FFlash

Lucky me got a bmw ride after 23pm and asked if they have started working late. Yes, they drive until 24:00.

intuition

On one hand, it really does.

OTOH, formally introducing a super tier means agreeing on a alliance wide set of recognitions. I see several caveats. For one, it may make the level feel less exclusive and/or affect loyalty. (If you are super-duper status with airline X, you're super-duper loyal to airline X. But if airline Y starts to treat you like an emperor, despite zero loyalty to them, that might effect your perception in a way airline X doesn't want)

Also, oneWorld already today have issues with alliance wide reciprocity. We all know about some airlines' stingy approach to lounge access ("Finnair member? Sorry the lounge is full") and the non-consistency about seat selection and additional bag depending on fare branding. To me it looks like OW is not going in a direction of more integration but instead are hollowing out what is already agreed upon.

Ocn Vw 1K

One of your regular forum posters suggested that several recent posts about OW lounge access in the network for Finnair flyers be moved to an active thread in this forum about that topic:

OW lounges at Finnair outstations

That has been done. Ocn Vw 1K, Senior Moderator.

on22cz

Lucky you. They have been working until midnight for several months, but the truth is they have other duties, too - and apparently Lumo rides are not the priority. As a result, I've passed parked BMWs many times standing on the bus with the main crowd.

FFlash

Yep.
my hit rate is about 3/10 so far.

well and yesterday I got a very awkward treatment, I was sat during boarding with my earplugs and pretended low-key and FA came insistively seeking connection and blabbered a long Lumo sweetytalk while I saw in the corner of my eyes all watching ”who is that guy” oh well

reflektia

Oh snap...Apparently I've unlocked hardmode with -1 modifier.

hermanni

Maybe I'm cutting it a bit too close?

hermanni

...then again, I'm posting this from JFK T8, waiting for AY6 to board.

ffay005

Hopefully you're not on one of these fake campaign fares that they award only 25 % for even if booking class says 50 %.

FFlash

Continuing the female Lumo hunt, based on the FA approach it seems there is one onboard with me now.
As a gentleman I cannot go ask her if she is an idiot but perhaps her name. Erica? Share a drink?

FFlash

On arrival, confirmed. She had a Tumi. And also pretty idiot too, she was flying OUL-HEL-TMP
I did not talk with her but overheard FA ensuring her connection was okay.

napapiiri

Haha. I am flying OUL-HEL-TMP next week. I debated about taking the train until I realized that I would have to pay for my salad and also wouldn’t earn points. Why travel if you can’t earn points? Especially when I am closing in on LT Plat.

miamiflyer8

Congratulations!

You are the only one I know here on FT who is close to LTP, we have a few LTG's but so far I haven't seen lifetime plats here.

FFlash

Yeah. On arrival when I heard she was connecting to Tampere, I should have run after her to ask if she was FT-idiot indeed, since I dont think ”normal” people would fly Oulu-Tampere via HEL but simply take a train which just 3? hours.
And, she sat 1D and was quick to vanish to gate areas so she knew how to move

EDIT: and congrats for LT plat! I would do the same as you if I was close but the stupid AY LT limits keep me just on 1M points even though I have been extensively flying for 20y.

hermanni

I'd be a Lifetime Platinum, if I wouldn't have been crediting my AY points to BA for a decade. Now I'm just Lifetime Gold.