New Lumo in da house!
Jul 31, 2018, 9:05 am
#137
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, LX SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 464
Reading this thread is just making me anticipate it even more. My master plan has been set in motion but not yet completed.
Tracking period started in April. So far 4 flights to Asia in J. 2 more in August. That plus a few miscellaneous OW flights will leave me with around 130k to go and 7 months left to complete it. I just have a feeling this will be the year of Lumo...
Tracking period started in April. So far 4 flights to Asia in J. 2 more in August. That plus a few miscellaneous OW flights will leave me with around 130k to go and 7 months left to complete it. I just have a feeling this will be the year of Lumo...
Jul 31, 2018, 10:21 am
#138
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
130k in 7 months is certainly doable - or if you want to go easy, once you have done the obligatory 350k on AY, just exchange some rewards points towards the missing TPs and start enjoying Lumodom/Lumohood/Lumoness (??) earlier 
Jul 31, 2018, 11:37 am
#139
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, LX SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 464
The most attractive perk is seemingly the limo rides. Unfortunately for me it's not very often that I would get the chance, since most of my flights to/from HEL are long-haul or European feeders with gate boarding. I might have to start booking flights on routes with a guaranteed bus arrival to check it out. Any suggestions? That, and I also wonder if I will feel any difference in the personal recognition vs ordinary Platinum. Oh well, still some months to go at least.
Jul 31, 2018, 11:02 pm
#141
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Vantaa, Finland
Programs: AY Lumo, FB Gold
Posts: 1,667
Aug 1, 2018, 1:23 pm
#142
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
For me it's a "nice to have" perk. Much higher up the ranking would be the two give away gold cards, the double 400k threshold gift (=200k, undocumented), the zillion sh & lh upgrade vouchers, awards/upgrade clearing 100% (so far for me). The Tumi rollaboard isn't too shabby either. Add to this the soft landing to Plat (I might need it after 6 month in *A-landia)
Aug 1, 2018, 2:52 pm
#143
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, LX SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 464
For me it's a "nice to have" perk. Much higher up the ranking would be the two give away gold cards, the double 400k threshold gift (=200k, undocumented), the zillion sh & lh upgrade vouchers, awards/upgrade clearing 100% (so far for me). The Tumi rollaboard isn't too shabby either. Add to this the soft landing to Plat (I might need it after 6 month in *A-landia)
It's actually possible to attain unlike LH HON.
Aug 1, 2018, 4:54 pm
#144
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,745
Aug 2, 2018, 1:53 am
#145
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, LX SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 464
This is definitely one of the "problems" in being Plat and paying for your own travel, ie minimizing costs. If I weren't Plat, I would book longhaul J, because I don't want to sit in Y. But because I'm Plat, I book longhaul Y and upgrade with vouchers or points, being pretty sure my upgrades clear so the risk of being in Y is small. Doing this, I save a lot of money but I also lose a whole lot of tier points, making me lose Plat. What a vicious circle!
Aug 2, 2018, 2:43 am
#146
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: AY+, SK EB
Posts: 2,958
But if Finnair wanted to make everyone happy, they could ditch the concept of different types of vouchers and just say for example "Platinum gets 8 vouchers per year. One voucher is for short haul but you can also exchange 4 vouchers for one long haul upgrade". I think you can already do this now with short haul vouchers anyway. Getting rid of the concept of vouchers for LH only and giving a little bit more of generic vouchers would be ideal. But there's probably no incentive for Finnair to do so, so one can only dream...
Aug 15, 2018, 11:37 pm
#147
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, GC Jade
Posts: 102
Boom! Hit the Lumo threshold today with a month and a half to spare. Earned the hard way, every single flight on a Y ticket. Here's hoping for a slew of op-ups now that I'm Lumo...
Aug 16, 2018, 5:12 am
#149
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Vantaa, Finland
Programs: AY Lumo, FB Gold
Posts: 1,667
I've yet to receive an op up on Finnair, including my Platinum and Lumo periods...
Aug 16, 2018, 5:35 am
#150
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, GC Jade
Posts: 102
I got two just the other week, both ways to JFK. According to the chief purser on the outbound, that's the best route for op-ups, especially in the summer. Way overbooked with vacationers in the back, and not always full in the front.