Finnair Points Calculator
Jan 24, 2023, 10:43 am
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: Hel
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Finnair Points Calculator
Got a bit tired of manually calculating the points from the Finnair flights, so decided to build a points calculator. Only works for AY marketed and operated flights and AY+ program. There's no check for valid routes, so even though the flight DFW - JFK will show the points, those are obviously incorrect as AY doesn't fly the route. Might add some validation/warning in the future.
The main issue with the other OW airlines/programs is lack of data. If anyone knows how to calculate those points, let me know and I'll try to incorporate that logic. Also added a page where you can calculate how many flights are needed to reach a specific tier. If there's any issues, let me know. Here's the URL for the calculator: https://finnair-pc.vercel.app/
The main issue with the other OW airlines/programs is lack of data. If anyone knows how to calculate those points, let me know and I'll try to incorporate that logic. Also added a page where you can calculate how many flights are needed to reach a specific tier. If there's any issues, let me know. Here's the URL for the calculator: https://finnair-pc.vercel.app/
Jan 24, 2023, 11:36 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland / Estonia
Programs: AY+ Platinum, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, HH Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Diamond Elite
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FinnairPlus You guys need to hire Clarity_ ...
No idea regarding OW flights, but I guess you need to pull the km distances from http://www.gcmap.com/ for any given city pairs and then add the earning percentage according to class/ticket and add the tier bonuses.
No idea regarding OW flights, but I guess you need to pull the km distances from http://www.gcmap.com/ for any given city pairs and then add the earning percentage according to class/ticket and add the tier bonuses.
Jan 24, 2023, 11:42 am
#3
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Join Date: Aug 2022
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FinnairPlus You guys need to hire Clarity_ ...
No idea regarding OW flights, but I guess you need to pull the km distances from Great Circle Mapper for any given city pairs and then add the earning percentage according to class/ticket and add the tier bonuses.
Jan 24, 2023, 11:44 am
#4
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland / Estonia
Programs: AY+ Platinum, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, HH Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Diamond Elite
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Also I wanted to add I like how this calculator puts things into perspective.
Only 10'000 Nordic YLight flights for Lifetime Platinum.
Only 10'000 Nordic YLight flights for Lifetime Platinum.
Jan 24, 2023, 12:50 pm
#5
Join Date: Jul 2022
Posts: 31
You don't need an API for this, you can google haversine formula for calculating the great circle distance between two coordinates. Then combine it with something like this (first result on a quick google, not sure if the data is reliable) and you can get all the great circle distances between any two points.
Jan 26, 2023, 1:39 pm
#6
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
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They will simply link from finnair.com to his site and pretend is is their own paid for resource...
Jan 29, 2023, 6:20 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: HEL/SFO/ORD
Programs: BAEC Gold
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Great job with the Calculator! Nice to have an easy way to finally check point earnings. Out of curiosity did check OWE requirements both of AYplus vs. BAEC and found out that on AYplus you need more than double the flights compared to BAEC if flying constantly HEL-LHR. Is this correct or is there something wrong with the background data or calculator. Also noticed AYplus drastically dropped earnings on BA flights in July 22, meanwhile BAEC did exactly the opposite. Do they know at all what they are doing at AYplus…
Jan 29, 2023, 7:20 am
#9
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland / Estonia
Programs: AY+ Platinum, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, HH Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 6,525
Great job with the Calculator! Nice to have an easy way to finally check point earnings. Out of curiosity did check OWE requirements both of AYplus vs. BAEC and found out that on AYplus you need more than double the flights compared to BAEC if flying constantly HEL-LHR. Is this correct or is there something wrong with the background data or calculator. Also noticed AYplus drastically dropped earnings on BA flights in July 22, meanwhile BAEC did exactly the opposite. Do they know at all what they are doing at AYplus…
Jan 29, 2023, 7:53 am
#10
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Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: Hel
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Great job with the Calculator! Nice to have an easy way to finally check point earnings. Out of curiosity did check OWE requirements both of AYplus vs. BAEC and found out that on AYplus you need more than double the flights compared to BAEC if flying constantly HEL-LHR. Is this correct or is there something wrong with the background data or calculator. Also noticed AYplus drastically dropped earnings on BA flights in July 22, meanwhile BAEC did exactly the opposite. Do they know at all what they are doing at AYplus…
Jan 29, 2023, 8:16 am
#11
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: AY+, SK EB
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*at least 4 BA-coded
**all AY-coded
Jan 29, 2023, 8:54 am
#12
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: HEL/SFO/ORD
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 83
Sorry, should have been more specific. Was checking purely HEL - LHR in business. On BAEC you get 80 tier points per segment, 1500 required for Gold/OWE. That makes less than 10 rt flighs to LHR in business. Far less then on AYplus. Of course you need those four BA flights.
Jan 29, 2023, 9:28 am
#13
Join Date: Jun 2015
Programs: AY+, SK EB
Posts: 2,953
Sorry, should have been more specific. Was checking purely HEL - LHR in business. On BAEC you get 80 tier points per segment, 1500 required for Gold/OWE. That makes less than 10 rt flighs to LHR in business. Far less then on AYplus. Of course you need those four BA flights.
Jan 29, 2023, 11:47 pm
#15
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Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: Hel
Programs: AY Plat
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Sorry, should have been more specific. Was checking purely HEL - LHR in business. On BAEC you get 80 tier points per segment, 1500 required for Gold/OWE. That makes less than 10 rt flighs to LHR in business. Far less then on AYplus. Of course you need those four BA flights.
