How to use Avios on new Finnair’s new long-haul flights from Sweden

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• BJ says:

  11 Jul11 July 07:30

  The Finnair flight from Arlanda to Bangkok is probably slipping into the higher zone thus losing one of the major advantages of going via Helsinki.

  • Michael C says:

    11 Jul11 July 09:45

    Yes, I thought that, BJ: plus the “60 days” would mean you’d need a plan B reserved just in case!

  • ADS says:

    11 Jul11 July 10:42

    Since BA won’t price it, I had a look using AA site for one way economy redemption

    HEL – BKK 35k + £14.40
    ARN – BKK 35k + £50

    • marcw says:

      11 Jul11 July 11:49

      BAEC charge a hefty surcharge when flying on Finnair with Avios.

      • marcw says:

        11 Jul11 July 13:20

        Well, on the positive side, BAEC neither IbPlus add surcharges on Finnair Flights to, at least, Thailand (they DO to Japan, for instance, do not know about other LH destinations by AY).

      • xcalx says:

        11 Jul11 July 15:13

        No it’s £14.40 booking economy plus 26k ish avios

        • xcalx says:

          11 Jul11 July 15:15

          Where is my delete button. Just saw your reply

  • ADS says:

    12 Jul12 July 14:12

    BA is pricing a single from BKK to ARN on Finnair (still not pricing ex ARN)

    It’s coming out exactly the same as BKK to HEL – 16,750 avios + £91.80

• Worzel says:

  11 Jul11 July 10:32

  Now that “Bits” are back, I reckon the chat thread should be scrapped……..

  • r* says:

    11 Jul11 July 11:26

    I dont.

    However, the good news is theres a helpful work around if you dont like the chat thread. Each day, if you see a post that says ‘chat thread’, if you dont click on it, it will be like its not there! HTH! 🙂

    • bafan says:

      11 Jul11 July 14:06

      If I could like posts I would 🤣.

  • Mike says:

    11 Jul11 July 12:59

    Worzel – I disagree, I love the chat thread

    • mr_jetlag says:

      11 Jul11 July 15:26

      likewise, keeps the content threads relatively on-topic.

      • riku says:

        11 Jul11 July 15:41

        i really like the chat thread also. I don’t have to ignore the old “OT no bits” posts anymore and since I never look at the chat thread I just see on-topic posts.

  • ChrisC says:

    11 Jul11 July 15:42

    It still won’t stop people posting the stuff they post in ‘chat’ in the ‘bits’ thread though!

    • mr_jetlag says:

      11 Jul11 July 16:19

      OT as Bits – I agree 😉

• Richie says:

  11 Jul11 July 16:54

  Is connecting at ARN/HEL from LHR to BKK fairly straightforward because it’s non-schengen to non-schengen?

  • ChrisC says:

    11 Jul11 July 18:04

    Proper airside connection with bags already checked through or will you have bags to collect and recheck?

    If the former then you remain airside and follow the connections signs

    There is a video for this on the HEL website. Probbaly something similar for ARN as well

  • John says:

    11 Jul11 July 20:15

    HEL is easy, Finnair used to sell something like 40 minute connections before (even for needing to pass the Schengen border).

    ARN depends on the terminals. There is supposedly an airside bus which you can summon, but the one time I wanted to try it I couldn’t find any staff around. As we were in the EU then, it was easier to just enter and exit Schengen. Anyway I’ve never seen any queues at the non-EU desks in ARN (also true for HEL).

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