SAS EuroBonus - OT: Danish company sacks SAS

Sorry, only in Danish:

Grundfos fyrer SAS
http://epn.dk/brancher/transport/luft/article1862984.ece

(google translated...)

Future must Grundfos staff not to fly with SAS. Management has ordered its employees to seek alternatives to SAS actually fired as a supplier to Grundfos Group.

'SAS is no longer the "preferred partner" as a supplier of Grundfos business travel. This means that SAS as far as possible will be included in travel suggestions from the travel department, 'it sounds in an internal letter at Grundfos.

Communications Manager at Grundfos, Kim Nøhr Skibsted, explains that default has occurred after that SAS has denounced a system which ensured that Grundfos got full advantage of the bonus points earned by employees through their many travels.
Pushes customers away



"We have informed SAS that we make every possible effort to avoid travel with them. SAS pushes its main clients from themselves by shifting the bonus system. We have tried a dialogue, but got a polite but dismissive response, "explains Kim Nøhr Skibsted.

At Grundfos provides otherwise by SAS.

"We would like to support up to SAS. And we want to be loyal in these tough times for SAS, "explains Kim Nøhr Skibsted.

But the change of the bonus scheme costing approximately Grundfos. 2 million. kr extra year and has been like a bucket of cold water on the head of the former loyal partner.

I'm not too familiar with the corporate deals that SAS have with customers but this sounds like the Grundfos employees couldn't use their EB points for private travel before but now can.

I'm not too familiar with the corporate deals that SAS have with customers but this sounds like the Grundfos employees couldn't use their EB points for private travel before but now can.

Yes, this is true... but chances are they will not earn as many as before - thus making it... for lack of better terms... useless.

Well done SAS :td:

Who ever is account manager at SAS for Grundfos should get on the phone right now!

It all relates back to the changes made this summer in who can use the EuroBonus points. SAS limitted the use to "family", which effectively prevented the use of EuroBonus point by colleagues.

Quite a few companies in Denmark says that the use of points earned on company travel must be used for company travel. In practise they have pooled the points and colleagues could use another colleagues points for company travel - thus reducing the direct cost of air travel for the company. This is no longer possible - and Grundfoss have today made a big foss about this in Danish media.

Isn't this all what SAS Credits should do instead? Earning EB private and Credit for the company.
http://www.sas.dk/da/virksomhedslosninger/SCP/SAS-Credits/?WT.ac=Forside_SAS-Credits

Someone in SAS obviously has not been successful in getting this message through to the customer.....

Well, I guess their employees gave to settle for this now:rolleyes:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Grundfos-(Air-Alsie)/Dassault-Falcon-2000/1367373/M/

Hmm as I see it - two big children fighting... Grundfoss is whining, and SAS is crying (bleeding) and digging it's own grave at the same time... :rolleyes:

Surely Grundfoss can live without SK, but it's going to drive the employers crazy, because they have to travel via other hubs to get overseas! I know SK don't really have that many IC routes, but at least they got direct flights to PEK, NRT, EWR, ORD etc!

Oh well, guess Grundfoss is now the angry kid that don't wan't to play with the other kids in the schoolyard...