Finnair newbie questions thread (flame-free)
Apr 13, 2019, 1:01 pm
#2011
Join Date: May 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+Plat, ALL Plat, Scandic L2
Posts: 3,620
Apr 13, 2019, 1:50 pm
#2012
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 2,016
It depends on what you mean with Ukraine, and with S7. GH flies to Crimea, DME-SIP and OVB-SIP. I wonder if those flights can be credited to partner airlines due to foreign sanctions against Russian annexation of Crimea.
Apr 13, 2019, 2:47 pm
#2013
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY Platinum, IHG Gold, Diners
Posts: 1,276
Ok, I found the LOT fare on their homepage (and my corporate OTA Egencia). It’s via TLL with AY on the TLL leg. Not too bad actually, that could work for me. Not an AY code between TLL and KBP, though but better than nothing!
Apr 14, 2019, 10:25 am
#2015
Ambassador: Finnair Plus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Plat, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist, Priority Club Plat Amb, Miles and Smiles Elite
Posts: 5,294
Apr 14, 2019, 2:51 pm
#2018
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: BGO (Temporarily HEL)
Programs: AY+ Gold, SK EBG
Posts: 400
I agree that absolutely trying to get those 500 AY+ points is a crazy endeavour, but MAU is honestly not a carrier I would recommend in good faith to anyone, speaking as a frequent traveler to/from Ukraine.
Apr 14, 2019, 8:41 pm
#2019
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: AY+ Platinum / FlyingBlue Gold
Posts: 835
Why are the last two rows in an ATR always marked as “exit row”? 🤔 there is no emergency exit door, nor extra leg space. But yet the ground staff does let me know I need to store all luggage in the overhead bins all the time. Also boarding gate bleeps when I try to board... notifying me and ground staff I’m on an “emergency exit row”
Apr 15, 2019, 7:03 am
#2020
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,106
I flew exactly once with them, that KBP-HEL flight was uneventful. What's wrong with MAU?
Apr 15, 2019, 8:07 am
#2021
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: BGO (Temporarily HEL)
Programs: AY+ Gold, SK EBG
Posts: 400
No/weak concept of service (some might say "classic Ukraine/Soviet", I beg to digress here), questionable meals, high chance of ending up on 2-4-2 config 767 if flying long-haul, and abuse of business """connections""" (Google Ihor Kolomoisky) to keep competition out of Ukrainian airports. I'm sure you can find the odd cheapish ticket for HEL-KBP or HEL-KBP-somewhere else, but personally I don't fly the airline anymore.
Last edited by Superrman; Apr 15, 2019 at 9:30 am
Apr 15, 2019, 9:17 am
#2022
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,531
No/weak concept of service (some might say "classic Ukraine/Soviet", I beg to digress here), questionable meals, high chance of ending up on 3-4-3 config 767 if flying long-haul, and abuse of business """connections""" (Google Ihor Kolomoisky) to keep competition out of Ukrainian airports. I'm sure you can find the odd cheapish ticket for HEL-KBP or HEL-KBP-somewhere else, but personally I don't fly the airline anymore.
Apr 15, 2019, 10:03 am
#2024
Ambassador: Finnair Plus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Plat, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Discoverist, Priority Club Plat Amb, Miles and Smiles Elite
Posts: 5,294
Apr 15, 2019, 1:54 pm
#2025
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
20 abreast, now that will make wonders with the yield.