Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Finnair is a British Airways oneworld partner, letting you earn and redeem Avios and British Airways Executive Club tier points on its flights. It also has its own frequent flyer program called Finnair Plus which uses Avios as its reward currency.
For UK residents, the airline can be a good option when flying to Asia due to its strong route network and regular sales. Flying times are not substantially longer because Helsinki is ‘on the way’.
Finnair Plus does not have its own UK credit card but you can transfer points earned from American Express Platinum (high fee, high bonus), American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (free for a year, good bonus) and Amex Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).
You can also use any credit card which earns British Airways Avios and move those over to Finnair Plus Avios.
Our complete guide to earning Finnair Plus points from UK credit cards is here.
Finnair is the latest airline to move to ‘unbundling’ its business class product with the launch of ‘Business Light’ tickets. You should be very wary of this because you could .....
Finnair is the latest airline to move to ‘unbundling’ its business class product with the launch .....
26 Jun 202126 June 2021 • 81 comments
News in brief: British Airways drops direct flights to Buenos Aires British Airways has dropped direct flights to Buenos Aires for next Summer. In a throwback to how the route used to operated, the .....
News in brief: British Airways drops direct flights to Buenos Aires British Airways has dropped direct flights .....
15 Dec 202015 December 2020
Once upon a time, it was not unusual for airlines to offer transfer options out of their frequent flyer miles and into hotel schemes. Over the years this changed, creating a pyramid of sorts: There .....
Once upon a time, it was not unusual for airlines to offer transfer options out of their frequent flyer miles .....
8 Dec 20208 December 2020 • 13 comments
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. This facility is mentioned in .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
7 Nov 20207 November 2020 • 4 comments
2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint venture (together with Finnair and Iberia) was up for renewal with competition regulators. .....
2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint .....
19 Sep 202019 September 2020 • 24 comments
The Competition & Markets Authority has today published its provisional findings into its 18 month review of the ‘UK to US’ part of the transatlantic joint venture operated by British .....
The Competition & Markets Authority has today published its provisional findings into its 18 month review .....
7 May 20207 May 2020 • 52 comments
However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that Virgin Atlantic and Norwegian must not receive Government support and be allowed to fail. .....
However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that .....
29 Apr 202029 April 2020 • 106 comments
What flights can you book with Avios if you live in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham or anywhere outside London? The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for .....
What flights can you book with Avios if you live in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham or anywhere .....
16 Apr 202016 April 2020 • 9 comments
There have been a few British Airways coronavirus developments in recent days which are worth mentioning. We didn’t rush out an article at the time as very few of you are currently flying, .....
There have been a few British Airways coronavirus developments in recent days which are worth .....
1 Apr 20201 April 2020 • 106 comments
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a hotel .....
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes. .....
6 Mar 20206 March 2020 • 22 comments
On 2nd January, Finnair announced that it was adding a 6th daily weekday service from London Heathrow to Helsinki. It also announced plans to turn a second daily service into a long-haul flight, .....
On 2nd January, Finnair announced that it was adding a 6th daily weekday service from London Heathrow to .....
28 Jan 202028 January 2020
One Mile at a Time is reporting that Finnair has started to block its business class availability for partner airline award redemptions beyond 60 days in advance. This means you will no longer be able .....
One Mile at a Time is reporting that Finnair has started to block its business class availability for partner .....
24 Jan 202024 January 2020 • 211 comments
Finnair has launched its Winter sale – and all flights earn Avios and British Airways Executive Club tier points. There are special Business Class fares to Asia from the UK via Helsinki, valid .....
Finnair has launched its Winter sale – and all flights earn Avios and British Airways Executive Club .....
11 Jan 202011 January 2020 • 35 comments
This is our review of the new Finnair Platinum Wing at Helsinki Airport, accessible only by British Airways Executive Club Gold members and oneworld equivalents. We also pop into the new .....
This is our review of the new Finnair Platinum Wing at Helsinki Airport, accessible only by British Airways .....
14 Dec 201914 December 2019 • 44 comments
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