New and cancelled destinations, major schedule and operational changes
Aug 30, 2016, 2:49 pm
#331
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
Posts: 6,059
Sep 1, 2016, 3:34 am
#332
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
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Starting sept 15 Finnair will codeshare most of Braathens Regional Airlines (TF, previous Malmö aviation) flights. Not only codeshare, but also a promise to "connect new cities with Finnairs network", and hopefully this means a coordinated fare structure (ie so that a MMX-TYO won't cost twice as much as a GOT-TYO). If so, this will make BMA sort of a swedish hub, serving VBY, AGH, SDL, THN, KLR, RNB, VXO, HAD and OSD with a sweden-BMA-HEL-Asia. Two stop connections are obviously not as good as one-stop, and in this aspect it is a bit sad that AY still only serves STO and GOT with direct HEL flights.
HEL-UME will also be sold as TF in the future (today it is sold as AY op by TF only)
HEL-UME will also be sold as TF in the future (today it is sold as AY op by TF only)
Sep 2, 2016, 5:45 am
#334
Join Date: May 2016
Location: BLL
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, HHonors Silver
Posts: 405
Starting sept 15 Finnair will codeshare most of Braathens Regional Airlines (TF, previous Malmö aviation) flights. Not only codeshare, but also a promise to "connect new cities with Finnairs network", and hopefully this means a coordinated fare structure (ie so that a MMX-TYO won't cost twice as much as a GOT-TYO). If so, this will make BMA sort of a swedish hub, serving VBY, AGH, SDL, THN, KLR, RNB, VXO, HAD and OSD with a sweden-BMA-HEL-Asia. Two stop connections are obviously not as good as one-stop, and in this aspect it is a bit sad that AY still only serves STO and GOT with direct HEL flights
It does crack me up every time I am invited to the "Bra lounge" on my ticket
Sep 6, 2016, 2:03 am
#336
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
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Sep 6, 2016, 7:52 am
#337
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
Programs: AY LUMO
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So Finnair screw this SFO thing up and made these flights look like a sombrero tours going to America:
https://www.finnair.com/int/gb/slush2016-san-francisco
So no tier multiplier ?
ECONOMY CLASS FLIGHTS
Finnair Plus tier members are not entitled to an Economy Comfort seat free of charge on this flight.
Finnair Plus points cannot be used to purchase this flight.
Travel class upgrades are not available on this flight.
Finnair Plus tier benefits are not available for this flight, with the exception of Finnair Lounge access or Priority check-in according to your membership tier.
Finnair Plus tier members are not entitled to an Economy Comfort seat free of charge on this flight.
Finnair Plus points cannot be used to purchase this flight.
Travel class upgrades are not available on this flight.
Finnair Plus tier benefits are not available for this flight, with the exception of Finnair Lounge access or Priority check-in according to your membership tier.
So no tier multiplier ?
Sep 6, 2016, 10:57 am
#338
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Plat and several other cards
Posts: 645
So Finnair screw this SFO thing up and made these flights look like a sombrero tours going to America:
https://www.finnair.com/int/gb/slush2016-san-francisco
So no tier multiplier ?
https://www.finnair.com/int/gb/slush2016-san-francisco
So no tier multiplier ?
Just wonder why on earth they had to start making nonsense like this, why not operate the flights as normal and offer all the standard benefits to top tier members and get the plane filled up! Do they deliberately want to fly almost empty plane there and back? Weird!
Sep 6, 2016, 12:44 pm
#340
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
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Are ypu sure about points?!?
I read the text as meaning no seat selection, no free drink and so on. If no points awarded, then that is a major thing and should be declared. I mean, isnt thee points multipliere even on aurinkomatkat?
I read the text as meaning no seat selection, no free drink and so on. If no points awarded, then that is a major thing and should be declared. I mean, isnt thee points multipliere even on aurinkomatkat?
Sep 9, 2016, 9:38 am
#344
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland
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When booking special HEL-SFO-HEL still misleading information in terms:
Right details are here:
Return flight AY4512 San Francisco–Helsinki on 2 December 2016, scheduled departure time 10.00
AY4512
OPERATED BY FINNAIR
Departure
Terminal I, San Francisco International, San Francisco
13:45, Friday 02 December 2016
Arrival
Terminal 2, Helsinki Vantaa, Helsinki
10:10, Saturday 03 December 2016
OPERATED BY FINNAIR
Departure
Terminal I, San Francisco International, San Francisco
13:45, Friday 02 December 2016
Arrival
Terminal 2, Helsinki Vantaa, Helsinki
10:10, Saturday 03 December 2016
