New and cancelled destinations, major schedule and operational changes
May 18, 2020, 8:07 am
#1667
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: C2
Programs: AY ex-Lumo, TK Elite, BT VIP, ITA Executive
Posts: 1,157
Because EC261 applies. They can charge fare difference for voluntary changes, but definitely not for changes made due to flight cancellations. I suspect it's just a wrong copy-paste on the website between the two reasons for flight changes.
May 18, 2020, 8:13 am
#1668
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: BGO (Temporarily HEL)
Programs: AY+ Gold, SK EBG
Posts: 400
Slightly bummed that BGO is fully zeroed out, although it's a reasonable assumption that any remaining demand for flights to Norway can be funneled through OSL when there is no Asian tourism demand. I was close to booking a flight ex-BGO in August actually due to a planned temporary relocation to HEL, but that has been postponed until 2021 anyway
May 18, 2020, 9:38 am
#1671
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,758
Well, I don't know if I could have gotten in the country anyway.
May 19, 2020, 12:56 am
#1674
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 639
There is a link on the Finnair site about cancelled routes, but haven't been able to find the table that someone else posted earlier in the week about revised scheduled / frequencies for the 1 JULY 2020 - 31 MARCH 2021 period. If anyone finds it that would be great!
May 19, 2020, 1:19 am
#1675
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Helsinki
Programs: A3 Gold, BA Silver
Posts: 1,014
There is a link on the Finnair site about cancelled routes, but haven't been able to find the table that someone else posted earlier in the week about revised scheduled / frequencies for the 1 JULY 2020 - 31 MARCH 2021 period. If anyone finds it that would be great!
May 19, 2020, 2:11 am
#1676
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Going around Russian airspace
Posts: 621
There is a link on the Finnair site about cancelled routes, but haven't been able to find the table that someone else posted earlier in the week about revised scheduled / frequencies for the 1 JULY 2020 - 31 MARCH 2021 period. If anyone finds it that would be great!
May 19, 2020, 4:48 am
#1677
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: AY+
Posts: 18
May 19, 2020, 11:58 am
#1678
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat Lumo
Posts: 1,519
Ah yes. I also somehow thought this was about voluntary...
May 20, 2020, 1:29 am
#1679
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: SIN
Programs: AY Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 224
Even if international routes start to reopen on a limited schedule, how is everyone planning non essential travel without any travel insurance company willing to cover for Covid? Wouldn't the risk of getting infected overseas and potentially getting hospitalized with a huge bill be too high?
May 20, 2020, 3:34 am
#1680
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,107
If you're an EU citizen (lose wording, I know), you're covered within the EU for public healthcare by your national health insurance. Of course not for incidentals, but hospital &c care should be covered.