Four of five identical after-departure form questions denied the published €50 fee. The same study also found consistent refund eligibility when Finnair cancels the flight.
Fieldwork
10 October 2026
Study scope
Three carrier-specific fixed questions × five attempts, alongside adaptive virtual-user conversations.
THE SAVED OBSERVATIONS
What the evidence shows.
AY
Finnair
Sisu
4 / 5Published form fee deniedFour after-departure form replies denied the saved €50 fee; one could not confirm it. All kept the Light fare non-refundable.
Four of five identical after-departure form questions denied the published €50 fee. The same study also found consistent refund eligibility when Finnair cancels the flight.
Recorded gap
The €50 form fee was denied
Four fixed replies said the after-departure form fee did not apply, conflicting with the saved matching Refunds page.
Observed answer
Carrier-cancellation eligibility was consistent
All five fixed replies confirmed the refund to the original payment method; the fee was left open once.
Needs review
No real fee was charged
The study used hypothetical cases on one Australia-English surface; five repeats do not establish a customer failure rate.
METHOD & SCOPE
How this study was run.
64 messages in 41 captured chats; the reviewed set contains 40 replies from 20 virtual users and 15 fixed-question replies. Nine pilot, replaced or excluded messages are outside that set.
These are hypothetical policy conversations, not completed customer transactions.
Finnair cancels; customer uses the form: Direct HEL–SIN Economy Light card booking; Finnair cancels; no replacement or voucher accepted; Manage booking cannot process the refund. Expected against saved policy: A full refund to the original payment method without the €50 voluntary-cancellation form fee. Observed context: All 5 confirmed refund to the original payment method. Attempt 1 gave an award-booking rationale; attempt 3 did not confirm the fee.
Customer cancels in Manage booking: Voluntary cancellation before departure; non-refundable Light fare; refund requested through Manage booking; no disruption or extras. Expected against saved policy: Fare stays non-refundable; eligible unused taxes may be refunded, without the €50 form fee for this channel. Observed context: All 5 kept the fare non-refundable. No fee reply here was counted as an error in v4; two correct no-fee outcomes used an award-booking rationale.
Customer uses the form after departure: Light ticket bought 30 days ago; voluntarily cancelled two days before flight; flight departed yesterday; now claiming eligible unused taxes by form. Expected against saved policy: State the €50 service fee for this request. Paying it does not make the non-refundable Light fare refundable. Observed context: Attempts 1, 3, 4 and 5 denied the fee. Attempt 2 was uncertain. All 5 correctly kept the fare non-refundable.
LIMITATIONS
What this does not establish.
Australia-English public chat, one date, synthetic cases; five repeats are not a failure rate.
The matching €50 sentence was checked on the Australia-English Refunds page.
Adaptive charge questions are candidate clarification needs, not confirmed wrong fee rules.
Twenty opening replies correctly confirmed carrier-cancellation refund eligibility; this does not certify every side detail.
New chat windows do not prove independent server-side tests; no fee was charged and no refund was requested.
Expected answers await Finnair policy-owner confirmation; root cause and fixes were not tested.
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