deissi

[/LIST]Not in my case. They explicitly refused to retrocredit the tier bonus.

supatight80

Hi guys,

Got another question/clarification

I recently became Plat (first time) and my qualification period ends July 31 2017. Got 2 longhaul upgrade vouchers and 4 regional that will expire July 31 2017.

When my new qualification period begins on August 01, 2017, does that mean i will be getting an additional 2 long haul & 4 regional upgrade vouchers that will expire on July 31 2018?

Thanks!

miamiflyer8

You are correct!

supatight80

Wow for the first year as Plat then you'd practically get 6 one way intl. upgrade vouchers (4 + 4 regional converted to 2 intl.) + (2 + 2 intl)

My first batch ending July 2017 i was able to upgrade a flight dated November 2017.

Here i was thinking i needed to use those vouchers expiring next month on AY flights before August 2017!

Thanks AY!

deissi

Flying AY89 to BKK tomorrow, and it looks like the flight will be pretty full. What are my best chances for an op-up - check in early or check in very late? Or does it matter at all?

HELboy

Something strange happened with my AY+ account today: I had 14000 tier points on my account before exchanging 60000 award points for 20000 tier points. My intention was to get the tier points now, so I would make silver right after my connecting flight before a longhaul in J.

However, for some reason, my tier got bumped up to silver right away, although the Finnair website clearly states that:
Any idea what's going on here? Is this old news or possibly just outdated information on the website?

Hartsa

My guess is that it is one of the many bugs in the AY IT systems.

HELboy

Probably, but this raises another question: is the move up to the next tier legit?

lkrt

If it shows right on the webpage and you get the card, sure. I wouldn't probably make a fuss about it in public, though.

WilcoRoger

It gets even better than that - with the Plat card you can nominate someone for a Gold card. That comes with 4 EUR upgrades. So all in all 4 longhauls + 12 shorthauls or 7 longhauls. Pretty neat. Of couse this is only when you move Gold->Plat. Renewing plat is a "meager" 4 longhaul upgrades, with the gold nominees vouchers.

LoungeEnthusiast

Yes, and you actually get two gift Gold cards (each with vouchers, of course) - first one when reaching the Plat threshold and second at the beginning of the new tracking period. I was positively surprised!

supatight80

Oooooohh..so you mean 8 LH upgrades! Coz i get the gold card 2X remember? :P

But how does the gold card work to get the upgrades for meself? I gift the gold card to me?

fatlasercat

Today will be my first time flying Finnair: SFO-HEL-BUD. Unfortunately, the incoming AY11 is delayed by more than 1.5hrs so it's very unlikely that I will make my 45min connection in HEL to AY755. Of course that's the last flight of the day to BUD.

My question is: how streamlined is IRROPS handling. If there is a chance to make the connection would they send someone to wait for me at the gate to run me over? If I miss it, what's the best way to get rebooked quickly? (there is an Air Berlin option getting there the same day, but that's pretty much it, maybe LH, but that seems full)

I am flying I class (business) and just made gold on AA (=Ruby).

intuition

If nothing changed lately, IRROPS are poorly handled. They likely won't be waiting at the gate. You might be told "to see our ground-staff" but that sentence means you are to make your way to transfer desk and there present your case.

If there is a chance of making the connection, it is mostly in your own hands. Take a look at the gate map in the onboards magazine and then make a run for it. Airports is not too big, but at times very crowded.

Purjelentaja

Don't throw the towel in, yet! If AY12 won't get any further delay from estimated dep time, it is quite possible that you can make the connection, of course depending on weather conditions enroute, and if AY755 is being delayed a few minutes to wait for connecting passengers. You can find information on connections on your IFE before landing, or ask the FAs about it before arrival, they know the connections and departure gates well inbeforehand.

You'll be arriving from US, which means you don't need to go through security check anymore at HEL, but only passport control, which prob is not so busy at that time, as long as you get out of the plane among the first ones. Just follow the signs to transfers and the gate number of your next flight.