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Review: Finnair Business Class A330 Helsinki To Chicago

Earlier this year I found an incredible transatlantic business class fare with OneWorld carriers. The fare offered round trip flights from Munich to US gateways for just $1,500 USD. The best part of that fare is that it was valid on several OneWorld partner airlines. This meant that I could fly either American, British Airways,…
Review: Finnair Business Class A320 Munich To Helsinki

In the middle of my Mileage Run From HEL I found myself in the Munich Airport after two very nice Lufthansa First and Business class flights. I was in Munich because earlier in the year Finnair publishes some very attractive business class fares from Munich back to the United States. When booking long-haul premium cabin…
Conclusion: Stockholm Syndrome In Lufthansa First Class

It’s been a while since I finished writing this trip report, but I forgot to write a conclusion until now. With this conclusion I wanted to go through each step of the trip and explain how I felt throughout it. Usually international weekend mileage runs take their toll on my body, but this was the…
Review: Finnair Economy Class A330 Helsinki To New York (JFK)

To get home from my weekend trip to Stockholm I decided to book an economy class flight from Helsinki to New York (JFK). I selected this flight primarily because it was quite inexpensive, but also because it gave me a chance to finally fly with Finnair; a OneWorld partner. Before boarding my flight to New…
Lounge Review: Finnair Premium Lounge Non-Schengen Area Helsinki

Finnair currently has two lounges in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Terminal 2. The first is located near Gate 22 in the Schengen Area of the airport. All eligible Finnair passengers have access to this lounge most will pass this lounge on their way to the Non-Schengen area of the airport. Thankfully, because I was flying to New…
Live Blog: Mileage Run From HEL – Munich To Helsinki

During my recent trip to Helsinki I decided to “Live Blog” the entire trip. With trips past I would typically wait to blog until I got home. Doing it that way gave me time to gather my thoughts and prepare a proper blog post with each installment of the trip report. Doing things that way…
Live Blog: Mileage Run From HEL – London To Munich

Hello and greetings from Munich! Those are words I didn’t expect to type yesterday morning during my 2 hour ground delay in Chicago. As you might recall from previous installments of this live blog trip report, I nearly missed my flight to London yesterday. Missing that flight would have been catastrophic so I’m quite thankful…
Lounge Review: Finnair Lounge Schengen Area Helsinki Airport

After a quick stop in Stockholm I was on my way back to the United States. To get home I decided to fly Finnair from Stockholm to Helsinki and onwards to New York (JFK). I ended up booking an itinerary with a longer than desired (for most) layover in Helsinki. Since I had some time…