Finnair newbie questions thread (flame-free)
Apr 5, 2017, 11:25 am
#436
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You need to check the exact terms of the ticket, but in general they have made the value tickets so that you are only allowed to change date.
Apr 6, 2017, 1:47 am
#438
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12h is a very long time so the dragons will change shifts so it's unlikely you'll get "caught"
Apr 7, 2017, 4:01 am
#439
Join Date: Dec 2013
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It was not possible to change route as predicted. But it was actually not that bad for me. Value tickets ex-France now have a 65EUR change fee and 50% penalty in case of cancellation. So I cancelled the whole ticket, paid half of the fare (~80EUR) as a penalty and booked the new ticket. I always thought that it's 50% for the whole ticket including YQ, taxes etc, but it turned out to be only 50% of the base fare. ^
Apr 7, 2017, 2:47 pm
#440
Join Date: Nov 2013
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It was not possible to change route as predicted. But it was actually not that bad for me. Value tickets ex-France now have a 65EUR change fee and 50% penalty in case of cancellation. So I cancelled the whole ticket, paid half of the fare (~80EUR) as a penalty and booked the new ticket. I always thought that it's 50% for the whole ticket including YQ, taxes etc, but it turned out to be only 50% of the base fare. ^
And yes you found the point with cancelling Value ticket, so it is not bad at all when you play it right.
Apr 10, 2017, 9:51 am
#442
Join Date: May 2016
Location: FRA
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IŽm trying to look for flights in September 2017 to KTT (to see autumn colors and friends wedding). Finnair schedule looks rather interesting at that time, some days there are two flights: 7.05 and 7.20 in the morning but nothing else, sometimes one flight 15.35 etc.
How likely it is that the flight schedule will be still changing before autumn? Will there be more flights added or I have to take whats avalaible now? The prices are already imho ridicilously high and IŽm not sure if I want to take my changes and wait for better deals..
How likely it is that the flight schedule will be still changing before autumn? Will there be more flights added or I have to take whats avalaible now? The prices are already imho ridicilously high and IŽm not sure if I want to take my changes and wait for better deals..
Apr 12, 2017, 4:04 am
#443
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: EFHK - HEL
Programs: AY, LH, KL, SK, D8, Marriott, Melia.
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Fragile item as a baggage
Booked Value fare for Finnair, 1 baggage included, from HEL to Europe. And I need to bring a coffee machine packed in a cardboard box with me. Can I check this in as a fragile item or is it just my resposibility to pack the whole thing for hard baggage handling and hope it will be not be broken?
Apr 12, 2017, 4:56 am
#445
Join Date: Mar 2015
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Booked Value fare for Finnair, 1 baggage included, from HEL to Europe. And I need to bring a coffee machine packed in a cardboard box with me. Can I check this in as a fragile item or is it just my resposibility to pack the whole thing for hard baggage handling and hope it will be not be broken?
On the other hand, I wouldn't count on those stickers to protect the contents too much. Once I watched plane being loaded at OSL and there was a box with fragile stickers all over it. The guy loading the bags on the conveyor belt going to the hold of the plane looked at that box for a while, raised it up, and let it drop freely. Other pieces of baggage got much softer handling.
In any case I would pack it very well to endure almost everything.
Apr 12, 2017, 5:37 am
#446
Join Date: Nov 2009
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fragile item as a baggage.
Last edited by Abducted Alien; Apr 12, 2017 at 5:38 am Reason: cat on the lap
Apr 14, 2017, 1:06 am
#447
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Award return flight does not count to flight segments towards status; that is AY+ silver in my case. If I cancel that and buy a fare, IŽd be silver in August. Is it worth to get AY+ silver? Seems that there in no use for me for to get a 50% discount from advance seat reservations and I would not fly enough for gold in this year.
Apr 14, 2017, 4:30 am
#448
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Award return flight does not count to flight segments towards status; that is AY+ silver in my case. If I cancel that and buy a fare, IŽd be silver in August. Is it worth to get AY+ silver? Seems that there in no use for me for to get a 50% discount from advance seat reservations and I would not fly enough for gold in this year.
Apr 14, 2017, 4:54 am
#449
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
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Award return flight does not count to flight segments towards status; that is AY+ silver in my case. If I cancel that and buy a fare, IŽd be silver in August. Is it worth to get AY+ silver? Seems that there in no use for me for to get a 50% discount from advance seat reservations and I would not fly enough for gold in this year.
-Priority Check In -desks
-Priority security in HEL. That is something I miss when flying Norwegian (no status).
-Extra bag (from Bangkok)
Apr 14, 2017, 5:23 am
#450
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Thank you. One year back from this day I did 36 segments: 18 flight segments with Norwegian, 4 Finnair, 12 SAS and one return long haul with SK. Now AY has a new destination from spring to autumn which I frequently fly all year around as do D8 with mostly better schedule and cheaper fares when available.