Finnair Adds US Flights For Summer 2025, Award Seats Available!

Many times Finnair still has phantom fares. For the last two months I have been checking availabilities from the US to Europe. Every time I click on an available business class award seat, this comes up: "Choose a different flight or fare. We're sorry but at least one of the flights or fares you chose is no longer available." When you go back to search, the same phantom space is still shown. When I call AA, they do not see those flights as available.

I forgot to state that of course I was talking about AA miles......

Nokia's US HQ is in Dallas so the popularity of that flight may not simply be due to the strength of the AA hub...

For tose interested: HEL-SEA will be operated Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun.

of course the finair award seats showing almost every day on AA are not bookable by AA. and AA blames finair for "not selling the seats to aa" but not the blame for continuting to show availability!

How do those seats work if you’re elderly/disabled and can’t easily pull yourself up on your own?

I believe you would then angle yourself, scooch down, and sleep propped up by the side of the seat rather than laying full prone. The "couch" portion of the seat is pretty wide and, for example, I can sit cross-legged in it (I am like 185cm or 5'11").

I'll say that the seat is...unusual and I imagine people like it better if they can find their preferred seating orientation. Finnair provides a "how to use your seat" video that is easily accessible from IFE before takeoff. Problems are (1) it's harder to find that video after taxi and (2) I get the impression that many flyers aren't interested in a training course on their seat.

If you don't know how to use the seat, then laying flat is pretty uncomfortable, since while it doesn't have mechanical recline, there IS a lever that has to be turned to extend a "shelf" where your lower legs will be while you sleep. If you don't use that lever, there is a "hole" in your bed.

Would have been nice if they'd taken a little of that capacity and restarted nonstops to SFO *sigh*. A boy can dream.

Same. But landing in LAX isn't too bad; it's a short hop.

Planning a potential trip to Finland next winter - does Finnair let you add on a connecting flight through their website?

I flew HEL-LAX in June in a business class seat, like the one pictured. I read some reviews that were not very positive before my trip, but I enjoyed the seat/flight. Can't say the same for the meals.

The bigger question is what the pricing is if your origin or destination isn't Helsinki but rather some other European city relatively nearby, such as Stockholm. How much does that add to the 62,500 points? Let's say you're flying from Stockholm (ARN) to JFK, MIA, LAX or DFW.

I only see one seat on LAX/SEA flights. Checked multiple dates.

My 80 year old easily-frustrated mother has flown the new seat several times and likes it. She hasn’t had any issue despite her physical limitations. The times I haven’t been with her, she got a neighbor or an FA assist with the one lever that brings up the thigh support.

I’ve flown it a couple of times also and love it. After we’re airborne, I basically pull that lever and no other adjustments are needed for the rest of the flight. I don’t miss the adjustable seats at all.

Just booked 2 J tickets in July, HEL-LAX returning from a Svalbard cruise, for 62,500 points each…..actually 49,000 with the Chase transfer bonus this month. I say ‘wow’! Thanks for the heads up. Presume we’ll figure out the seat mechanics….

Are you sure about the award guarantee? I searched quite a bit and haven't found a single flight with 2 J seats available for any USA -> HEL route next summer whereas I've found plenty of flights with 2 J seats HEL -> USA. Seems like the USA -> HEL routes only have 1 J seat... would be happy to be proven wrong...

This post explains it: https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/airlines/best-ways-to-redeem-finnair-plus-miles/

TL;DR: to nearby Scandinavian airports it's no extra, but outside their zone 1 it's additional miles starting at 18k even for like Amsterdam and London.

Was it a mixed cabin fare? I wasn't able to book the itinerary if a flight was in a different cabin (ie DFW to SAN on AA in economy, business class for the rest of the fairs). If you find award availability where all flights are in business class, it should be bookable on AA. Was able to book CPH to SAN in business for 57.5K AA miles.

There's availability showing up on AA too. 57.5K AA miles for business class. Only catch seems to be is that if any portion of the itinerary is in a different cabin fare, it's not bookable on AA, even when you try to call. Was able to book CPH to SAN in business for 57.5k AA miles.