Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Finnair is a British Airways oneworld partner, letting you earn and redeem Avios and British Airways 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.
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 • 23 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 • 51 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? When British Airways sold its regional operations to Flybe a few years ago, .....
What flights can you book with Avios if you live in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham or anywhere .....
16 Apr 202016 April 2020 • 8 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, but .....
There have been a few British Airways coronavirus developments in recent days which are worth mentioning. We .....
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. What is .....
6 Mar 20206 March 2020 • 21 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
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 to book Avios tickets on Finnair as .....
Finnair has started to block its business class availability for partner airline award redemptions beyond 60 .....
24 Jan 202024 January 2020 • 206 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 • 43 comments
Finnair – a British Airways partner – is currently selling Business Class flights from Oslo to Singapore for as low as NOK 13,360 (£1,100) return. As well as Finnair’s excellent .....
Finnair – a British Airways partner – is currently selling Business Class flights from Oslo to .....
12 Dec 201912 December 2019
News in brief: Good Avios-earning Finnair deals to Asia Finnair has launched a Black Friday sale to Asia. What makes this sale attractive is that: you can start from London, Manchester and Edinburgh .....
News in brief: Good Avios-earning Finnair deals to Asia Finnair has launched a Black Friday sale to Asia. What .....
27 Nov 201927 November 2019 • 166 comments
Finnair has always run special flights to Lapland over Christmas, but from the UK the market was dominated by Thomas Cook who offered direct services. With Thomas Cook now out of the picture, Finnair .....
Finnair has always run special flights to Lapland over Christmas, but from the UK the market was dominated by .....
2 Nov 20192 November 2019
Finnair announced yesterday that it is launching a new route to Busan in South Korea next year. This will be the first direct flight to Busan from anywhere in Europe. As Finnair is a British Airways .....
Finnair announced yesterday that it is launching a new route to Busan in South Korea next year. This will be .....
11 Jul 201911 July 2019 • 160 comments
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