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.
A reader dropped me an email yesterday about a block that had been placed on transfers from his BA Club account. He wanted to book a redemption via the Qatar Airways website. Since Qatar Airways does .....
A reader dropped me an email yesterday about a block that had been placed on transfers from his BA Club .....
13 Apr 202513 April 2025 • 58 comments
When Finnair adopted Avios a year ago, it brought two new airlines into the Avios fold – Swedish regional carrier Braathens and Chinese carrier Juneyao Air. You could suddenly earn (but not .....
When Finnair adopted Avios a year ago, it brought two new airlines into the Avios fold – Swedish .....
29 Mar 202529 March 2025 • Leave a comment
Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer your points into selected 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 your points into selected frequent flyer schemes. What .....
4 Mar 20254 March 2025 • 7 comments
What is the cheapest way of buying Avios points? It is likely that, at some point, you will need to buy Avios in order to make a redemption booking. It is rarely great value but if you are just .....
What is the cheapest way of buying Avios points? It is likely that, at some point, you will need to buy Avios .....
25 Feb 202525 February 2025 • 32 comments
Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. You will receive a 40% bonus when you buy Avios. You can buy on this page of the Finnair Plus .....
Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. You will .....
21 Feb 202521 February 2025 • 10 comments
The new British Airways system for earning status, outlined in detail here, seemed to signal the end of the tier point run. With BA flights earning 1 tier point per £1 of net spending, a Silver card .....
The new British Airways system for earning status, outlined in detail here, seemed to signal the end of the .....
20 Jan 202520 January 2025 • 81 comments
Over the last year or so, British Airways has made significant improvements to how you can transfer Avios from one person to another. After a couple of trials, it has now settled on a flat fee of £50 .....
Over the last year or so, British Airways has made significant improvements to how you can transfer Avios from .....
20 Dec 202420 December 2024 • 38 comments
Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has been running a VERY attractive ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. You will receive a 50% discount when you buy Avios. This takes the price down to .....
Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has been running a VERY attractive ‘buy Avios’ bonus .....
20 Nov 202420 November 2024 • 19 comments
Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has launched a VERY attractive ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. The link to buy is here. Until 20th November, you will receive a 50% discount when .....
Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has launched a VERY attractive ‘buy Avios’ bonus .....
8 Nov 20248 November 2024 • 112 comments
This is our review of Finnair’s premium economy cabin on an A350 from Osaka to Helsinki. Premium Economy is still a new concept for Finnair, which introduced the cabin in 2022 as part of the .....
This is our review of Finnair’s premium economy cabin on an A350 from Osaka to Helsinki. Premium Economy .....
2 Oct 20242 October 2024 • 41 comments
This is our review of Finnair’s new long haul business class seat. As you may remember, Finnair surprised us all when it announced an innovative brand new no-recline business class seat, as well .....
This is our review of Finnair’s new long haul business class seat. As you may remember, Finnair .....
30 Sep 202430 September 2024 • 85 comments
This is our review of the Finnair Schengen lounge in Helsinki Airport. Finnair opened a brand new lounge for business class customers flying to Schengen destinations this summer, replacing the .....
This is our review of the Finnair Schengen lounge in Helsinki Airport. Finnair opened a brand new lounge for .....
25 Sep 202425 September 2024 • 27 comments
This is our review of the Finnair Business Lounge at Helsinki Airport. It is Finnair’s flagship business class lounge and was refurbished in mid-2019, together with the Platinum Wing first class .....
This is our review of the Finnair Business Lounge at Helsinki Airport. It is Finnair’s flagship business .....
24 Sep 202424 September 2024 • 66 comments
This is my review of short haul business class on Finnair, the Finnish flag carrier. Finnair now flies four times a day to London, with British Airways effectively ceding the route to its oneworld .....
This is my review of short haul business class on Finnair, the Finnish flag carrier. Finnair now flies four .....
23 Sep 202423 September 2024 • 73 comments
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