BCN: No direct turnarounds due to operated by IB.
BER: ?
BGO: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
BLL: ?
BMA: Safe (Transfer door is before going to the terminal exit and boarding will not start before the incoming plane is empty.)
BRU: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
BUD: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
CDG: ?
CFU: ?
CHQ: Risky (To landside first and security needed. Long lines possibile.)
CPH: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
CTA: ?
DBV: ?
DUB: ?
DUS: ?
EDI: ? (Security check required for sure.)
FCO: Intermediate / Risky. Bus transportation can cause long walks.
FNC: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight. Mobile BP not available, obtain a BP from HEL.)
FRA: Safe (Even with the bus from stand you can make it.)
FUE: ?
GDN: Risky (Providing it is ATR by Norra, apron position, walking / bussing to the arrivals, queue security (can be very long), sprint upstairs to the gate.)
GOT: Safe / Intermediate(At least on tube arrival, after exit from the tube to the terminal area, turn around and you are at the departure gate. No info on possible bus gates though.)
GVA: ?
GZP: ?
HAJ: Safe (Arrival at departure gate)
HAM: ?
HER: ?
IBZ: ?
INN: Intermediate / Risky (To landside first and then security. No airside transit.)
IVL: Safe, arrivals pour into the gate area.
JOE: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
JSI: ?
JTR: ?
JYV: ?
KAJ: ?
KAO: ?
KEF: ?
KEM: ?
KGS: ?
KOK: ?
KRK: Intermediate (AY rarely has a jetty position so bus, arrivals then go upstairs to departures for security, there is a fast track for OW elites - not well signposted - separate B/Pass scanner to the left)
KTT: ?
KUO: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
LHR: Intermediate (Need to go via Flight Connections to reclear security, which may take time depending on the time of the day.)
LIS: ?
LIN: Safe, arrivals pour into departures.
LJU: ?
LPA: ?
LYS: ?
MAD: No direct turnarounds due to operated by IB.
MAH: ?
MAN: Intermediate/Risky, requires reclearing security.
MHQ: ?
MSQ: ?
MUC: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
MXP: Intermediate / Risky (Arrivals come into a different floor, transfer requires walking through a transfer point and distances are quite long.)
NAP: ?
NCE: ?
OSL: Safe / Intermediate (D gates pours directly to departures. E gates also pours to departure gate, follow transit arrow, automatic gate door will open during "normal" hours. IF door doesn't open go upstairs try the transfer security. Very rare reports of stand arrival with bus to exit, but should still be doable, security is usually fast and short distances.)
OUL: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
PFO: ?
PMI: ?
PRG: Safe (From arrivals walk up to departures to departure gate.)
PVK: ?
RHO: Risky (Arrivals pour to baggage claim, security check usually has long lines before you get to the departure hall.)
RIX: Risky. After deplaning, you walk to the terminal, but boarding is done with buses. My flight was delayed, and they started boarding before the plane was even there.
RMI: ?
RVN: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
SPU: ?
SZG: ?
TAY: ?
TFS: ?
TLL: Risky (May have a remote stand arrival, when departing flight has been boarded into a bus with boarding gate already closed.)
TLV: ?
TOS: ?
UME: ?
VAA: Intermediate (Exit via baggage claim and reclear security, but should be doable if you exit among the first from the inbound flight.)
VBY: ?
VCE: ?
VIE: Safe (Arrivals pour directly to departure gate.)
VNO: Risky. (Departing pax board bus when arriving pax still deplaning. Connection corridor available but not sure how straightforward it is).
VRN: ?
WAW: Safe (Arrivals pour to departure gate.)
ZRH: Safe (When exiting the bridge, you are under the gates and there are inclined speedwalks that bring back to the gates upstairs.)
Immediate turnaround information for selected longhaul AY destinations:
DEL: Intermediate (There's plenty of time for the obligatory visit to the transit desk and security. However, you'll need a self-printed visa confirmation to show the gate agent at HEL.)
DOH: ?
DXB: Intermediate (Follow "connections" to security downstairs and after that go to transfer desk if needed.)
JFK: Intermediate (Generous time with the new schedule, but you'll need to clear US immigration so ESTA or visa is needed.)
NRT: Intermediate (OLCI and mobile BP works, no need to go landside. There's transfer security, though.)
Ahoy, mileage runners! (Incl. immediate turnarounds)
#154
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Platinum (OWE), Accor Gold, Hilton Honors Gold
Posts: 2,646
If you're talking about Southeast Asia, I'm even more sure that it will book into 100% earning classes, that being L/M/H. So it has done every time in the past.
#155
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY, SK, TK
Posts: 7,220
Happened to find somewhat worth mention J deal if anyone is interested
AY HEL-MIA in business on Sat 28.11., coming back on Sunday 29.11. with AY MIA-JFK-HEL
1355€ bookable on AY website
If you hunt AY points, this will net you more than 100k if you are enrolled in the Accor promo and transatlantic OW promo making the points triple times normal.
As usual, this is an offer I must refuse due to other compromise
AY HEL-MIA in business on Sat 28.11., coming back on Sunday 29.11. with AY MIA-JFK-HEL
1355€ bookable on AY website
If you hunt AY points, this will net you more than 100k if you are enrolled in the Accor promo and transatlantic OW promo making the points triple times normal.
As usual, this is an offer I must refuse due to other compromise
#156
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum Ultimate/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G//HH Dia/IHG Dia
Posts: 7,186
Happened to find somewhat worth mention J deal if anyone is interested
AY HEL-MIA in business on Sat 28.11., coming back on Sunday 29.11. with AY MIA-JFK-HEL
1355€ bookable on AY website
If you hunt AY points, this will net you more than 100k if you are enrolled in the Accor promo and transatlantic OW promo making the points triple times normal.
As usual, this is an offer I must refuse due to other compromise
AY HEL-MIA in business on Sat 28.11., coming back on Sunday 29.11. with AY MIA-JFK-HEL
1355€ bookable on AY website
If you hunt AY points, this will net you more than 100k if you are enrolled in the Accor promo and transatlantic OW promo making the points triple times normal.
As usual, this is an offer I must refuse due to other compromise

#157
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Europe
Programs: M&M, Finnair, FlyingBlue, HH and some more
Posts: 305
And actually flying I understand I should register point into my AY card?
thx for help
#158
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 13,201
You can register for the TATL promo with both accounts, obviously you'll get the points only for the programme you actually credit your flights to
#159
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Plat and several other cards
Posts: 618
Well, didn't have any intention of taking any far east journeys yet, but for some reason my keyboard decided to type such a sequence of characters that now I have flights booked to Tokyo on CX in just a couple of weeks, ~500€, outbound M, inbound L, ~28000 AY+ points. Not bad.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-hel-cx-y.html
I know it doesn't qualify as MR, as I was in Tokyo for two nights, but it was fun, as never been in Japan before. Liked it alot, will return for sure!
Points into my AY+ account appeared on Monday, one week after I left home, also for the return flights (that were on Thursday), except the final leg LHR-HEL that is still missing. Very quick I would say

#160
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: Finnair (AY) Platinum, Air France Silver, Tallink Club One Silver :)
Posts: 1,645
E.g. AY gives 100% points for many CX booking classes, while it is far from being the case the other way around...
#161
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: HEL
Programs: AA plat
Posts: 84
I booked my flights also through BravoFly, got Amadeus PNR and was able to add my FF# through Finnair website.
I tried to search about the comfort seats and got some mixed messages. Apparently I can't even assign a seat until T-72... but I'll report how it went after my trip.
I tried to search about the comfort seats and got some mixed messages. Apparently I can't even assign a seat until T-72... but I'll report how it went after my trip.
When checking in for the flight in TAM website, I wasn't able to choose Space+ / Comfort seats. However after choosing a seat and completing the check-in process, then going back to finnair.fi to do the check-in for the first leg, then suddenly I was able to choose a seat for the TAM flight as well. And Finnair MMB allowed me to choose a Space+ seat, which I did.
I was pretty sure that my seat would be reallocated though, but to my surprise I actually received op-up to J at the gate

However, during the return leg I tried the same trick but this time the "change seat" button wasn't there, I assume because of Finnair not operating the first leg. I asked from the TAM lounge attendant if he could assign me a Space+ seat but 1) apparently they are only available for free for OW Emerald's and 2) those seats are sold beforehand so they can't do it after check-in. Luckily he was able to seat me somewhere where the middle seat wasn't occupied so the return leg went pretty smoothly for a Y flight.
All in all, pretty good trip

Few random musings:
- GRU new T3 has no ATM's that accept international Visa cards, only MC/AMEX. Needed to go to T2 only for that

- TAM lounge in GRU T3 is pretty nice for a business lounge.
#162
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, HH Diamond, CC Gold
Posts: 111
Now that AA is going to devalue its program I'm thinking about hopping to AY+ and trying to reach AY+ Gold. I'm going to OKA in April and with CX cheapos I could almost reach AY Silver right away, if I converted the award points to status points. I currently have about 5000 on my account. But there are few things I would need some help from you experienced ones.
My current AY+ account's accrual period is from 1.5.-30.4. and the flight would be just few weeks before so I'm thinking about setting up a new account just before the trip. This would leave me plenty of time to reach the AY Gold. But how easy it is to add my ff number to the reservation later, if I buy the flights from Supersaver etc.? Their website says it is only possible to add the number when making the reservation, not after it. Or could it be just as easy as adding the ff number when I'm checking in at the airport? I have used OTA only once for booking flights, so I'm a bit lost here.
One option is of course to create a new account now, but obviously I would "lose" a couple of months of my future OWS time because I'm not possibly going to have any flights before the OKA trip.
My current AY+ account's accrual period is from 1.5.-30.4. and the flight would be just few weeks before so I'm thinking about setting up a new account just before the trip. This would leave me plenty of time to reach the AY Gold. But how easy it is to add my ff number to the reservation later, if I buy the flights from Supersaver etc.? Their website says it is only possible to add the number when making the reservation, not after it. Or could it be just as easy as adding the ff number when I'm checking in at the airport? I have used OTA only once for booking flights, so I'm a bit lost here.

#163
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Platinum (OWE), Accor Gold, Hilton Honors Gold
Posts: 2,646
It's extremely easy, you can do it on MMB on AY's website at whatever time after the booking has been made.
Good luck! I'm trying to get to AY+ Gold as well next year, most probably with CX cheapos as they give out exit row seats for free for Rubies as well!
Good luck! I'm trying to get to AY+ Gold as well next year, most probably with CX cheapos as they give out exit row seats for free for Rubies as well!
#164
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, HH Diamond, CC Gold
Posts: 111
Wow, that was extremely fast, thank you very much lkrt! It's nice to know it can be that easily. And thanks for that exit row tip as well!
I wish you good luck too getting AY+ Gold!
I wish you good luck too getting AY+ Gold!
#165
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum Ultimate/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G//HH Dia/IHG Dia
Posts: 7,186
Just a thought, I have been trying to make sense of it all but so far I am still on the fence
