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Claimed for the missing SYD to LHR flight on Friday, two weeks after landing in London. Woke up today to the miles added to the account and Finnair gold. So far so good.

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Changing after you are in the lounge seems to be the safe way to do it…

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VinZ wrote:

Is anybody else crediting their BA flights to AY? Do we know the average time the points take to credit to the AY account?

My BA flights all took about 3 days as did the Malaysia one.

However the SYD-LHR BA flight in D has not credited after two weeks so just raised a claim on it in the Finnair site. It immediately shows in the transaction history as “Pending” and the readme says it should post (or change to Rejected) in 2-4 weeks.

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Interim update. It’s wednesday and the SYD->LHR points have not posted which I would have expected by now. Checked BA and they are not their either. Flying LHR-DUB-JFK today on EI in J then R so booking the avios to EI.

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Not directly related to the post but I always use the Qatar lounge in Singapore not the BA one. Yesterday I was one of only 5 people in there during the BA16 turnaround time so quick shower great menu with table service – so much better than the BA lounge.

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Did not know this was a thing. Replying to track the thread…

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Final flight(s) – sitting in QR F lounge in SYD. Before entering the lounge my booking showed AY as my FF information on the BA website whereas my boarding pass in the BA App shows BA. To my surprise this scanned in the lounge without issue. I asked if I had a different FF scheme without status on the booking but could prove my OW status whether I would be admitted and was assured it would not be an issue.

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Deek wrote:

Are these bookings on separate PNR’s that the lounge agent was able to split different FF numbers between flights?

No! Not sure how she did it but my BA SYD-LHR leg still had the BA details and I had that confirmed by the BA First line when changing this to AY after checking in. Not sure how that was done but the QF flight miles and points ended up in my AY account successfully.

Flying from MEL to SYD today on (another correct use of) VA which will go onto United.

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Latest update. SIN-SYD Qantas points just posted correctly to Ay. The lady in the lounge in Singapore told me she had change it so that the miles would post to my Finnair account but she would leave the BA flight from SYD-SIN-LHR on my BA FF so that I didn’t risk loosing my flight. Checking my flight in the BA app it does indeed have my BA flight info and my seat is safe. Flew from SYD to BNE yesterday on QF and that hasn’t posted yet. Currently in the VA lounge in Brisbane for a flight to Melbourne so posting those to United FF.

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Just left the Qantas business lounge in Sydney T3. Again asked them to change my FF as I checked into the lounge without issues. Interestingly the boarding pass in my Google wallet immediately updated to oneworld ruby.

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So flew MH KUL->SIN and SIN->SYD on QF and on both occasions asked to get the FF changed to AY as I checked into the lounge without issues. Have a QF flight in economy from SYD->BNE tomorrow and will try the same approach. So far so good as my SYD->LHR flight still has the seat booking, though I will change the FF back to BA after the points from SIN->SYD post on AY (the other flights are on different tickets).

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Doesn’t work for me . Have tried with both booking reference and e ticket number. Simply get a message saying:

The system is unable to retrieve this trip, please contact your Travel Support Desk if further details are needed. Contact information can be found by clicking the ‘Contact’ link above. (141 – 284)

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Phoned BA First and no issues changing the FF back to BA. interestingly the miles/points are very slightly lower than I expected – 16,828 rather than 16,908 so only a difference of 80 and the 3000 avios bonus posted ok so I am now officially Finnair Silver and Oneworld Ruby on Finnair after one flight. Off to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow but no points for that but then have KUL->SIN on Malaysian the day after where I will turn up as BA Gold then change to Finnair from the lounge hopefully and again change the QF First flight from SIN-SYD to Finnair from the Qantas first lounge in SIN. looking forward to that as it is meant to be excellent and I’ve never been in there,

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Update. Flew LHR->SIN leaving Sunday arriving Monday afternoon then SIN->CGK Tuesday evening arriving at my hotel about 1am Wednesday am. It’s now 11pm local time Wednesday and my points just posted to finnair. I still have my booked seats from SIN->SYD on Friday (as in should as it is in FIRST) but more importantly SYD->LHR via SIN on BA in J next Thursday in 8 days time. So now going to call/message BA and change the FF back to my BA gold until i arrive at SIN on Friday.

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Oneworld ruby benefits for finnair can be found here https://www.finnair.com/sg-en/oneworld-member-airlines-and-benefits

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Update. Sitting on a slightly delayed BA 11 in F waiting to taxi. Points booked to my until now virgin Finnair account after checking in for which coincidentally the annual renewal date was a few days ago.

If you’re considering changing to Finnair be very careful when your yesterday starts…

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Richie wrote:

bungalow wrote:

… if you are flying one world in ANY class and you have one world sapphire or above, just show your status and you get into the lounge

If this is a One World alliance rule, can airline members overrule it if they feel like it?

They should not be able to and in practice I would not expect any issues. I have done this multiple times on Star Alliance without issue.

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There is a key question here that I have been unable to find the answer to. At what point does it matter what the frequent flyer information is set to. I know it is not at check in as I have previously changed info after check in with no issues. Is it when you board; when the flight departs; when the flight lands or when the points are credited? My current plan is to change back to BA after the points are credited….

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I recently booked business class on Qatar from Uk to Australia return on the Qatar website. It simply transferred my avios as part of the booking process without issue. I had 0 Avios in my Qatar account.

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Agree £200 each way is worth it! Recently got a upgrade to A from D on LHR->SIN on BA and SIN->SYD on QR for £500 which I thought was good!

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Thanks – that makes sense. Yes – it is BA I am looking at.

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Reeferman wrote:

domf wrote:

I’ve done this multiple times and checked in Luggage, early seat selection and lounge access with no issues with BA Gold.

Good to hear – many thanks

I always worry about giving incorrect advise so double checked.

“Finnair Plus Platinum Lumo, Platinum and Gold members and oneworld Emerald and Sapphire members can always take at least one checked bag (max. 23kg). ”

Source: https://www.finnair.com/gb-en/frequently-asked-questions/finnair-plus/as-finnair-plus-platinum-lumo-platinum-gold-silver-member–can-i-take-one-checked-bag-free-of-charge-when-travelling-with-a-light-ticket–1904236

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Iceman1 wrote:

Ok thanks, I will have a look into my options.

Also some reward flights don’t appear that great to be honest.

Heathrow to JFK flight is £430 return in May. Using the Awards flight finder this same flight is £202 plus 675000 points.

I really hope that is a typoe – I’m getting two people to Australia and back from the UK in business for less points than that…

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I know this thread is a bit old but I have found it far easier to book Business class reward flights UK->Singapore on Swiss and Lufthansa than on Oneworld.

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I’ve done this multiple times and checked in Luggage, early seat selection and lounge access with no issues with BA Gold.