How to become OneWorld Gold (or Emerald) without flying, thanks to Finnair promo
Finnair continues to have a strong focus on the world of frequent flyers. In recent weeks, the carrier based [...]
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Finnair continues to pay close attention to the world of frequent flyers. In recent weeks, the Helsinki Airport-based carrier has been conspicuous for a series of operations that, unlike its competitors, have only improved the loyalty program rather than devaluing points and making life more complicated for serial mileage accumulators.
Summary of previous episodes
Finnair in 2021 made a number of decisions such as. Eliminate taxes on award tickets, so instead of hundreds of euros to redeem a prize ticket, only a few euros are needed. In addition to this, it launched a promotion that discounted the 20% the number of points needed to book an award ticket.
Last but not least. the company that participates in the OneWorld alliance and that it is partners with American Express and the Membership Rewards program, launched the new base in Stockholm and opened many new routes from Helsinki to the U.S. significantly increasing the number of available seats.
The offer
Finnair is not the first company that simultaneously with its loyalty program's points sales campaign also includes qualifying points needed to obtain elite status. Recently, a similar operation was launched by Singapore Airlines and the way it works is simple. You buy points and a percentage of the points purchased and usable to book award tickets also count as qualifying points for reaching various levels in the Scandinavian carrier's frequent flyer program. The promotion is valid until Dec. 27.
The offer is thus twofold and includes:
- Get up to 100% bonus points over those bought
- The 25% of bonus points compared with the total points purchased
Some examples:
If you buy from 5 to 49 thousand, points you will get 40% of the bonus points, while 25% of the points bought will also be valid for the purpose of reaching the elite level: both for renewal and for obtaining a better level than the one held.
The Finnair plus program also has the feature of allowing its members to Convert, at a rate of 3:1, award miles to qualifying miles. By doing so, it is possible to sacrifice points for obtain status valid in all OneWorld companies starting with British Airways, Iberia, American Airlines.
This is the classic offer for which makes a lot of sense the practice of buying points, since in addition to the rich bonus at stake, there is precisely also elite status.
To whom it might be useful
This promotion could be particularly useful for those who do not have an elite status in a OneWorld carrier and has flights planned in the coming year with these airlines. Having elite status allows, when flying in economy, access to lounges, additional free baggage and class upgrades, as well as other small other benefits in many companies around the world.
There are two attractive levels in the Finnair Plus loyalty program: Gold and Plus Platinum. Both give access to OneWorld business lounges, the platinum also to first lounges. In addition to this they allow free extra baggage, priority gateways at the airport and privileged boarding. Privileges then also include bonuses in points accumulation, free internet on board and upgrades on both international and intercontinental flights (here the complete list).
In conclusion
If the destinations of Finnair, which flies from Italy from many stopovers, are of interest to you is definitely worth considering this offer carefully because of the possibility of getting the points at a very competitive price, but especially because of the possibility of being able to obtain Plus Platinum status that also gives away 4 upgrades for international flights and 2 more for intercontinental flights across the Finnish carrier's entire network.
Doing the math correctly, it is possible to treat yourself to some very interesting travel with one of the European carriers with the most modern and youngest long-haul fleet based on Airbus A350s.
- 6,000 Mile Registration Bonus
- Collect miles WITH EACH PURCHASE
- Your miles with no expiration*
- No fees for ATM withdrawals and foreign purchases
- Without having to change banks
- Autonomous card activation
- Multi-function mobile application
- Free travel insurance
- Free credit for up to 7 weeks
- Contactless Payment
- Mastercard® SecureCode
- 20€ discount directly in your statement by spending €60 in one or more transactions with Carta on Italotreno.it
- Free fee the 1st year. From the 2nd €5.50 per month
- You can choose to pay in full or in installments
- Premium level of the Italo Più program
- 4 Vouchers per year for access to Italo Club Lounges
- Preferential Access to Italo's Fast Track at the station
- For every 5 purchases of Italo ticketing and/or onboard services made with Italo American Express Credit Card you will receive 1 voucher for room upgrade
- Welcome bonus of 100,000 Volare points upon reaching 6 thousand in spending in the first 3 months after card issuance
- Accumulate 1.5 qualifying Volare points for every euro spent, accumulate an additional 3 non-qualifying Volare points ( for a total of 4.5 Volare points) for every euro spent on ticketing purchases and other services offered by ITA Airways
- Access to the Premium Club of ITA Airways' Volare program.
- ITA Airways Lounge Access
- Free excess baggage
- Points Back