Finnair newbie questions thread (flame-free)
Sep 24, 2017, 4:32 am
#781
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: TLL
Programs: AY+ Plat, TK Elite
Posts: 233
Hi guys, I'm a newbie to both AY Plus and the forum but I did join as a former AB*G and got the instant upgrade to silver so yay.
Question: I flew four segments in J on QR last week and made sure to include my AY# in the booking and while checking in. However, the flights still haven't shown up on my AY account.
How long does it usually take in your experience for segments to show up (a) from AY flights (b) from other *OW airlines?
Thank you <3
Question: I flew four segments in J on QR last week and made sure to include my AY# in the booking and while checking in. However, the flights still haven't shown up on my AY account.
How long does it usually take in your experience for segments to show up (a) from AY flights (b) from other *OW airlines?
Thank you <3
So waiting for a week or more is "normal". QR flights tend to post eventually.
I've once asked CS to expedite the process of points posting and they did it very quickly. But I only asked because I had next flight in a day and the points I waited to post pushed me over Plat threshold.
Sep 24, 2017, 5:27 am
#782
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,174
AY has a 14 day wait period before you are able to retroclaim, so it is pointless to worry before.that time has passed.
Sep 24, 2017, 1:12 pm
#784
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
Sep 24, 2017, 7:32 pm
#785
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, SK Gold
Posts: 954
On the two latest occasions I was travelling with Mrs. r2d2 (who has never had any status) so it wasn't even that they would have needed only a single passenger moved to the front.
Oct 1, 2017, 12:56 am
#786
Join Date: May 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Gold (OWS), Hertz PC, Sixt Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 275
I gonna book flights for July and select seats for free as a AY gold,
but what happens if I fall from gold to silver at the end of May?
Will I loose the selected seats or will I have to pay the seat selection fee at check-in?
Are there any soft landing benefits from gold to silver and how far will these benefits expand after the end of the tracking period/downgradement?
but what happens if I fall from gold to silver at the end of May?
Will I loose the selected seats or will I have to pay the seat selection fee at check-in?
Are there any soft landing benefits from gold to silver and how far will these benefits expand after the end of the tracking period/downgradement?
Oct 1, 2017, 1:03 am
#787
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,174
Soft landing follows tracking period. You will be issued a silvercard for the duration of entire next tracking period.
Oct 1, 2017, 1:38 am
#788
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: Finnair (AY) Platinum, Air France Silver, Tallink Club One Silver :)
Posts: 1,655
As seat selection - with the exception of Y+ seats on LH - is only chargeable prior to the start of check-in, IMHO, you should be able to keep those seats w/o any problem or charge.
Oct 1, 2017, 1:13 pm
#789
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 12
Was flying HEL-TLL-HEL on Saturday. Is anyone able to provide an explanation or a guess on why they have two ATRs, leaving within 10 minutes of each other, flying this route? Is there that much demand on some days? My flights, AY107 and AY114, were maybe 25% and 50% full.
Oct 2, 2017, 7:36 pm
#790
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,750
It must be a good ten years since I've used throwaway ticketing on AY. Is there any financial risk in doing so? The last segment is the one I wouldn't fly, and I would have carry-on only.
Oct 2, 2017, 11:11 pm
#791
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
IME none at all. You CAN after all miss your flight, can't you? And if the ticket is nonchg, nonref - what's there to do? (I don't check in for throwaway segments, as a courtesy, so they don't hold the flight waiting for this Plat)
Oct 3, 2017, 6:31 am
#792
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 938
No point(s) checking in (pun intended). If you no-show for a flight no points given whether you checked in or not.
Oct 3, 2017, 9:41 am
#793
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,750
Thanks! Just wanted to make sure. They probably reserve in their T&C the right to charge extra if you don't fly the last segment.
The last time I did this was on SQ, and I actually went online and cancelled the reservation after I had flown the first segment. To my surprise, they returned some €16 in taxes to me, didn't expect that!
The last time I did this was on SQ, and I actually went online and cancelled the reservation after I had flown the first segment. To my surprise, they returned some €16 in taxes to me, didn't expect that!
Oct 5, 2017, 10:48 pm
#795
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157