Finnair has now acomplished the shift of its program Finnair Plus to the Avios currency, used notably as well by British Airways and Qatar Airways. While the free transfer of points between Finnair Plus and other Avios-based programs will still take a couple of weeks to be put in place, it is now time to start to use the program in a more flexible manner. This obviously applies to Finnair flights, where you need to consider whether you are better off with the accrual rate of 6 miles/EUR under the Finnair Plus program or the traditional distance-based approach of partner programs. But the same logic is valid for non-air activities: While you get, as example for such optimisation potential, 500 miles for all rentals with Sixt in the Qatar Airways program, Finnair Plus members get either 350 or 700 miles depending on the car category. And once you are ready to redeem, you need to check which award model lets you get your desired flight for the cheapest price and move your points accordingly. For instance, redeeming an Economy roundtrip flight between Helsinki and Paris on Finnair would cost 26,000 Avios to a Finnair Plus member, but “only” between 22,000 and 23,000 for members of the programs of British Airways, Iberia or Qatar Airways.