Until May 22, Buy Finnair Avios for 1.45 CPP (Few Days Only)

Finnair Plus has just launched a points purchase sale with up to a 50% bonus of your miles purchase. This is the best promotion we’ve seen from Finnair Avios and one of the best purchase prices across the entire Avios ecosystem in quite some time.

Keep in mind you can freely move Avios between British Airways Club, Finnair Plus, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, Iberia Plus, and Aer Lingus AerClub. Therefore, it makes sense to acquire Avios through whichever of the above offers the lowest price and to move your Avios around accordingly.

Members can unlock the full 50% bonus by purchasing at least 80,000 Avios before this Friday, May 22. The purchase price is 1.45 USD CPP, with the 50% bonus included.

When it comes to this 50% bonus offer, Finnair opens the buying window for only a few days. You can purchase up to 200,000 Avios, which comes to 300,000 Avios after the bonus.

Buy Finnair Plus Avios with a 50% bonus

Promotion Link to Finnair Plus Avios points purchase

The default price is in EUR, but you should change it to USD to get the best possible price. Essentially, you’ll pay either €4,200 or $4,340 USD for 200,000 Avios, with the USD pricing coming out substantially cheaper. Change the currency at the top of the screen, but note all other currencies (other than USD) will still default to EUR.

Change your purchase currency to USD

The highest purchase band caps out at 200,000 Avios pre-bonus, which is also the maximum you can buy.

Buy 200,000 Avios pre-bonus

For completeness, Finnair will continue offering purchase bonuses until June 1, though at lower rates after May 22: (so it’s better to buy now):

You do need a minimum balance of 100 Finnair Plus Avios to purchase, but you can easily transfer some of your British Airways Avios if needed.

If you don’t need the minimum purchase of 80,000 Avios, there are a few other ways to increase your Avios balance. Since you can move your Avios between “flavours”, you can purchase Avios wherever is most advantageous and move them to any account.

Avios Boost & Subscription Plans

The easiest way to boost your balance is with a “Subscribe to Avios” plan. Qatar, Finnair, and British Airways all offer these, and the monthly subscription has a minimum 3-month term.

This works best if you only need a small top-up of 20,000 Avios or less, since the Avios are distributed monthly. For what it’s worth, the price comes out to 1.46 CPP for 20,000 Avios with Finnair, so buying Avios is actually a better deal, with the caveat that the minimum purchase amount is 80,000 Avios.

The subscriptions can come out a little cheaper if purchased annually (get 12 months for the price of 10), but you’re locked in for a full year.

Top up your balance with a Finnair Plus Avios subscription

One lesser-known Avios feature is Avios Balance Booster, which lets you pay a fixed price to double or triple your Avios earnings (British Airways Avios). This can come out to 1.22-1.25 USD CPP when British Airways is running a promotion, which is arguably the best price available for acquiring Avios.

However, you need to have earned Avios in order to double/triple your balance, and you can only boost in increments of what you earned. Avios transfers from Amex and RBC do qualify, but only transactions made in the last 30 days can be boosted. You also cannot boost purchased miles or miles transferred from another Avios currency. Overall, this is the best way to buy Avios, but with many “gotchas”.

What to Book with Avios

As you can freely transfer Avios among multiple airlines, I’ll include some of my favourite Avios redemption opportunities:

• Qatar Airways Qsuites business class one-way from North America to Doha for 70,000 Qatar Avios; continue onwards to Southeast Asia or Africa for 95,000 Qatar Avios
• Finnair business class from North America to Northern Europe for 62,500 Finnair Avios
• LATAM business class from North America to southern South America for 75,500 Finnair Avios
• American Airlines business class from North America to the Caribbean for 25,000 Finnair Avios
• American Airlines economy flights within North America for 12,000-16,000 Avios

Finnair business class

Avios is also fantastic for redemptions that don’t touch North America, as I redeemed just 51,500 Avios for a 13-hour Iberia business class flight from Santiago to Madrid and 62,500 Avios for Finnair business class from Helsinki to Hong Kong. For the same price as a business class flight from North America to Helsinki, you can fly 12 hours instead.

Buy Finnair Plus Avios — Credit Cards to Consider

Finnair Plus Avios purchase transactions are processed by Points.com and will not code as a travel purchase, so it is best to use a card that offers the highest return on standard daily transactions. You can use either a Canadian or U.S. credit card as the miles price is the same regardless. With Canadian credit cards, make sure to use one that does not charge foreign transaction fees such as the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite.

Promotion Link to Finnair Plus Avios points purchase

For those not in a hurry to have Avios, a better way to earn them would be through the credit card bonuses offered by Canadian credit cards. The easiest way to rack up miles quickly is via American Express Membership Rewards or RBC Avion, which transfer at a 1:1 ratio to British Airways Avios. RBC is currently offering a 30% bonus when converting to Avios until June 19, 2026.

Buy Finnair Plus Avios – Takeaway

Avios is one of my most-used currencies, but this purchase promotion is not good enough to recommend buying speculatively. I would first try using Avios Balance Booster, but if I don’t have any Avios to boost or need more than that, buying 80,000+ Avios through this promotion at 1.45 CPP is a solid price. Avios subscriptions are best for a small top-up only, given the higher rates.