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Home » Trip Reports » Introduction: A330-300 Trip On SAS + Brussels Airlines
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Introduction: A330-300 Trip On SAS + Brussels Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 18, 2025February 17, 2025 9 Comments

As I depart for Hong Kong, I’ll share a recent trip report this week of a short journey to Denmark to fly on SAS and Brussels Airlines in business class, both on the A330-300. Frankly, I was disappointed at how this trip turned out…but that’s the risk you take when redeeming miles and points.

A330-300 Trip To Copenhagen On SK + SN

I’ve recently reviewed the SAS Airbus A350-900 and A321LR in business class, but it has been several years since I reviewed the A330. Days after SAS switched from Star Alliance to SkyTeam, I flew from Newark to Copenhagen on the SAS A330 in business class. SAS is always solid.

a person sitting in an airplane

For my flight home, I was hoping to fly on the new Lufthansa Allegris business class or the new Austrian Airlines business class on the 787-9. Sadly, neither opened…a sign of the times. I thought about British Airways First Class but that didn’t open. Finnair? No luck. Aer Lingus? No space. Iberia? Nothing.

So in the end, I booked Brussels Airlines from Copenhagen to New York via Brussels. While I was expecting this:

the inside of an airplane
Brussels Airlines

I got this ex-Eurowings aircraft instead…a big disappointment for a flagship route like BRU-JFK:

a group of seats in a plane

I flew United Airlines from Los Angeles to Chicago (I had to take care of something there), Spirit Airlines to Newark, and JetBlue from New York to LA. I’ll review the Spirit Airlines flight, but won’t review United or JetBlue.

Here’s what you have to look forward to in this trip report series:

  • Spirit Airlines A321 Economy Class [ORD-EWR]
  • SAS A330-300 Business Class [EWR-CPH]
  • SAS Gold Lounge Copenhagen (CPH)
  • My Overnight Capsule In Copenhagen
  • Brussels Airlines A320neo Business Class [CPH-BRU]
  • Brussels Airlines “The Loft” Lounge Brussels (BRU)
  • Horrific Passport Control Lines At Brussels Airport
  • Brussels Airlines A330-300 Business Class [BRU-JFK]

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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9 Comments

  1. KC Reply
    February 18, 2025 at 10:06 am

    Omg I had the same experience at Brussels airport passport control few years back… have been avoiding leaving EU from there ever since.

    • Andrew H. Reply
      February 18, 2025 at 11:55 am

      I transfered in Brussels once and that was all I needed.

      I didn’t think anything could be worse than a transfer in LHR but the Belgians found a way to overachieve.

    • M Reply
      February 18, 2025 at 12:08 pm

      As a data point I can back through BRU last week. They implemented the e gates, and there was no one in line. So I was through passport control in under 30 seconds.

  2. E39 Reply
    February 18, 2025 at 10:37 am

    Did you check out the SAS lounge at EWR?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 18, 2025 at 10:38 am

      I took a picture of the outside but then thought I should go to the gate to board…and had already missed the start of boarding (ie.. my trademark pictures with no other folks). That was very disappointing. Security lines in that horrible Terminal B were truly awful.

  3. PM Reply
    February 18, 2025 at 8:21 pm

    Interesting that you don’t seem to have used the Diamond non-Schengen lounge at BRU- or have SN stopped offering access to business class pax (*G members have always been excluded from that)? And I am surprised by the queues you encountered there, I tend to fly via BRU once or twice a year (typically between the UK and Spain) and it’s always a smooth, if unexciting, experience.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      February 18, 2025 at 9:02 pm

      I had already reviewed it and wanted to line up early to board my flight.

      https://liveandletsfly.com/diamond-lounge-brussels-review/

      • PM Reply
        February 18, 2025 at 9:13 pm

        Looks like it may have closed at some point in ’24 and been replaced by another lounge called ‘The View’.

  4. MetsNomad Reply
    February 19, 2025 at 10:32 am

    I HAAAAAATE the passport control lines (for Non-EU Passports) at Brussels Airport! I’d be happy to connect ANYWHERE in the Schengen Area to avoid clearing immigration in Brussels Airport. I haven’t been there in a while. Can Non-EU citizens use the E-gates these days?

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