Finnair newbie questions thread (flame-free)
#76
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320€ for a return upgrade to Thailand and booking into I? Any time!!
(It seems that the "upgrade" is not in a sense we use it for AY upgrades, but a package upgrade that books into revenue business class)
(It seems that the "upgrade" is not in a sense we use it for AY upgrades, but a package upgrade that books into revenue business class)
#77
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#78
Join Date: Oct 2015
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#79
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#81
Join Date: Apr 2014
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All AY flights to Thailand were scheduled (=non-charter) already in Winter 2014-2015.
#82
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On further contemplation I need to revise above. If you pay, say 800-1000 for a week's holiday in TH, the upgrade can nearly double the cost of the whole holiday. Put it differently - it would cover all the local holiday spending (6-700 in TH goes a looong way)
#83
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: HEL
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To my understanding that business class upgrade is not quaranteed unless there is availability in I bucket, which may be limited during peak seasons in December and February.
On the other hand 32000 points with 900 is not bad, equals to ~35 points/euro ratio and more with tier multipliers.
#84
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: AY Platinum, AZ Alata Plus
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Hi, newbie to the forum here, currently well on my way to making AY+ Platinum on mainly AY domestic segments (hooray!).. problem is I probably will be making Plat very close to the end of my tracking period. Lets say I make Plat just a couple of days before the end of my tracking period, will I get upgrade vouchers for qualifying that will then expire straight away as my tracking period ends? Of course I will get new ones beginning of the next tracking period but it will be quite a hurry to use the first ones especially if I don't have any longhaul flights planned. Anyone have experience with qualifying just before the end of the tracking period?
#85
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Welcome to FT, Fintastic!
(love your handle, spoken with aussie/kiwi accent makes it even better)
If I recall correctly, qualifying close to membership year end will have the effect that no upgrade vouchers will be given for the current year, only for the next year. I can't remember exactly but I think there have been reports that there is a cut off date somewhere around 11,5 months into the membership year.
(love your handle, spoken with aussie/kiwi accent makes it even better)
If I recall correctly, qualifying close to membership year end will have the effect that no upgrade vouchers will be given for the current year, only for the next year. I can't remember exactly but I think there have been reports that there is a cut off date somewhere around 11,5 months into the membership year.
#86
Join Date: Apr 2016
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Thanks intuition for the kind welcome! That's kinda where I got the handle, gotta love those aussies..
I better step up my game then, maybe do some segment runs (if there is such a term) if things get tight! No point in wasting that many upgrade vouchers over a couple weeks. Very important info, thank you.
I better step up my game then, maybe do some segment runs (if there is such a term) if things get tight! No point in wasting that many upgrade vouchers over a couple weeks. Very important info, thank you.
#87
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#88
Join Date: Jun 2016
Programs: AY+ Platinum (OWE)
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Hi, newbie to the forum here, currently well on my way to making AY+ Platinum on mainly AY domestic segments (hooray!).. problem is I probably will be making Plat very close to the end of my tracking period. Lets say I make Plat just a couple of days before the end of my tracking period, will I get upgrade vouchers for qualifying that will then expire straight away as my tracking period ends? Of course I will get new ones beginning of the next tracking period but it will be quite a hurry to use the first ones especially if I don't have any longhaul flights planned. Anyone have experience with qualifying just before the end of the tracking period?
#89
Join Date: May 2014
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I suspect the earlier cut-off for Gold and Platinum status and upgrade voucher issuance only applies to points exchange near the end of the period. If you reach status the hard way by tier point or qualifying segments, you get the status and vouchers whenever the last qualifying flight posts.
#90
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I suspect the earlier cut-off for Gold and Platinum status and upgrade voucher issuance only applies to points exchange near the end of the period. If you reach status the hard way by tier point or qualifying segments, you get the status and vouchers whenever the last qualifying flight posts.