A nice sale for Winter travel to Barcelona, our favorite city in Europe for the food and nightlife.

Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, used under Creative Commons License (By 2.0)

Sample Date:

• January 16th – 23rd. Valid for travel from January 1st, 2013 – February 27th, 2013 for Monday through Thursday departure. Use ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and flexible month search to see availability, enable advance code and enter “ay+” on both outbound and inbound advance code field to see this Finnair fare. Must purchase 3 days in advance of departure.

Routing:

• ORD – JFK (New York) – HEL (Helsinki) – BCN (Barcelona) – HEL – JFK – ORD

Mileage:

• 12,984 miles or 5.2 cents per mile. Finnair is a member of the OneWorld alliance and a partner of American Airlines’ AAdvantage program. Provide the checkin staff with your American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer number to receive 100% mileage credit.

Booking:

• Use dates found at ITA Software Matrix Airfare Search and book on Orbitz.com — make sure you select Finnair as the preferred airline in the advance search option to pull up this fare. Finnair.com is not pricing this correctly.

Background Information:

• Visa: US Citizens – not required. Other nationals, check the TIMATIC Visa Database
• Currency: Euro (EUR) $1USD = 0.81 EUR

Tips for saving when using credit cards at international destinations:

• No Foreign Transaction Fee Credit Cards to save on international purchases
• Don’t get hit with Dynamic Currency Conversion
• Get your taxes refunded when shopping

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