Star Alliance Award Bookings Using SAS Miles
Jul 19, 2015, 5:37 am
#16
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
Posts: 5,971
1,2) https://www.flysas.com/en/eurobonus/...e_award_chart/
3) No YQ on SK metal, Scam charges on other *A.
4) Yes, wasn't a problem. I had searched for the flights upfront using the ANA tool and the agent had no problem booking the same (CPH-VIE-JFK-VIE-CPH)
5) afaik, no. Book it and then cancel it if you need to change.
6) no idea
3) No YQ on SK metal, Scam charges on other *A.
4) Yes, wasn't a problem. I had searched for the flights upfront using the ANA tool and the agent had no problem booking the same (CPH-VIE-JFK-VIE-CPH)
5) afaik, no. Book it and then cancel it if you need to change.
6) no idea
Jul 20, 2015, 12:47 am
#17
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: All of 'em
Posts: 438
1,2) https://www.flysas.com/en/eurobonus/...e_award_chart/
3) No YQ on SK metal, Scam charges on other *A.
4) Yes, wasn't a problem. I had searched for the flights upfront using the ANA tool and the agent had no problem booking the same (CPH-VIE-JFK-VIE-CPH)
5) afaik, no. Book it and then cancel it if you need to change.
6) no idea
3) No YQ on SK metal, Scam charges on other *A.
4) Yes, wasn't a problem. I had searched for the flights upfront using the ANA tool and the agent had no problem booking the same (CPH-VIE-JFK-VIE-CPH)
5) afaik, no. Book it and then cancel it if you need to change.
6) no idea
On their fee page, it appears to be very cheap to cancel (15 euro) and even to change the name on a reservation which I haven't seen before.
Is this your experience? It seems too good to be true.
Jul 20, 2015, 2:57 am
#19
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,935
Cancelling an award reservation is free - and miles are refunded (provided they have not expired). Have done it multiple times.
Follow-up question:
For a *A award can you change the routing, but keep the destination (e.g. from CPH-ZRH-HKG to CPH-FRA-HKG) - even if some of the miles have expired?
You can of course cancel, loose the expired miles and rebook with "new" miles
But the question is of a rerouting can be done without loosing the expired miles?
Follow-up question:
For a *A award can you change the routing, but keep the destination (e.g. from CPH-ZRH-HKG to CPH-FRA-HKG) - even if some of the miles have expired?
You can of course cancel, loose the expired miles and rebook with "new" miles
But the question is of a rerouting can be done without loosing the expired miles?
Jul 21, 2015, 1:11 am
#21
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: All of 'em
Posts: 438
Jul 21, 2015, 1:26 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: EuroBonus Diamond, Delta Skymiles 360, BAEC LTG, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 2,826
The C&P tickets come out as full revenue tickets, so you get all benefits including points earning and priority rebooking as you would had you completely paid for the ticket.
The downside is that you can only book them on SK's limited network, so no connections on *A or other partners.
The downside is that you can only book them on SK's limited network, so no connections on *A or other partners.
Last edited by FlyingMoose; Jul 23, 2015 at 12:43 am
Jul 21, 2015, 1:39 am
#23
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: All of 'em
Posts: 438
The C&P tickets come out as full revenu tickets, so you get all benefits including points earning and priority rebooking as you would had you completely paid for the ticket.
The downside is that you can only book them on SK's limited network, so no connections on *A or other partners.
The downside is that you can only book them on SK's limited network, so no connections on *A or other partners.
What value do they assign to the points on a C&P, and what's the min/max of points that can be used?
Jul 21, 2015, 1:53 am
#24
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
Posts: 5,971
Min points to use: 0
Max points to use: As much as you have (but you still have to pay at least taxes with cash)
Price per point varies between long haul, short haul etc. I have seen between 1000 points worth SEK 24 for MUC - CPH - MUC in Go and SEK 250 on MUC - CPH - SFO - CPH - MUC. (including the 30% Diamond Bonus), e.g. the SFO flight costs 175 000 points plus SEK 1500 in taxes or SEK 42 000 in cash. Do the math.
Oh, and of course you earn 30k points for the flights. So... another increase in value, meaning you just pay 145.000 points for a full flex business ticket at a rack rate of 42 000 SEK.
Can be very good value.
Last edited by fassy; Jul 21, 2015 at 2:03 am
Jul 21, 2015, 1:55 am
#25
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Stockholm
Posts: 152
Here are the point prices: http://www.sas.se/eurobonus/point-ch...points-charts/ (click the tab for "Best Availability" to see C&P point prices, if you choose to pay the entire fare with points)
There is no min or max: You can pay with as few or as many points as you want (except for taxes that need to be paid with point).
Jul 21, 2015, 5:56 am
#29
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
Posts: 5,971
In short (as Diamond) redeeming on CPH-SFO-CPH in full flex business will mean an effective rate of SEK 289/1000 points for a flight in May 2016 which prices out at around 42.000 SEK.
Significantly less value in Go on shorthaul... about 1/10 of that, in fact even lower
Significantly less value in Go on shorthaul... about 1/10 of that, in fact even lower
Jul 22, 2015, 11:58 am
#30
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: OSL
Programs: SK Diamond, LH SEN, KL Ivory, AY Basic, OZ silver
Posts: 1,103
Sry for bumping an old thread, but I couldn't find a better location for my questions.
1) What routing rules exist on Star Alliances award reservations?
2) Is a stopover allowed.
3) My understanding is that YQ aren't charged. Is this correct?
4) Any recent experiences with calling up to book flights.
5) Are holds allowed?
6) What's the infant fee on miles redemptions?
Thx ya'll
1) What routing rules exist on Star Alliances award reservations?
2) Is a stopover allowed.
3) My understanding is that YQ aren't charged. Is this correct?
4) Any recent experiences with calling up to book flights.
5) Are holds allowed?
6) What's the infant fee on miles redemptions?
Thx ya'll
To answer your questions as good as I can:
Please read this site: http://www.sas.no/eurobonus/point-ch...points-charts/ especially 'spend chart - star alliance' i think it answers 1.
2: stopovers are allowed, but you might end up spending more points, as you might suddenly find yourself booking 2 singles instead of 1 single with a long stop. Some vague memory about 24 hour stopovers at maximum comes to mind.
3: depends on the carrier. SK doesn't charge much, LH is crazy by charging $500 or so on award tickets.
4: Yes, I do. Experience is that, if you find a competent person on SAS' side, booking should be a breeze. According to good SAS tradition, however, you may also end up with someone who doesn't understand half of what a StarAlliance booking is about. Just try to call again and hope you find someone else. Also: availability varies quite a bit. Some carriers have *A-wide availability wide out a long time ahead, others only just an impossible day or 2 in advance (again, frowning at LH here).
5: 'holds' as in 'standby'? Not 100% sure what you mean here...
6: No child discounts on StarAlliance bookings are given.
EDIT: Completely missed out that there was already a page 2 on this tread... Oh well, now you have my opinion as well, for what it's worth...