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. The required number of upgrade benefits will vary between long-haul and short-haul flights and the travel class.
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 through our customer service, there is an extra charge of 1,000 Avios per direction.
| 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****** and Bangkok – Melbourne | 17,000 Avios | 23,000 Avios | 40,000 Avios |
| Japan, Singapore and Los Angeles******* | 17,000 Avios | 23,000 Avios | 40,000 Avios |
| Melbourne | 34,000 Avios | 46,000 Avios | 80,000 Avios |
*Zone 1: Bodø, Copenhagen, Gdansk, Gothenburg, Kirkenes, Oslo, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Trondheim, Umeå, Vilnius, Visby, Warsaw and all flights within Finland
**Zone 2: Alta, Amsterdam, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Krakow, Kuressaare, Ljubljana, London, Luxembourg, Manchester, Munich, Prague, Salzburg, Stavanger Tromsø, Zagreb, Zurich, Vienna
***Zone 3: Alanya, Alicante, Antalya, Barcelona, Bologna, Catania, Chania, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Faro, Florence, Geneva, Heraklion, Larnaca, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Milan, Naples, Nice, Paris, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Rome, Santorini, Split, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Turin, Valencia, 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
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 |
| Central Europe** | - | - | 1 upgrade benefit |
| Western and Southern Europe*** | - | - | 1 upgrade benefit |
| Canary Islands, Madeira, Eilat and Tel Aviv**** | - | - | 1 upgrade benefit |
| Doha, Dubai and India***** | 2 upgrade benefits | 3 upgrade benefits | 4 upgrade benefits |
Most of Asia and North America****** and Bangkok – Melbourne | 2 upgrade benefits | 3 upgrade benefits | 4 upgrade benefits |
| Japan, Singapore and Los Angeles******* | 2 upgrade benefits | 3 upgrade benefits | 4 upgrade benefits |
| Melbourne | 4 upgrade benefits | 6 upgrade benefits | 8 upgrade benefits |
Prices are for flights in one direction; double prices for round trips.
*Zone 1: Bodø, Copenhagen, Gdansk, Gothenburg, Kirkenes, Oslo, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Trondheim, Umeå, Vilnius, Visby, Warsaw and all flights within Finland
**Zone 2: Alta, Amsterdam, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Brussels, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Krakow, Kuressaare, Ljubljana, London, Luxembourg, Manchester, Munich, Prague, Salzburg, Stavanger, Tromsø, Zagreb, Zurich, Vienna
***Zone 3: Alanya, Alicante, Antalya, Barcelona, Bologna, Catania, Chania, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Faro, Florence, Geneva, Heraklion, Larnaca, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Milan, Naples, Nice, Paris, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Rome, Santorini, Split, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Turin, Valencia, 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