Transfer Avios Between Finnair Plus and British Airways Executive Club
The Finnair Plus program switched to Avios on March 9, 2024. Finnair also has a new award charts, with surcharges that are actually decent. Finnair Plus will have a separate award chart for each partner airline. You can see all the details here.
Now Finnair has revealed that starting May 22, if you’re a member of both Finnair Plus and British Airways Executive Club, you can link your accounts and transfer Avios between them.
Transferring Avios between your Finnair Plus and British Airways Executive Club accounts is free of charge. Avios are worth the same in both programs. That means that 1 Avios in Finnair Plus equals 1 Avios in British Airways Executive Club. You can also transfer your Avios between your accounts as often as you wish.
Linking your accounts allows you to flexibly combine the Avios you’ve collected in both Finnair Plus and British Airways Executive Club, and even in other loyalty programs. There are now six airlines that use Avios as their loyalty currency. That includes British Airways, Iberia, AerLingus, Qatar Airways, Finnair and Vueling. However, you can only link Finnair Plus to your British Airways Executive Club account for now.
How to Transfer
You can start transferring Avios after linking your Finnair Plus and British Airways Executive Club accounts. You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible for linking your accounts. Here’s how it works:
- Log in to your Finnair Plus account.
- Enable two-factor authentication for both accounts. Two-factor authentication makes Avios transfers more secure. You can enable it on the Update profile page of your Finnair Plus account.
- Make sure your first name and last name match on both accounts. If names don’t match, then contact customer service on either program.
- Link your accounts. Go to the Balance and transactions page of your Finnair Plus account. Select Link my accounts. You will be directed to British Airways’ website to complete the linking. You will receive a confirmation email when your accounts have been linked successfully.
- Start transferring Avios. Select Transfer Avios on the Balance and transactions page of your Finnair Plus account. You will be directed to British Airways’ website to complete the transfer. Avios transfers show up almost instantly in Transaction history.
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