How to get Finnair Plus Avios for online shopping (even AliExpress!)

Published on 25 Jul at 11:37 amUpdated on 25 Jul at 11:37 am

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Did you know that you can get Finnair Plus Avios for most of the popular online shops? If you ask Finnair, the official answer would probably be to use Aktia Visa card. But not everyone can get it, and it is not even required. When Finnair moved to Avios and partnered with British Airways for Avios transfer, they opened the Pandora’s box of ultimate Avios earnings.

How to get Finnair Avios for online shopping?

The trick is to open a British Airways account and link it with your Finnair Plus. Don’t worry, you don’t need to use British Airways Executive Club for your flights – you can still keep on using your Finnair Plus status. British Airways Executive Club just makes it possible for you to earn Avios and transfer them with 1:1 ratio at any time with no fees to your Finnair Plus profile.

Hundreds of participating shops for earning Avios

Once you have opened your British Airways account and linked it with Finnair Plus, take a look at their catalog of online stores. If you use the affiliate links provided in the catalog, you will earn Avios that you can later on be transferred to Finnair Plus.

8 avios per £1 for hotels

Ever since Finnair discontinued their Booking.com partnerships for accumulating Avios, I have felt so disappointed with my hotel booking options. Well screw Finnair! British Airways gives you 8 – yes 8 – Avios per sterling pound spent on Hotels.com and Booking.com. That’s a pretty good deal given that all Finnair used to give you was 1 Avios per euro.

When Finnair closes a door, British Airways opens a window. I don’t need 1 avios per euro through Finnair anyways

Avios for AliExpress and Amazon

The two online shopping giants Amazon UK and AliExpress are even included! You’re probably going to buy stuff from them at some point anyways, so why not accumulate some Avios as well. Amazon gives you 3 Avios and AliExpress 5 Avios per pound.

AliExpress is a cheap place to do shopping while earning Avios

Game on!

Playstation gives you avios for refurbished PS5s and also for games if you are a new customer. Nintendo and CDkeys give you avios even if you were a returning customer. I am a Nintendo fan and I always buy cheap games on CDkeys anyways, so earning Avios on top of that is just a plus.

Maximizing your Avios

These affiliate links give you the opportunity of double earning. If you do have a Finnair Visa from Aktia, you will get Avios directly to your Finnair Plus account for paying for your shopping as usual, and extra Avios to your British Airways Executive Club account through the affiliate links. How great is that!?

Furthermore, you can also benefit from any deals Iberia and Qatar have for earning Avios. Both airlines are British Airways transfer partners, so you can always move your Avios around to your Finnair Plus account!