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.
Two weeks ago, I flew to Helsinki and back in Finnair business class. This was an opportunity to be one of the first people to fly the new Airbus A350 XWB and also to try out Finnair. As a oneworld .....
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1 Dec 20151 December 2015 • 22 comments
News in brief: IAG to buy Finnair? I mentioned in a throw-away remark in a comment last week that Finnair could be the next airline on the IAG shopping list. Lo and behold, this article appeared on .....
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News in brief: Finnair launches Fukuoka and Guangzhou in 2016 Finnair is on a bit of a roll at the moment. They have literally, this week, started receiving their new Airbus A350 long haul aircraft .....
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10 Oct 201510 October 2015 • 19 comments
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2 Oct 20152 October 2015 • 13 comments
Some news in brief: Finnair launching Edinburgh to Helsinki This was mentioned in the discussion of the latest Finnair flight deals last week, but it is worth a separate piece. Finnair is launching .....
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6 Sep 20156 September 2015 • 19 comments
Finnish airline Finnair has launched some excellent sale deals out of London and Manchester on its routes to Asia. Finnair, of course, is a partner with British Airways in the oneworld alliance. .....
Finnish airline Finnair has launched some excellent sale deals out of London and Manchester on its routes to .....
26 Aug 201526 August 2015 • 55 comments
I often get emails from readers who say “I need XXX tier points in the next few weeks to reach British Airways Bronze / Silver / Gold status – how can I do it?”. If you need to earn .....
I often get emails from readers who say “I need XXX tier points in the next few weeks to reach British .....
18 Aug 201518 August 2015 • 76 comments
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18 Aug 201518 August 2015 • 45 comments
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23 Apr 201523 April 2015 • 11 comments
I have been threatening to put together a full list of flights from UK regional airports which can be booked with Avios points for some weeks. The job has proved messier than I imagined. I have .....
I have been threatening to put together a full list of flights from UK regional airports which can be booked .....
10 Mar 201510 March 2015 • 59 comments
News in brief: British Airways makes ‘hand baggage only’ fares less attractive You will probably have received an email from British Airways yesterday regarding ‘hand baggage .....
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3 Mar 20153 March 2015 • 48 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 points INTO a hotel .....
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19 Feb 201519 February 2015 • 63 comments
If you chasing cheap British Airways tier points, or are simply looking for a good deal for your next holiday flight, there are three interesting deals with oneworld partner airlines which crossed my .....
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14 Feb 201514 February 2015 • 36 comments
Executive summary: BA has not yet released its new partner earning rates but we know that changes – for the worst – are coming to certain airlines Key link: ‘Club Changes’ .....
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