Seat selection

Purchase a seat in advance to enjoy more comfort, relax with extra space or sit together with your travel companions. Different seat options are available, such as Standard, Preferred, Front Row, Comfort, Extra Legroom and Premium seats.

You can purchase the seat that works best for you when booking your flight or later via Manage booking or the Finnair app. Seats can also be purchased through your travel agent.

If you haven’t purchased seats in advance, we will assign them during check-in. While we do our best to seat travellers on the same reservation together, this is not always possible. You can also purchase seats during check-in, but you'll typically have fewer options to choose from. Purchasing seats in advance gives you more control over where you and your travel companions sit.

Seat prices vary depending on the route, flight duration and seat type. You can see the exact price when selecting your seat.

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When is seat selection complimentary?

Flex ticket types include complimentary seat selection for Standard and Preferred seats.
Award flight tickets include complimentary seat selection for Standard seats.
Upgrades to Premium Economy and Business Class include complimentary seat selection for Standard and Preferred seats.
Finnair Plus Gold members, oneworld Sapphire members and their travel companions on the same booking (excl. group bookings) are entitled to complimentary seat selection for Standard, Preferred, Comfort and Front Row seats.
Platinum members, Platinum Lumo members, oneworld Emerald members and their travel companions on the same booking (excl. group bookings) are entitled to complimentary seat selection for all seat types.
Silver members get a 50% discount on Standard and Preferred seats.
Finnair for Business customers get complimentary seat selection for Standard and Preferred seats.

Seats assigned during check-in

Once check-in opens, a seat is automatically assigned to you if you have not reserved one in advance. If you'd like to choose where you and your travel companions sit, you can purchase seats before check-in. It’s also possible to purchase seats during check-in, but you’ll typically have fewer options at that stage.

Online check-in opens 36 hours before departure. For flights to/from the United States, it opens 24 hours before departure.

If you are travelling with children and decide not to reserve seats in advance, our system will assign children under 12 to sit next to at least one adult on the same reservation. You can freely change seats among your travel party on the same reservation. If the system fails to find seats for the children next to a familiar adult, we will fix it in customer service, at the airport check-in or at the departure gate.

Seats on long-haul flights

Get to know the seat options available on our long-haul flights. You can also find these seats on selected short-haul flights operated with our Airbus A350 and A330 aircraft.

Seats on short-haul flights

Find out the different seat options we offer on our short-haul flights operated with our A320, A321, A319, Embraer and ATR aircraft.

You can reserve a seat in advance for a flight operated and marketed by Finnair. If you are travelling on a flight operated by Finnair but your ticket has been issued by another airline, you can reserve your seat via Manage booking. Exception: if you have booked your flight through Qatar Airways, please contact them directly for seat reservations.

If you are travelling on a flight operated by Finnair’s partner airline, the rules of this airline apply (including baggage policies, purchasing travel extras and special service requests).

A requested seat cannot be guaranteed, as it may need to be changed for operational, safety or security reasons, for example if the aircraft type changes. In such cases, Finnair aims to provide the most suitable alternative.

Paid seats can be refunded if:

Finnair cannot offer you the requested seat type or a suitable alternative. See further details below.
You upgrade your travel class online. In this case, the paid seat will be refunded automatically, and you do not need to apply for a refund.
You change your flight times in accordance with your fare rules. In this case, you need to purchase your seat again for the new flight and then apply for a refund of the cost of the seat reservation on the original flight.
The seat reservation was made seven days or more prior to the flight's scheduled departure time and you cancel it within 24 hours from the purchase.

Paid seats will not be refunded if:

You cancel the flight more than 24 hours after booking or less than 7 days before departure.
You are not suitable to sit in the selected seat type, for example an Exit row seat.
You have selected a Standard or Preferred seat, and you are seated a maximum of five rows from the originally selected seat, and the position of the seat in relation to the window or aisle does not change.
You change your initial paid seat or an alternative seat provided by Finnair yourself to a seat of the same or lower price, or to a seat in a different part of the cabin. The new seat you selected is considered a suitable alternative and is not eligible for a refund.
You have selected a Front Row seat or Extra Legroom seat, and you are seated in a different seat of the same type.
Finnair moves you to a higher travel class or offers you a seat with a higher value.

If you are eligible for a refund, please fill in the refund form.

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