Buy Finnair Avios With A 50% Discount

Finnair is back with another Avios sale, this time offering up to a 50% discount when you buy Finnair Avios, plus a fixed 10% bonus on tier points.

Until 11:59pm Eastern European Time 16 November 2026 (8:59am 17 November 2026 Sydney time), Finnair Plus members can buy Avios with a discount. The discount is tiered, with the highest 50% off applying to purchases of 85,000 Avios or more. Finnair has also reset the annual purchase limit for this sale, so you can buy the maximum 200,000 Avios even if you hit the cap earlier this year.

Unlike the previous Finnair Avios sale, which added bonus points on top, this is a straight discount. Paying half price is the same as getting a 100% bonus, which makes this deal the best we have seen all year.

“But Finnair doesn’t even fly to Australia,” I hear you say. Well, they do now, with the launch of daily flights from Melbourne. But you don’t actually need to fly Finnair to use Finnair Avios. Because the Finnair Plus frequent flyer program runs on Avios, the same points currency as British Airways and Qatar Airways, you can easily transfer Finnair Avios to British Airways or Qatar Airways.

For example, a Qatar Airways saver fare (if you can find it) from Australia to Europe would cost you 90,000 Avios. At the top 50% discount, you can buy those Avios for €990. Even after accounting for taxes and fees, that’s quite a deal for business class to Europe!

As usual, Finnair is excluding new accounts from the sale, limiting it to those who joined before 30 October 2026 and have a minimum balance of 50 Avios in their Finnair Plus account. The latter is easy to achieve since you can instantly transfer British Airways Avios to Finnair Avios, and British Airways is an American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner.

If you don't have Amex, you could join Revolut for free, this will allow you to earn RevPoints on your spending which can be converted to Avios at 1:1. If you join via our referral link, you'll also get $100 account credit if you verify your ID, deposit money into your account, make 3 purchases of $10 or more and order a physical debit card.

Buy Finnair Avios With A 50% Discount (November 2026)

Finnair's latest buy Avios sale runs from 2 November 2026 until 11:59pm Eastern European Time on 16 November 2026 (which is 8:59am 17 November Sydney time). The discount scales with your purchase, so the more Avios you buy, the cheaper each one gets. The full 50% off applies to purchases of 85,000 Avios or more, as below.

• No discount: 0 - 4,000 Avios
• 30% discount: 5,000 - 19,000 Avios
• 35% discount: 20,000 - 49,000 Avios
• 40% discount: 50,000 - 84,000 Avios
• 50% discount: 85,000 - 200,000 Avios

The maximum 200,000 Avios would cost €2,100 ($3,400 AUD), which works out to around 1.05 euro cents per Avios.

That’s cheaper than the best possible Finnair Plus Avios subscription, usually one of the best Avios deals on the market, which offers Avios at around 1.17 euro cents each. The top plan is for 240,000 Avios annually, at a cost of €2,808. The catch is that these Avios are paid out in monthly instalments, so it won't help if you need a large balance for a booking right now.

Save More By Paying In JPY

Regardless of which offer is running, be sure to check the rate when switching the payment currency to Japanese Yen (JPY) at checkout. Finnair's Yen prices can sometimes work out cheaper than its Euro prices once converted, which creates an arbitrage opportunity.

How Many Points Can I Buy?

Finnair Plus members can purchase for themselves or as a gift a maximum of 200,000 Avios in the calendar year. The combined maximum amount of Avios that a member can buy or receive is 200,000 Avios per calendar year.

However, Finnair has reset the annual purchase limit for this sale, so you can buy the maximum 200,000 Avios even if you hit the cap earlier this year.

Any Other Reasons To Buy?

Obviously, Finnair is part of the oneworld alliance, so you can spend your points on any oneworld partner airline (such as Qantas). Finnair also operates long haul flights between Europe and Asia, with plenty of award space available at excellent rates to Singapore and Bangkok.

Buying Avios also counts as a transaction, which extends the validity of your existing Avios balance by another 18 months. Finnair Avios can also be converted to tier points at a 3:1 ratio if you're chasing a higher Finnair Plus tier.

Offer History: Finnair Buy Avios

Before you take advantage of the current offer, it’s worth checking out previous Finnair Avios promotions. Finnair switches between discounts and bonus Avios, so here are the sales we’ve seen over the years:

• November 2026: 50% discount + 10% tier points
• September 2026: 50% bonus
• June 2026: 40% discount
• May 2026: 50% bonus
• March 2026: 40% discount

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• November 2025: 50% bonus + 10% tier points
• October 2025: 40% discount
• September 2025: 50% bonus
• June 2025: 40% discount
• February 2025: 50% bonus

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• November 2024: 50% discount
• September 2024: 50% bonus
• June 2024: 40% discount

Summing Up

A 50% discount is the best offer we have seen Finnair offer this year. But as always, we don’t recommend buying points speculatively unless you have use for them in the immediate future. You can buy Finnair Avios here.