Use your Avios to make your trip even more comfortable. When you upgrade your travel class with Avios, you can pay for Economy Class tickets but travel in Premium Economy or Business Class, or pay for Premium Economy tickets but travel in Business Class.
Travel class upgrades are available on scheduled Finnair flights (AY code on the ticket and the flight is operated by Finnair or Norra). The original ticket must be issued before you can request an upgrade.
When you upgrade your travel class to Business Class, you’ll enjoy the following benefits:
When you upgrade your travel class to Premium Economy, you’ll enjoy the following benefits:
You can pay your travel class upgrade with upgrade benefits, in addition to paying with money or Avios.
Starting from 9 March 2024 we will grant Finnair Plus Gold, Platinum and Platinum Lumo members one type of upgrade benefit instead of separate long-haul European upgrade benefits. The required number of upgrade benefits will vary between long-haul and short-haul flights and the travel class. Not to worry – you can still use your long-haul and European upgrade benefits as before until they expire.
These are the upgrade benefit charges for upgrading your travel class from 9 March 2024.
| Zone | From Economy Class to Premium Economy | From Premium Economy to Business Class | From Economy Class to Business Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland and Northern Europe* | - | - | 1 upgrade benefit / 1 European upgrade benefit |
| Central Europe** | - | - | 1 upgrade benefit / 1 European upgrade benefit |
| Western and Southern Europe*** | - | - | 1 upgrade benefit / 1 European upgrade benefit |
| Canary Islands, Madeira, Eilat and Tel Aviv**** | - | - | 1 upgrade benefit / 1 European upgrade benefit |
| Doha, Dubai and India***** | 2 upgrade benefits / 2 European upgrade benefits | 3 upgrade benefits / 3 European upgrade benefits | 4 upgrade benefits / 1 long-haul upgrade benefit |
| Most of Asia and North America****** | 2 upgrade benefits / 2 European upgrade benefits | 3 upgrade benefits / 3 European upgrade benefits | 4 upgrade benefits / 1 long-haul upgrade benefit |
| Japan, Singapore and Los Angeles******* | 2 upgrade benefits / 2 European upgrade benefits | 3 upgrade benefits / 3 European upgrade benefits | 4 upgrade benefits / 1 long-haul upgrade benefit |
Prices are for flights in one direction; double prices for round trips.
*Zone 1: Bodø, Copenhagen, Gdansk, Gothenburg, Kirkenes, Oslo, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Trondheim, Vilnius, Visby, Warsaw and all flights within Finland
**Zone 2: Alta, Amsterdam, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Edinburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Krakow, Ljubljana, London, Manchester, Munich, Prague, Salzburg, Tromsø, Zagreb, Zurich, Vienna
***Zone 3: Alanya, Alicante, Antalya, Barcelona, Bologna, Chania, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Faro, Geneva, Heraklion, Larnaca, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Milan, Naples, Nice, Paris, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Rome, Santorini, Split, Venice, Verona
****Zone 4: Gran Canaria, Eilat, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Madeira, Tel Aviv, Tenerife
*****Zone 5: Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Mumbai
******Zone 6: Bangkok, Chicago, Dallas, Guangzhou, Hongkong, Phuket, Miami, New York, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Toronto
*******Zone 7: Los Angeles, Nagoya, Osaka, Singapore, Tokyo
The prices in the table below are for travel class upgrades in one direction. Please note that the Avios will be charged separately for each flight.
Please note that if you purchase your travel class upgrade from Economy Class to Premium Economy or Business Class through our customer service, there is an extra charge of 1,000 Avios per direction.
Upgrades from Premium Economy to Business Class are currently available only via our customer service. We recommend our easy-to-use chat service on Finnair.com or Finnair mobile app. You will not need to pay the 1,000 Avios extra charge for those.
| Zone | From Economy class to Premium Economy class | From Premium Economy class to Business class | From Economy Class to Business Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland and Northern Europe* | - | - | 6,500 Avios |
| Central Europe** | - | - | 9,000 Avios |
| Western and Southern Europe*** | - | - | 10,000 Avios |
| Canary Islands, Madeira, Eilat and Tel Aviv**** | - | - | 11,000 Avios |
| Doha, Dubai and India***** | 15,000 Avios | 20,000 Avios | 35,000 Avios |
| Most of Asia and North America****** | 17,000 Avios | 23,000 Avios | 40,000 Avios |
| Japan, Singapore and Los Angeles******* | 17,000 Avios | 23,000 Avios | 40,000 Avios |
*Zone 1: Bodø, Copenhagen, Gdansk, Gothenburg, Kirkenes, Oslo, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Trondheim, Vilnius, Visby, Warsaw and all flights within Finland
**Zone 2: Alta, Amsterdam, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Edinburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Krakow, Ljubljana, London, Manchester, Munich, Prague, Salzburg, Tromsø, Zagreb, Zurich, Vienna
***Zone 3: Alanya, Alicante, Antalya, Barcelona, Bologna, Chania, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Faro, Geneva, Heraklion, Larnaca, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Milan, Naples, Nice, Paris, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Rome, Santorini, Split, Venice, Verona
****Zone 4: Gran Canaria, Eilat, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Madeira, Tel Aviv, Tenerife
*****Zone 5: Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Mumbai
******Zone 6: Bangkok, Chicago, Dallas, Guangzhou, Hongkong, Phuket, Miami, New York, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Toronto
*******Zone 7: Los Angeles, Nagoya, Osaka, Singapore, Tokyo
You can request an upgrade from Economy Class to Business Class conveniently in our online upgrade service or Finnair app after you have booked your flight. From 4 June 2025 onwards, you can also request an upgrade from Premium Economy to Business Class online. We are working on bringing them also to the Finnair mobile app.
You can request an upgrade from Economy Class to Premium Economy conveniently in our online upgrade service after you have booked your flight.