Finnair to switch to avios

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Finnair switching their miles game to avios

2:1 conversion from their existing awards

“Promised more award space”

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Finnair switching their miles game to avios

3:2 conversion from their existing awards

“Promised more award space”

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"This will be new in the Finnair Plus program in early 2024:

The Finnair Plus program will become spend-based, so you will collect the Avios loyalty currency and reach tiers based on the money spent – for your flight as well as travel extra purchases – with Finnair. This means that it will no longer be possible to reach tiers with the number of flights only. Collecting tier points and loyalty currency on partner-marketed or -operated flights will continue to be based on the travel class, booking class, and distance flown. However, you will collect based on miles, not kilometres, flown. 

Avios, our new loyalty currency, will offer you new opportunities to collect and use your loyalty currency in extensive networks of Avios’ partners, including a wide range of travel experiences and online shopping brands. Avios is the loyalty currency used by some of Finnair’s oneworld partners’ loyalty programs, British Airways Executive Club, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, and Iberia Plus. Finnair Plus award points will be converted into Avios with a 3:2 ratio. The value of your existing points does not change when switching to Avios, as the prices in Avios will be updated with the same 3:2 ratio. 

We will review the tier point limits required to reach different tiers to reflect the new spend-based earning of tier points and the switch to Avios, and we will communicate these limits later this year.   

Milestones will be a new benefit, meaning you, as a Basic member, will receive additional Avios when reaching a certain amount of tier points within your existing tier.

Your possibility to use Avios on award flights is improved: we will increase the number of Classic award seats and guarantee at least 4 award seats on Finnair flights within Europe and 8 on Finnair long-haul flights. *"