Finnair is, funnily enough, the national airline carrier of Finland.
Recently, their Frequent Flyer Program, Plus Points, was amended so that Frequent Flier Points could be redeemed in exchange for plastic surgery.
That’s right! If you fly often enough, you could have the facelift, nip/tuck, or boob job that you have always wanted!
There’s more on that story in this article.
You would need to fly a lot to score a free trip to the surgeon’s knife – about 400 flights between Helsinki and Hong Kong in return for some breast implants.
Hmm, I can’t wait to see the points table for botox, facelifts, and nose jobs.
But that got me thinking – the current Finnair Frequent Flyer Program is called Plus Points.
I thought that because of the new plastic surgery rewards that have been offered, ‘Plus Points’ is a bit bland and should be changed to something else that reflects the new award benefits.
So I’ve done the work for Finnair already!
Anyway, here are my 10 Possible New Names for the Finnair Frequent Flyer Program:
- Uplift Awards;
- Points Abreast;
- Nose Job Journeys;
- Designer Vagina Voyager;
- Penis Extension Points;
- Botox Bonuses;
- Collagen Injection Incentives;
- Facelift Flight Rewards;
- Skin Stretch Kilometres; and finally
- Extreme Makeover Miles.
I would doubt if Finnair would take on any of these for their Frequent Flyer Program, but anyway, you never know!
You can also check out Heavenly Fare – from the Kitchens and Cellars of Finnair.
I thought it was a bit strange to introduce plastic surgery as possible gifts for airline points in the first place!
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November 19th, 2009 at 2:55 am
I vote “Points Abreast”! Sign me up, it’s time for some lipo.
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November 19th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Finnaire Flyer seems really very interesting. Plastic surgery during every flight seems very strange.
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November 19th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Really? Are the Fins that in need of plastic surgery? If I flew Finnair I would opt for the free air tickets. As a consumer who is using FF miles to get DDs you would be on the losing end of that deal. Kind of like winning the dusty stereo by playing skeet ball!
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November 26th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I go for the Uplift Awards for the reason of its kind of inspiring name. It seems like it promises the customers as well as the whole company for an optimistic result in the future for both parties.
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February 9th, 2010 at 3:11 am
Wow! That’s a very extraordinary way to promote airlines! Do they really want to see their clients smiling beautifully or just are so struggling for life?
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March 3rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Let us go fly Finnair now and start collecting those points! And we better start looking for the right surgeon!
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March 26th, 2010 at 12:43 am
I vote for “Extreme Makeover Miles”… sounds too good to be true!
Innovative way to promote an airline though…
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April 7th, 2010 at 5:58 am
Ha ha wonder if you get more points for first class
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May 15th, 2010 at 1:40 am
Great post, I will make sure to tweet it!
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May 25th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Wow, does one really need to travel to the northland in order to obtain plastic surgery? There are plenty of capable surgeons in the states, besides do the fair haired finn’s really need so much work done?
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May 28th, 2010 at 7:30 am
haha!! this is so funny/a little disturbing. if airlines in the U.S. started doing this i dont know how people would react. I wonder what other services they offer and i wonder what other weird services other national carriers offer.
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June 2nd, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Have you heard about the new rage in plastic surgery? Dimmple Implants! Thats right now you can have dimmples implanted into your cheeks… you should add that to the list! haha, what will they think of next?!
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July 13th, 2010 at 2:03 am
Botox is quite dangerous if it not properly administered by qualified doctors~;.
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Nip/Tuck has some great drama too in the story, the women in this tv series are gorgeous too eventhough most of them are mature*~’
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August 5th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Strange. When a passenger boards a plane he is anew when he lands. hahaha But very interesting idea.
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August 10th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
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August 12th, 2010 at 4:44 am
That’s sounds interesting. It’s also pat of their marketing strategy. The more your ride, the bigger your points and chances of having surgery at no cost. Pretty deal though.
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August 17th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
That really sounds weird. It’s my first time to hear such promotional gift or benefit in exchange for the mileage they earn. Not to mention, it’s also an expensive gift too.
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August 20th, 2010 at 9:26 am
It’s all a bit ironic considering the effects high altitudes have been known to have on breast implants, such as pulsations and bubbling.
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August 20th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
“Sag No More”
“Collagen in the Clouds”
If I wasn’t at work I’d take the time to think of some more hehe. Strange program but I bet it will work because there are going to be more and more people in the world wanting surgery of some description to make themselves look better.
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