Epassi, mobile payments platform and the Nordic market leader in employee benefits, has today launched a unique collaboration with Finnair

Any Finnair frequent flyer program member can now pay for services with Finnair Plus points at Epassi's more than 15,000 sport, culture and wellbeing sites around Finland.

Payments are made using the Epassi mobile app at the checkout of the chosen site. Epassi app is free to use and it is downloadable at Apple and Google app stores

The collaboration will be further expanded to include thousands of restaurants towards the summer of 2021.

Epassi and Finnair expect the service to gain popularity among a vast group of Finnair Plus members gradually as the pandemic restrictions are expected to decrease during the spring and summer. Summer activities such as golf, outdoor swimming pools, tennis, padel and other ball games, museums and cultural sites, as well as more than 3,000 available masseurs from all over Finland, are expected to gain the greatest popularity. For Finnair Plus members, this will significantly expand the possibilities to use the points.

Payments made easy – new app redesigned with Reaktor

The entire user interface of the Epassi mobile application was redesigned. In the past, the app could only be used by employees of companies offering employee benefits with Epassi. Now any Finnair Plus member can download the Epassi app and join in.

Loyalty benefits going mobile

Cooperation between the mobile payment service and an airline's loyalty program is unique even on a global scale. The addition of loyalty systems to the respected payment applications is a natural match for Epassi, which was the first to take employee benefits to mobile.

Epassi, operating in Finland and Sweden, currently has 1.5 million users and 35,000merchant sites in the Nordic countries.