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SAS Ends Mask Requirement On Select Flights

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 16, 2021October 15, 2021 31 Comments
SAS Masks

As vaccination rates rises and COVID-19 recedes, Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) is loosening its mask requirement on flights within Scandinavia. SAS Drops Mask Requirements On Scandinavian Flights Effective October 18, 2021, SAS will not longer require masks onboard its...

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A Royal Experience In SAS A350 Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 16, 2020December 17, 2020 16 Comments
SAS A350-900 Business Class Review

A long-time Award Expert client and friend recently returned home from Europe and had the great fortune of having the entire business class cabin to himself onboard a brand new SAS A350-900 in business class.  When we booked his...

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Ryanair Vs. SAS: Dueling “We Will Fly Again” Music Videos

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 19, 2020June 19, 2020 6 Comments
Ryanair SAS Music Video

What do you do when you are a flight attendant or pilot and 90% of flights are cancelled? You make a music video of course. Today we have two videos for your viewing pleasure, one from Ryanair and one...

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Review: SAS Gold Lounge Copenhagen (CPH)

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 15, 2019November 15, 2019 12 Comments
SAS Gold Lounge Copenhagen Review

Give me good coffee and you’ve already made me happy. Everything else in the SAS Gold Lounge in Copenhagen was icing on the cake. SAS Gold Lounge Copenhagen Location + Opening Hours The SAS Gold Lounge is open to...

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Does New SAS Livery Reveal New SAS Identity?

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 20, 2019 3 Comments
SAS Livery Identity

For the first time in more than two decades, SAS has unveiled a new aircraft livery. What should we make of the new livery and the timing surrounding it? The new livery maintains the iconic SAS logo and blue...

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SAS Plays Musical Chairs At LAX

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 5, 2019September 6, 2019 3 Comments
SAS Copenhagen LAX

SAS is shifting its service to Los Angeles. Stockholm is out. Copenhagen is in. What prompted this change? Effective January 13, 2019, SAS will launch year-around service between Copenhagen (CPH) and Los Angeles (LAX): SK931 Copenhagen – Los Angeles...

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A Sensible Stewardship Suggestion For SAS

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 30, 2019August 30, 2019 7 Comments
SAS Onboard Waste

SAS claims to care deeply about the environment. Here’s a suggestion to quickly eliminate unnecessary waste…not just talk about it. To combat its perception as a polluter, SAS has taken several steps, including: Seeking to use more biofuel (whatever...

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This Is What Passes For Business Class On A Three Hour SAS Flight…

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 27, 2019August 27, 2019 37 Comments
Sas Plus Business Class warning

In the swinging pendulum between budget and luxury, SAS really has swung too far in the budget direction for a product it still markets as business class. This is not breaking news; SAS eliminated “business class” on flights within...

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The Updated SAS Gold Lounge In Copenhagen Is Superb!

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 27, 2019August 27, 2019 17 Comments
SAS Lounge Copenhagen Pictures

After a day in Berlin, I flew to Copenhagen where I spent the night before continuing on to Reykjavík the next day. That gave me plenty of time to check out the beautifully refurbished SAS Gold Lounge. One way...

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SAS Cuts Hot Towels In Business Class “For The Environment”

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 14, 2019June 14, 2019 14 Comments
SAS Hot Towels

As cultural norms change and flying falls increasingly out of vogue in Scandinavia, SAS is trying to recast the narrative and declare itself as a trendsetter on environmental stewardship. Hot towels have become a casualty of this most valiant...

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Why Are SAS Pilots Striking?

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 27, 2019April 27, 2019 6 Comments

A pilot’s strike at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) over pay and working conditions continued for a second day, prompting the cancellation of nearly 700 additional flights. What exactly do pilots want? The strike, by Danish, Norwegian and Swedish pilots’ unions, began...

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Newssas

SAS Worried As “Flying Shame” Grips Sweden

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 15, 2019April 15, 2019 25 Comments
SAS Flying Shame

In Sweden, flying has become a social faux pas. That’s causing great concern for Swedish Airports and Scandinavian Airlines. Swedavia AB, which operates 10 airports in Sweden, noted two startling stats: In 2018, Sweden had its weakest overall growth...

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Beef Filet Vs. Swordfish In SAS Business Class

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 12, 2019January 12, 2019 5 Comments

Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. For this...

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A European Loyalty Program Devalues Without Notice

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 9, 2018November 9, 2018 2 Comments
SAS EuroBonus Devaluation

The only thing worse than a devaluation is a devaluation without notice. SAS EuroBonus is guilty of both. Or, depending upon your perspective, the program may have suddenly become more valuable. SAS has a great new ad out concerning...

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Pictures: SAS Upgrades Lounge In Copenhagen (CPH)

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 27, 2018October 27, 2018 10 Comments
SAS Lounge Copenhangen Pictures

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has updated its flagship lounges in Copenhagen, with several new elements I look forward to checking out. First, the lounge will retain its “Fast Track” dedicated security entrance for SAS premium cabin travelers as well as...

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Charming Concept: SAS Café Lounge

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 20, 2017July 20, 2017 2 Comments
SAS Café Lounge Tromso Review

SAS offers a charming lounge concept at five smaller airports: lounge cafés. SAS bases operations out of three Scandinavian hubs: Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, but serves 40 Scandinavian destinations. Some of these cities are too small to support a full lounge but to small or competitive...

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Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: July 17, 2017

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 16, 2017July 16, 2017 Leave a Comment
SAS Business Class

I’m hardly in full relaxation mode, but after another week in beautiful Germany I’ve acclimated back nicely to a life of paying in cash and not being able to buy groceries on Sunday! As we start thinking about the...

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Review: Oslo to Longyearbyen in SAS Plus (“Business”)

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 13, 2017July 13, 2017 2 Comments
SAS Oslo Longyearbyen

At 2hr,55min, Oslo to Longyearbyen is the longest domestic flights on the SAS route map. How does service look on a flight that long in SAS Plus? After spending half the afternoon and entire evening the SAS Gold Lounge,...

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Review: SAS Gold Lounge Oslo

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 11, 2017July 13, 2017 1 Comment
SAS Gold Lounge Oslo Review

After three hours in the SAS Gold Lounge in Stockholm and the most scenic flight of my life, we faced a 7hr layover in Oslo. I wanted to go into Oslo, but an afternoon storm rolled through so we remained...

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Pictures: The Most Scenic Flight I’ve Ever Flown

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 11, 2017July 11, 2017 11 Comments
SAS Stockholm Oslo Business Class Review

This flight review will focus not on what took place inside the airplane, but on what I observed outside. As a rule, I prefer window seats, but I don’t generally spend time gazing out of them. Instead, I choose...

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