LGG's Platinum hunting 2017
Oct 28, 2016, 6:51 pm
#31
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Plat (OWE)
Posts: 493
What do you guys do if the seat next to you is blocked, but someone chooses to sit there anyway? I had that happen on an E90 recently. The GA confirmed that the (exit) seat next to me is empty, but once we get on board, someone changes seats just after the "boarding completed" call and sits next to me.
People are free to change their seats once everyone is onboard and the seat block is a feature that is theoretically applied but can not be really enforced after the "boarding completed" announcement.
Swallow the defeat and better luck next time.
Oct 28, 2016, 10:52 pm
#32
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,107
What do you guys do if the seat next to you is blocked, but someone chooses to sit there anyway? I had that happen on an E90 recently. The GA confirmed that the (exit) seat next to me is empty, but once we get on board, someone changes seats just after the "boarding completed" call and sits next to me.
Oct 29, 2016, 3:20 am
#33
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: 14,178
Oct 29, 2016, 5:44 am
#34
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Going around Russian airspace
Posts: 621
What do you guys do if the seat next to you is blocked, but someone chooses to sit there anyway? I had that happen on an E90 recently. The GA confirmed that the (exit) seat next to me is empty, but once we get on board, someone changes seats just after the "boarding completed" call and sits next to me.
Oct 29, 2016, 7:31 am
#35
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,753
Yeah, that's what I did.
I always sit in the aisle seat. Probably helps more often than I’ve realised
This was a good tip! Thanks, I’ll keep this in mind for tomorrow ^
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Oct 29, 2016, 7:52 am
#36
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum (OWE), SK G(*G), BW Diamond
Posts: 810
Can someone forward the the FAQ for this campaign, i.e., why, how and € (and who's)?
Point being, 76 segments=38 flying days (unless pooling 4 segment days), are these performed solely on weekends which would be feasible and cost-wise, am I mistaken but that is something like minimum 4000-5000€ worth flying+residual costs for getting to the airport etc. -> one could pull 10 I-fare HEL-LHR-HEL trips on BA (back in the good old days these were around 400€ r/t), gaining 1600 TP's ->OWE at the same cost but significantly less flight days. Naturally if most of the segments are part of work, enjoy That said, it would be nice to know little bit more background story but I reckon it can be found somewhere else on this board.
Point being, 76 segments=38 flying days (unless pooling 4 segment days), are these performed solely on weekends which would be feasible and cost-wise, am I mistaken but that is something like minimum 4000-5000€ worth flying+residual costs for getting to the airport etc. -> one could pull 10 I-fare HEL-LHR-HEL trips on BA (back in the good old days these were around 400€ r/t), gaining 1600 TP's ->OWE at the same cost but significantly less flight days. Naturally if most of the segments are part of work, enjoy
That said, it would be nice to know little bit more background story but I reckon it can be found somewhere else on this board.
Oct 29, 2016, 8:43 am
#37
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: 14,178
I'm sure LGG will explain it better than me, but his cost getting to the airport is negligent and the fares sum up to less than you estimate.
Oct 29, 2016, 8:43 am
#38
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
Oh, for much less than 4-5k. I don't know if LGG wants to share his details, but even with easily found HEL-OUL-HEL for 60 EUR you can do this at about 2k. And that's much less.
Oct 29, 2016, 4:01 pm
#40
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,107
Oct 30, 2016, 12:53 pm
#41
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,059
Some of these flights are on weekends but mostly on Monday-Friday. I'm warrior without any working time or contracts, so I can fly whenever I want.
Also I'm so lucky that I live in HEL Airport area so I can even walk to airport, no extra costs for that but I do also have solutions for parking car at HEL.
I dont know what is the total cost for all this. I dont know how to count it anyway. Coming trip to SFO is holiday/mass tourism, no mileage running but I'll get few segments.
Main thing here was the great AY deal exARN: 450SEK and 3 flights and with excellent schedules*. @:-) I booked them all immediately.
*Excellent deal and excellent schedule means here AY650ARN-HEL --> AY715HEL-PRG --> AY716PRG-HEL. So there is no hotels or transportation in PRG due to same aircraft return. Like I told some FT'ers, with that cost 450SEK AY pays for me using AY if I use all Platinum benefits like lounges in ARN, HEL and PRG and free drinks on board. But this is their own game, I'm just a small player here. It's all about pricing the tickets.
Problem and big thing to solve is/was hot to get ARN because I need only HEL-ARN one-ways. Later there will D8 positioning flights to ARN because buying AY returns make later problems with ARN-HEL -legs and how to use them. I even used 2 working days to solve this one-way issue.
Oct 30, 2016, 1:25 pm
#42
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,059
About that deal, if I read these pricing details correctly, AY gets only 159SEK(64+95) =about17€:
64,00 391,00 Total 455,00
Carrier-Imposed Fee (YR) 95,00 SEK
Passenger Charge (YA) 157,00 SEK
Air Transport Supervision Charge (XU) 12,00 SEK
Passenger Fee (International Transit) (WL) 49,00 SEK
Embarkation Tax (CZ) 78,00 SEK
Yhteensä 391,00 SEK
Carrier-Imposed Fee (YR) 95,00 SEK
Passenger Charge (YA) 157,00 SEK
Air Transport Supervision Charge (XU) 12,00 SEK
Passenger Fee (International Transit) (WL) 49,00 SEK
Embarkation Tax (CZ) 78,00 SEK
Yhteensä 391,00 SEK
Oct 31, 2016, 7:01 am
#43
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: AY+, SK EB
Posts: 2,962
*Excellent deal and excellent schedule means here AY650ARN-HEL --> AY715HEL-PRG --> AY716PRG-HEL. So there is no hotels or transportation in PRG due to same aircraft return. Like I told some FT'ers, with that cost 450SEK AY pays for me using AY if I use all Platinum benefits like lounges in ARN, HEL and PRG and free drinks on board. But this is their own game, I'm just a small player here. It's all about pricing the tickets.
Oct 31, 2016, 7:08 am
#44
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,107
Not to mention throwaway ticketing for the mass-tourist types (ie those, who actually go to their destination ) and having the PRG-HEL as the first leg of another longhaul/openjaw/whatever.
) and having the PRG-HEL as the first leg of another longhaul/openjaw/whatever.
Oct 31, 2016, 8:15 am
#45
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: AY+ Plat, A3*G
Posts: 672
Too bad I don't need more segments before next year as the price for those is really nice.