The Finnair höpö-höpö (nonsense) thread
Aug 21, 2016, 11:45 pm
#860
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If there is upgrade availability, it goes thru instantly. However, you might be waitlisted and the upgrade clears when/if new upgrade space is released. I have experienced everything between from months in advance and at the gate.
Aug 22, 2016, 12:43 am
#861
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Aug 22, 2016, 2:52 am
#862
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How do you request wait-listing now? With the old form, it would happen automatically when business class had seats available, but F had none. Nowadays, the new tool won't let you select a the segment in such circumstances - it just says unavailable.
Aug 22, 2016, 3:10 am
#863
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You can't really request waitlisting, it is something CS does. So by mailing your upgrade request to AY+ service center will lead to waitlist if no F is available.
Aug 22, 2016, 3:22 am
#864
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They could of course make the current tool support automatic waitlisting, like ANA does (below).
However, I think there are too many manual steps for that to easily be implemented. The waitlist-and-later-clear procedure includes some ping-pong between CS and revenue management done through internal messaging.
However, I think there are too many manual steps for that to easily be implemented. The waitlist-and-later-clear procedure includes some ping-pong between CS and revenue management done through internal messaging.
Aug 22, 2016, 6:27 am
#865
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Aug 22, 2016, 6:40 am
#866
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Any of you happened to have access to data on which plane flew AY 757 (HEL-BUD) on 11 August? FlightDiary did not manage to pick it up automatically and there doesn't seem to be any info about that flight in FR24...
Aug 22, 2016, 6:44 am
#867
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Perhaps OH-LXD
-- Added
Left gate 20:06 EEST
Taxi 9 minutes
Take off HEL 20:15:24 EEST
Landed BUD 21:25 CEST
Taxi 2 minutes
Gate arrival 21:27 CEST
-- Added
Left gate 20:06 EEST
Taxi 9 minutes
Take off HEL 20:15:24 EEST
Landed BUD 21:25 CEST
Taxi 2 minutes
Gate arrival 21:27 CEST
Last edited by intuition; Aug 22, 2016 at 6:51 am
Aug 22, 2016, 6:56 am
#868
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Aug 22, 2016, 10:57 am
#869
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So you use FlightDiary? Can you compare it to Openflights? I use the latter, but no idea about FD.
Aug 22, 2016, 12:03 pm
#870
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But just now went to see it, and from a very quick glance, at least the UI seems nicer in FD (of course, that doesn't say anything about the features, so it might easily be that Of is better, but I don't know...)Below is a screenshot of FD's main page (there are plenty more stats below this)
Last edited by Steve_Hun; Aug 22, 2016 at 12:06 pm Reason: Added screenshot