Buy Finnair Plus Avios with a 50% Bonus

Like many airlines, Finnair Plus puts on occasional promotions during which Avios are sold at with a bonus or a discount. Whenever these sales pop up, it’s a good idea to take stock of what’s at stake and see if you can work it in your favour.

This time, you can buy Finnair Plus Avios with up to a 50% discount through to September 17, 2025.

If you have your eyes on some aspirational oneworld flight redemptions or a flight to Northern Europe, a sale like this could be a strategic move to score travel in premium cabins at a steep discount.

Buy Finnair Plus Avios with a 50% Bonus

From now until September 17, 2025, you can purchase Avios from Finnair Plus and receive up to a 50% bonus.

The size of the bonus you’ll receive on purchased Avios depends on how many you purchase, as it’s broken down into four tiers this time around:

• Buy 5,000–19,000 Avios, get a 30% bonus
• Buy 20,000–49,000 Avios, get a 35% bonus
• Buy 50,000–74,000 Avios, get a 40% bonus
• Buy 75,000+ Avios, get a 50% bonus

If you were to purchase Finnair Plus Avios with a 50% bonus, the cost works out to 1.4 cents per point (EUR), which is equivalent to around 2.26 cents per point (CAD).

We value Finnair Plus Avios at 2 cents per point (CAD), so while the best price during this sale is higher than that value, it’s still possible to come out ahead (as we’ll explore below).

There are a few stipulations that you need to know about buying Finnair Plus Avios during this sale:

• You must have joined Finnair Plus before August 20, 2025
• You must have a minimum balance of 500 Avios in your Finnair Plus account

Remember, you can transfer Avios into your Finnair Plus account from your British Airways Club account, so it shouldn’t be too hard to get the minimum account balance to access this sale. 

With Finnair Plus, you can purchase a maximum of 200,000 Avios each calendar year, excluding any bonus points. Therefore, if you were to max out this offer, you could purchase 300,000 Avios for €4,200 ($6,770 CAD). 

Which Credit Card Should You Use to Buy Avios?

Finnair Plus processes Avios purchases through Points.com, which means these transactions won’t earn travel category bonuses on credit cards like the American Express Platinum Card.

Therefore, your best strategy here is to use:

• A card with a strong baseline earning rate
  • For Canadian cards, this means the Business Platinum Card from American Express (1.25 Membership Rewards points per dollar spent) or the RBC® Avion Visa Infinite Privilege† (1.25 RBC Avion points per dollar spent)
  • In the United States, consider the Capital One Venture X Rewards Card (2 Capital One Miles per dollar spent)
• A card which you’re working on a minimum spending requirement
  • Check out our picks for Canada’s Best Credit Card Offers, updated monthly
• A card with no foreign transaction fees, since purchases will be in a foreign currency
  • Scotiabank’s suite of Scene+ credit cards are best for this purpose, including the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Card, the Scotiabank Gold American Express Card, the Scotiabank Platinum American Express Card, or the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite Privilege Card

Great Credit Cards for Buying Avios

Credit Card	Best Offer	Value
Business Platinum Card from American Express Business Platinum Card from American Express 130,000 MR points $799 annual fee	130,000 MR points	$1,794	Apply Now
RBC® Avion Visa Infinite Privilege† RBC® Avion Visa Infinite Privilege† Up to 70,000 RBC Avion points† $399 annual fee	Up to 70,000 RBC Avion points†	$826	Apply Now
Scotiabank Gold American Express® Card Scotiabank Gold American Express® Card 50,000 Scene+ points First Year Free	50,000 Scene+ points	$575	Apply Now
Scotiabank Passport® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card Scotiabank Passport® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card 80,000 Scene+ points $599 annual fee	80,000 Scene+ points	$451	Apply Now
Scotiabank Platinum American Express® Card Scotiabank Platinum American Express® Card 80,000 Scene+ points $399 annual fee	80,000 Scene+ points	$261	Apply Now
Scotiabank Passport® Visa Infinite* Card Scotiabank Passport® Visa Infinite* Card 45,000 Scene+ points $150 annual fee	45,000 Scene+ points	$220	Apply Now

As a reminder, Points.com is registered in Canada, and you’ll be obligated to pay GST/HST if you have a Canadian billing address. If at all possible, you should aim to use a foreign billing address to avoid the added costs, which erode the value from the sale.

When Does It Make Sense to Buy Finnair Plus Avios?

Speculatively buying points without a redemption in mind is almost never a good idea, since loyalty programs could implement changes at any time. However, buying points during sales can also deliver exceptionally strong value, especially when you compare it to paying cash for the same flights.

Guaranteed Award Availability with Finnair

Finnair guarantees a minimum amount of award seats that are released on all of its short- and long-haul flights.

For flights to and from North America, you’re guaranteed to find at least four award seats available in economy, and at least two award seats available premium economy and business class on Finnair-operated flights at the following rates:

• Economy: 30,000 Avios
• Premium economy: 43,500 Avios
• Business class: 62,500 Avios

If you value predictability, then you can depend on there being at least two business class award seats on every Finnair flight.

Plus, those award-flight prices are excellent, especially when you consider that the taxes and fees on Finnair flights are also quite reasonable.

Premium flights are almost always the best deal when it comes to award redemptions, and buying 125,000 Finnair Plus Avios during this sale (enough for a round-trip booking in business class to Europe) would cost €1,848 ($2,979 CAD)…

Which is a significant amount less than paying cash for a good deal on round-trip flights in business class… 

As a reminder, Finnair operates flights between Helsinki and Toronto, New York, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Seattle (in North America).

If you don’t live in or near any of these cities, consider booking a positioning flight to get yourself to one of them once you have a Finnair-operated flight locked in.

Sweet Spot Redemptions on Partner Airlines

Finnair Plus offers members access to oneworld airlines, as well as non-affiliated partners. Each partner airline is subject to its own award chart, which can be found on the Finnair website.

If you’ve located award availability on a oneworld or partner airline, you’ll be happy to know that Finnair Plus doesn’t levy a hefty amount of taxes and fees for award bookings in premium cabins. Plus, award pricing is quite reasonable, and in many cases, it’s better than what you can find for the same flights booked via The British Airways Club.

If you can find “Saver” award availability on flights with American Airlines, you might do well with Finnair Plus – especially if you have your sights set on the Caribbean and Mexico. 

I booked a one-way flight from Vancouver to Cancun via Dallas for just 25,000 Avios plus a few hundred dollars in taxes and fees, which is an absolute bargain.

While it’s exceedingly rare, if you come across Cathay Pacific business class award availability, the pricing with Finnair Avios is excellent. You’d pay just 85,000 Finnair Plus Avios for a flight from Vancouver or Toronto to Hong Kong.

In fact, if you’ve found award availability with oneworld airlines but it doesn’t show up on the Finnair Plus website, I’d encourage you to call in and see if they can price it out. You may well be pleasantly surprised with the results.

Padding Your Other Avios Balances

Outside of the aforementioned excellent applications of Finnair Plus Avios, you can consider using a sale like this to pad your overall Avios balance.

One of the unique aspects of Avios is that it’s a points currency used by multiple programs. In addition to Finnair Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub, The British Airways Club, Iberia Plus, and Qatar Airways Privilege Club use Avios, too.

Each program has its own set of sweet spots, and if you can find award availability for a flight in one of the other programs, you can buy Finnair Plus Avios during this sale and convert them into other “flavours” of Avios from within the ecosystem.

Depending on the program you’re moving Avios to or from, there are some strings attached to this, but it’s worth looking into.

Other Ways to Earn Avios

Before jumping on this promotion, consider these more cost-effective methods to build your Avios balance.

Canadian Credit Card Options

While there aren’t any direct transfer partners with Finnair Plus in Canada, we’re fortunate to have multiple pathways to earn Avios by way of The British Airways Club through Canadian credit cards:

American Express Membership Rewards transfer to The British Airways Club at a 1:1 ratio, occasionally with transfer bonuses up to 30%. Consider these cards as great pathways to a tidy sum of British Airways Avios:

American Express Cards for Avios Redemptions

Credit Card	Best Offer	Value
Business Platinum Card from American Express Business Platinum Card from American Express 130,000 MR points $799 annual fee	130,000 MR points	$1,794	Apply Now
American Express Gold Rewards Card American Express Gold Rewards Card 70,000 MR points $250 annual fee	70,000 MR points	$1,676	Apply Now
American Express Platinum Card American Express Platinum Card 110,000 MR points $799 annual fee	110,000 MR points	$1,581	Apply Now
American Express Business Gold Rewards Card American Express Business Gold Rewards Card 40,000 MR points $199 annual fee	40,000 MR points	$846	Apply Now
American Express Cobalt Card American Express Cobalt Card 15,000 MR points $156 annual fee	15,000 MR points	$372	Apply Now

RBC Avion points also convert to British Airways Avios at a 1:1 ratio, with frequent bonuses reaching 30% and occasionally as high as 50%. 

Within the RBC family, the RBC® British Airways Visa Infinite† also offers a direct pathway to the Avios ecosystem by way of its promotional welcome offer and on daily spending.

RBC Credit Cards for Earning Avios

Credit Card	Best Offer	Value
RBC® British Airways Visa Infinite† RBC® British Airways Visa Infinite† 60,000 Avios† $165 annual fee	60,000 Avios†	$1,235	Apply Now
RBC® Avion Visa Infinite† RBC® Avion Visa Infinite† 55,000 Avion points^ $120 annual fee	55,000 Avion points^	$1,080	Apply Now
RBC® Avion Visa Platinum† RBC® Avion Visa Platinum† 55,000 RBC Avion points^ $120 annual fee	55,000 RBC Avion points^	$1,080	Apply Now
RBC® Avion Visa Infinite Privilege† RBC® Avion Visa Infinite Privilege† Up to 70,000 RBC Avion points† $399 annual fee	Up to 70,000 RBC Avion points†	$826	Apply Now
RBC Avion Visa Infinite Business RBC Avion Visa Infinite Business 35,000 RBC Avion points $175 annual fee	35,000 RBC Avion points	$700	Apply Now
RBC Avion Visa Business RBC Avion Visa Business 35,000 RBC Avion points $120 annual fee	35,000 RBC Avion points	$580	Apply Now

Conclusion

Finnair Plus is currently offering a 50% bonus on purchased Avios.

As we’ve explored in this article, there are certainly some great redemption opportunities available, and plenty of ways to turn your purchased points into outsized value with the right strategy.

If you’re interested in taking advantage, don’t delay – this offer expires on September 17, 2025.