Seaman and marine industry fares

Finnair’s global, private seaman and marine industry fares are distributed to travel agents with a valid agreement with Finnair.

Terms and conditions

  • Private seaman and marine industry fares are valid only with a valid seaman ID or proof of travel for seamen, families of seamen (spouse & children aged 2-21 years) and maintenance personnel/inspectors visiting a ship or offshore rigs. 
  • Office-based staff are excluded from using these rates. This includes managers/directors travelling for site inspections and on-board meetings. 
  • Fares are based on published Flex ticket type. The fares are not linked to any specific corporate/shipping company and cannot be made available with a corporate specific pricing code. 
  • The agent must agree to follow the latest version of Finnair’s booking and ticketing policy as for any other fares. 
  • Any abuse of the fare conditions will result in an ADM being issued for the full gross Y or D class fare in addition to withdrawal of these fares from the agent without notice. 
  • Finnair's standard conditions of carriage apply also to tickets sold with marine fares. 
  • In case the published fare levels are changed by Finnair, the marine fares will change accordingly.

Finnair NDC API supports Marine fares, please check the technical availability with your aggregator/technology partner.

Private fare typeMarine  
Passenger Type CodePassenger type code (PTC) SEA must be used to guarantee marine fare’s higher baggage quota. Missing or incorrect PTC will cause conflicting information in our check-in system and might lead to possible extra baggage charges at airport.​​​​​​​
Mandatory OSI elementOSI element must be filled with ship’s name and country of registration must be inserted, for example MS GALAXY EXPRESS NORWAY
EligibilityPrivate seaman and marine industry fares are valid only with a valid seaman ID or proof of travel for seamen, families of seamen (spouse & children aged 2-21 years) and maintenance personnel/inspectors visiting a ship or offshore rigs. If unsure whether the passenger is qualified for marine fare, please consult our Agent Help Desk.
Pricing code for marine fareAmadeus: RSEA,U​ 
Galileo: SEAMAN 
Sabre: SEA01​​​​​​​​ 
Worldspan: SEA
Passenger Type CodePassenger type code (PTC) SEA must be used to guarantee marine fare’s higher baggage quota. Missing or incorrect PTC will cause conflicting information in our check-in system and might lead to possible extra baggage charges at airport.​​​​​​​
Mandatory OSI elementOS AY MARINE FARE along with ship’s name and country of registration must inserted exactly in the right format or the flights will be cancelled, for example OS AY MARINE FARE MS GALAXY EXPRESS NORWAY.
EligibilityPrivate seaman and marine industry fares are valid only with a valid seaman ID or proof of travel for seamen, families of seamen (spouse & children aged 2-21 years) and maintenance personnel/inspectors visiting a ship or offshore rigs. You can read the full list of eligible passengers and requirements for ID/essential documentation from the fare rules’ eligibility (EL) section.