The Avios / Hackett partnership has ended

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• KP says:

  27 Jan27 January 06:59

  I booked Seoul for £1450 on Finnair for mid-Nov

  • Erico1875 says:

    27 Jan27 January 07:05

    That’s why I ignore all “sale,” hype. Always disappoints

• Richmod_Surrey says:

  27 Jan27 January 07:34

  ITA expired my miles last year, when I couldn’t do anything with them, so Accor transfer is way too late for me.

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    27 Jan27 January 10:49

    My points are still there and I’ve only flown them once and that was a few days after they started so if anyone’s points should have expired it would be mine or do you not have status? Perhaps status stops expiry

• Matthias says:

  27 Jan27 January 07:42

  Tallinn only earns you 200 points return not 240 because Finnair doesn’t operate a Business Class on the HEL-TLL 20 minute hop. Which is a shame as I was keen on Tallinn but need the full 240.

  However, I am likely to book a LHR-HEL-ARN return which does give you the full 240 points for £573, and you can do it as a day return if you want, leaving 0730 and returning 2040 with 3 hours in Stockholm, which should be just enough for a stroll around the city.

  That rotation is A321 unfortunately, but there is one A350 per day on the LHR-HEL leg if you have the time to stay overnight.

  • Sean says:

    27 Jan27 January 08:57

    From the summer timetable there are two daily widebody flights on LHR-HEL (not always A350 but usually).

  • Nobby says:

    27 Jan27 January 09:19

    Anyone fondly remember the £232 return fare from LHR to Tallinn via HEL…?
    I did 8 trips over the course of a year, using both Finnair’s A350 and BA and not only got my gold status but also fell in love with Tallinn old town during the process.
    Ah, the good old days…

    • Stu_N says:

      27 Jan27 January 11:41

      Yep! We went twice for the TPs (starting in Edinburgh it was 280TPs for about £350). Then back again because we loved it so much even when it got more sensible costs.

      Best one was a summer trip we got the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki instead of flying, spent most of the crossing on the deck in the sun drinking Pohaja brewery beers. Happy days indeed!

  • Alex Sm says:

    28 Jan28 January 09:59

    What is the benefit of Bronze for which you need to pay £573????

    • Rob says:

      28 Jan28 January 10:22

      Free seat selection within 7 days of departure, saving you almost £500 for a family of 4 on a long-haul.

      • Alex Sm says:

        1 Feb1 February 18:50

        So, you would pay 800 to save 500… hmmm
        For something you can get for free or easily live without. Your kids may thank you actually for sitting separately for a few hours 😉

• BusinessOnly says:

  27 Jan27 January 08:18

  I don’t think the LHR-HEL-TLL route would get as many tier points as you show? HEL-TLL does not offer business class offering therefore no chance of 40 tier points on that route?

  • Rob says:

    27 Jan27 January 08:37

    Hmmm. Finnair gave us that price for a J trip!

    • dougzz99 says:

      27 Jan27 January 10:05

      Unless things have changed the HEL-TLL is operated by Nordic on a small turbo-prop single class and earns 20TP. As @Nobby says these LHR-TLL runs were all the rage when you got an A350 on the LHR-HEL and 200TP for £232.

      • Matthias says:

        27 Jan27 January 10:16

        It might be a “J fare” but it books into “Business I” on LHR-HEL but “Economy B” on HEL-TLL as the Nordic ATR72 is one class.

        Really I *should* get the 80+40 as I’m paying a Business class fare (it’s basically the same price as LHR-HEL-ARN which does have Business HEL-ARN) but given the classes booked into, I’m pretty sure it will be 80+20.

        Rob is it worth checking with them, or does anyone have recent experience?

        • Save East Coast Rewards says:

          27 Jan27 January 10:55

          It’s definitely 200TP return as if there’s no business class cabin you don’t get business class tier points. Same if you book an F fare but not all legs have F you get booked into the highest available class.

          I’ve flown this route many times (although not as many as back in the days it was cheap) – last year I had flown this route from Bologna and it was 40 TP BLQ-HEL and 20 TP HEL-TLL

• Andrew. says:

  27 Jan27 January 08:46

  The Hackett (which always makes me giggle as someone who has worked with weegies) deal was just too faffy.

  Surely an In-Store card offer would have been easier to manage?

• Matthew says:

  27 Jan27 January 09:56

  It’s a shame the prices that Finnair advertises are for their light business class with no lounge, luggage, etc. add another few hundred for real business class.

  • ChrisWalk83 says:

    27 Jan27 January 10:35

    True but I have spoken to FinnAir and they allow lounge access and extra luggage based on oneworld status from BA silver/ gold.

  • Jess says:

    27 Jan27 January 11:01

    I used the lounges and all the other benefits as I have Gold status. This was with a business light fare.

    • CoolGiraffe says:

      27 Jan27 January 14:05

      Thanks, this answered a question for me. Planning a Business Light first trip to Mumbai with my Gold Card.

• Andy says:

  27 Jan27 January 10:47

  What does constitute a bargain flying in 23′

  We’ve just booked Heathrow Thesssaloniki Greece on a 2-4-1for May this year. Purely out of interest I did a dummy booking to see the cash price. This far out and with an almost empty cabin it was £1960 rtn for 2. Are BA mental? What will it be when there are only a few seats left.

  • PIL says:

    27 Jan27 January 13:27

    What days did you use? You should see the prices in July August

  • Thywillbedone says:

    27 Jan27 January 15:21

    Yeah, looking at Dubrovnik for late May and prices are ridiculous. Double what I would call reasonable. But I rarely book in January as prices typically climb to take advantage of people desperate to lock in their holiday plans early in the year …

    • kevinchoi says:

      27 Jan27 January 16:09

      I’ve booked Dubrovnik for late May as well – there was quite a bit of Avios availability when I booked in both ET and CE, maybe check that? Definitely getting more than the 1p per Avios rate for this trip

• Chas says:

  27 Jan27 January 19:00

  It was answered in the comments to an article yesterday (or maybe the day before?), when Rob said that you’d need a gross spend of £600: this would reduce with the credit to £400, which then trips the £100 credit, for a net spend of £300.

  • BLT says:

    27 Jan27 January 19:37

    I am not sure that is correct. The £200 is a credit so in theory £400 would be billed on to your Amex which should trigger the £100 credit and the £200 credit. However, this would need to be tested!

    • James says:

      27 Jan27 January 22:25

      That was my thoughts BLT. Rob do you have an experience?

      • Rob says:

        27 Jan27 January 22:44

        I only have Bus Plat ones which I think (not used yet) are a discount not a credit?

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