Finnair vs. British Airways
Apr 27, 1999, 12:34 pm
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Finnair vs. British Airways
I have to select between BA and Finnair on a transatlantic Canadian Plus miles redemption flight in economy class. I like BA and use them quite frequently, but never had experience with Finnair. Should I try the Finns or stick to the Brits?
Jul 21, 1999, 4:43 pm
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I flew Finnair JFK-HEL in business class a few years ago and it was just excellent. I remember we had reindeer for dinner. A lot of red-nose-in-the-sauce jokes ensued.
It's perhaps worth noting that Finnair flies only a handful of intercontinental/long-haul services, to North America and Tokyo, so each flight is more special. BA (which I like very much, don't misunderstand) does hundreds daily. I got the impression that the Finnair JFK service was the pride of the airline and they were trying extra-specially hard to impress.
It's perhaps worth noting that Finnair flies only a handful of intercontinental/long-haul services, to North America and Tokyo, so each flight is more special. BA (which I like very much, don't misunderstand) does hundreds daily. I got the impression that the Finnair JFK service was the pride of the airline and they were trying extra-specially hard to impress.
Jul 30, 2019, 1:10 am
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The european flights at least are better than BA. Better leg room, free tea/coffee/juice for all passengers in economy, emerald card holders given a free drink from the menu. On BA nobody in economy gets anything for free, not even water. And BA have packed in so many seats on their latest planes that one of the jump seats is actually mounted on the toilet door. Meanwhile the long haul BA planes are being reconfigured with 777 having 10 across, which is massively worse than the economy A350.
Jul 30, 2019, 2:48 am
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Jul 30, 2019, 4:28 am
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I'm not sure what airline you are comparing AY with, also possible that my expectations regarding service on an airplane are too low, but in my opinion AY service is really far from crap. They are nowhere close to perfect, but especially when you hold a higher tier frequent flyer card, I believe they treat you nicely in economy, and in most cases very well in business (in the pointy end it, the shiny card makes only marginal difference though).
Jul 30, 2019, 8:29 am
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IIRC the AY forum was created in ca 2007 and most if not all threads about AY were moved here.
