Change in YR surcharge handling on Finnair's short-haul flights
Following the development done for our long-haul flights already earlier this year, Finnair will end collecting a separate YR surcharge (the so-called carrier-imposed fee) also on short-haul flights and in the future the current YR amount will be included in the net fare.
The visible change is that the fare construction becomes simpler:
- currently our short-haul fares are constructed “net fare + YR + taxes and fees”, e.g. 100 + 10 + 10
- from the 5th October onwards, our short-haul fares are constructed “net fare which includes the old YR + taxes and fees” , e.g. 110 + 10
The change does not require any actions from the agents nor customers as the published end fare will remain the same.
For groups confirmed in GDS Finnair will add the YR on top of the net fare. The total fare of net and YR will remain the same as at the time of confirmation. Airport taxes will be determined at the time of ticketing, as usual.
No action needed for bookings created in Finnair Group Travel tool.
The change is effective for sales and travel as of 5th of October.
However, the following should be kept in mind when processing reissues manually; in the future, when changing only the inbound portion of an unused ticket, current fare will always be used for re-pricing. Until now, in these scenarios, historical fare was used.
This change brings a simpler and more consistent reissue process:
- when changing unused tickets = always use current fare and taxes
- when changing partially used tickets = always use historical fare and taxes
The change is made on the Fare Filing level so Amadeus Ticket Changer will automatically follow the new policy for all tickets issued with the new filing. Manual reissues should follow the new policy.