AY J AU-EU return from $3625 - Friends & family sale

[Oxy]

Finnair to Europe from $3625 in business. Advertised prices are for 4 pax, getting 35% discount. I had to force search with multi-stop via BKK for these prices, which then requires AU departures exSYD.

Sale until 17th April, for flights May-Dec 15

https://www.finnair.com/au/gb/travel-together

 

[QFflyermelbourne]

Was going to post this too...

https://www.finnair.com/au/gb/travel-together

Extraordinary prices - especially as the dates listed turned out to be departure dates and there appears to be no blackout period over the Christmas time.

I have secured MEL-SYD-BKK-HEL-FCO

and then AMS-HEL-BKK-SYD-MEL for four people for $3794 each. The initial leg does require an overnight at additional expense in Bangkok but the flights there are on QF of course so this is overall possibly the best J deal to Europe i've ever seen if travelling with three or four people.....560 status credits too by my count!

 

[Oxy]

Did you manage to get MEL-SYD-MEL legs in J at that price? In my quick search I couldn't get it to price from anywhere except SYD at those rates.

 

[bunyah]

How do you get the Finnair booking site to work? Have been trying for 3 days to get SYD/LHR Business return around Sept - but every date comes back with "we were not able to find availability etcccccc - 66002".
Any help appreciated.

 

[QFflyermelbourne]

Yes it is possible but I have to admit I used a TA. They should be able to make it work for you....

 

[bunyah]

Re : Finnair Site
I worked it out - as mentioned by a member previously, you have to get into a multi-city booking, and show SYD/BKK, then BKK/LHR (or CDG is a little cheaper). So for two couples (4) I can get $3,734 per person SYD/CDG Business return. In our case though we have different return dates for each couple so rather than the 4 person discount its the 2 person discount, coming up at $4,800.

Sooo, now to get four people to compromise for a $1,000 saving each???

 

[Oxy]

Re : Finnair Site

Sooo, now to get four people to compromise for a $1,000 saving each???

Do the fare rules allow you to split the booking? If so you could just make the booking for 4, then change the dates for 2 people, have to cough up the change fee though. Just read all the fine print first!

 

[prozac]

Do the fare rules allow you to split the booking? If so you could just make the booking for 4, then change the dates for 2 people, have to cough up the change fee though. Just read all the fine print first!

Not according to the T&C's.
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Sales period: until 17 April 2015. Travel period: 5 May–9 December 2015. Tickets must be purchased at least 7 days before departure. The displayed fare is for one person, and is valid for bookings of four people. The final sum for other bookings is calculated on the number of passengers in the booking. All passengers must be booked in the same booking class and travel together on all sectors for the discount to apply. Availability is limited.
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[prozac]

BTW, does anyone know if J seats on Finnair A340's are lie flat or angle flat?

 

[boregos]

I believe they were going to be upgrading all but a couple of A340 Business seats to lie flat by the start of this year.

 

[prozac]

I believe they were going to be upgrading all but a couple of A340 Business seats to lie flat by the start of this year.

The ones to miss out are probably the ones I would fly on...

 

[boregos]

I remember seeing something on AusBT a little while ago about it... The ones with the old config were going to be the first to go as the 350s come on line.

 

[bunyah]

No, I had that idea also. I spoke directly with Finnair asking if they could do a little better for the four persons - but all have to be travelling on same dates. I asked about booking for four and then 2 fares doing a date change - but would incur a change fee of $100 per fare plus difference in fare. Agent said the airline would see that original booking was for 4 persons/same dates.

Anyhoo, we've gone ahead and taken the 2 person fare at $4,800 SYD/LHR. Couldn't find any better Business fares Sept/Oct (excepting Viet/China/Malay/ etc..) As to wether it is "real" Business remains to be seen - SYD/BKK is with Qantas (and returning BKK/SYD), but then incurs overnight stay on BKK, then Finnair BKK/LHR with change to smaller plane at Helsinki.

Thanks for comment.

 

[prozac]

...

Anyhoo, we've gone ahead and taken the 2 person fare at $4,800 SYD/LHR. Couldn't find any better Business fares Sept/Oct (excepting Viet/China/Malay/ etc..) As to wether it is "real" Business remains to be seen - SYD/BKK is with Qantas (and returning BKK/SYD), but then incurs overnight stay on BKK, then Finnair BKK/LHR with change to smaller plane at Helsinki.

Thanks for comment.

That is still a keen fare and should be real J as it is Qantas after all to BKK and BKK-HEL is AY international product from my understanding. I have never flown AY so just what I have read. Flight HEL-LHR will most likely be a Euro J, but hey that is only a short leg.

Report back and let us know how it went.

 

[exceladdict]

That is still a keen fare and should be real J as it is Qantas after all to BKK and BKK-HEL is AY international product from my understanding. I have never flown AY so just what I have read. Flight HEL-LHR will most likely be a Euro J, but hey that is only a short leg.

Report back and let us know how it went.

My HEL-LHR was indeed euro-j. Avoid row 1. Intl A330 J was good (JFK-HEL IME), full flat, but not great if you're over 6 foot.

HEL lounge is great. Not trying to plug but see TR below for more info if you're interested.

 

[bunyah]

Many thanks.

 

[nonpop]

A350 seems to be running on some BKK-HEL legs & HEL-LHR legs

The new Finnair Airbus A350 | Finnair

All the A340 flights (and A330) from BKK of recent have been their new J product. SIN is where I'm getting the old product so am avoiding SIN (plus cost more coin out of SIN).