Free plastic surgery for air passengers

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Helsinki: First it was free flights, hotel rooms and magazine subscriptions. Now, Finnair Oyj, Finland’s biggest airline, is offering frequent flyers free plastic surgery in exchange for air miles.

Breast implants, hair replacement surgery or a face-lift at the Nordstroem Hospital in Helsinki are among the newest offerings in the carrier’s Finnair Plus loyalty service, according to the programme’s website.

Earning the 3.18 million points for breast augmentation surgery requires 120 round-trip, business-class flights between Helsinki and New York, according to a points table on Finnair’s Web site.

This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Saturday, November 14, 2009