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New Review – Platinum Wing Helsinki (HEL)

Thanks to a trip with a friend who has BA Gold status (Oneworld Emerald) I was able to visit this beautiful lounge at Helsinki Airport today.

Location and Access

Both the Business Lounge (review follows) and the Platinum Wing Lounge are located in the non-Schengen area at Gate 52. In addition to the access regulations, the opening hours also differ. While the Business Lounge is open daily from 05:30 – 00:00, the Platinum Wing Lounge is only open from 10:30 to 17:30.

You can always find the latest information on this directly at Finnair

Access is granted as follows:

Finnair Business Lounge

Holders of Business Classic, Flex and Saver* tickets

Finnair Plus Gold members + 1 guest + children under the age of 18

Finnair Plus Platinum members + 1 guest + children under the age of 18

Finnair Plus Platinum Lumo members + 4 guests + children under the age of 18

oneworld Emerald and Sapphire cardholders + 1 guest

Finnair Platinum Wing

Finnair Plus Platinum members + 1 guest + children under 18 years old

Finnair Plus Platinum Lumo members + 4 guests + children under 18 years old

oneworld Emerald members + 1 guest

Amenities

After the entrance, you first pass the toilets and the sauna behind them. Sauna? Yes, that’s right, one of the features of this lounge is that there is a sauna here. Unfortunately, it was closed at the time of my visit – a real shame as there are no pictures (which of course would only have been possible if the sauna had been empty). Showers are also available.

Showers are also available and, as you would expect, everything you need is here.

Dann gelangt man zu einer sehr zentral gelegenen Bar.

To the left, there is comfortable seating with power sockets at the seats.

On the right-hand side, you will first enter the restaurant area where there is another room with some seating.

The restaurant has both an a la carte menu and a buffet with numerous options. I must honestly say that both the presentation and the quality were at a very good level.

In the end, we ended up with a burger and salmon. Both were very good.

A word about the service – I found it extremely polite and courteous. It was a lot of fun.

Conflusion

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m rather fond of Star Alliance and fly Swiss, Lufthansa etc. quite often. So this experience was all the better as I not only got to know something different, but was also very impressed by the friendliness, quality and service. Anyone who has some time here should definitely make the trip to the lounge and enjoy it.

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