klmml

Indeed, I took the route again the other day and it was very quiet. I can see why the Privatair crew were saying they love flying the route - very little work!

Excellent diamond recognition, FWIW.

FlyingMoose

That's the major problem indeed. I had our corporate account relationship request this as well but we've not received tangible feedback.

There are a few AC connections out of BOS that we want to be able to use but without relying on multiple itineraries. Still a mystery to me why this is such a big deal.

SK2751

Out of curiosity, as lowly traveler from outside the corporate world, what difference using one airline does for you? I suppose you are using a TA that can ticket multi-airlines itineraries anyways?

fassy

Big Corporate accounts can get quite substantial discounts with an airline. Usually the company needs to commit to a lot of flights on that carrier (e.g LH didn't even wanted to talk to my last US based company (300 employees) since they vetted us as not important and big enough even though all our employees traveled the majority of their time). The deals usually give a discount at time of booking and some kick-backs at the end of the year based on actual volume. As I worked for a big Swedish company two years back the discount at time of booking at SAS was quite small (just about 100SEK or so) but I was told the kick-back at the end of the year would be significant (more than 35% I was told but of course can't verify) if we bundle our travel on SK.

I have a friend at a huge German company and they pay less than 50% for their long haul business tickets on LH...

So, like always: YMMV!

tgj1974

I heard some large MNC gets deals on LH, where you get F if you pay C and C if you pay Y.

SK2751

Ah, I see ... wonders of corporate world. So Moose's problem is that he cannot route via BOS because then the corporate agreement wouldn't kick in (unless some codeshares were introduced)?

fassy

Kind of. problem is that SK doesn't publishes any fares through BOS (same as SFO or LAX). And pluging together a custom itinerary connecting to UA or AC in BOS will come out absurd costly because of that.

they should have joint the transatlantic JV back in the days...

SK2751

Did they have any choice? (I also miss the times when it was easy to buy a ticket on SK one way, and on AC/UA/LH the other way).

CPH-Flyer

If I remember correctly, UA and LH were asked to reduce the participants to get approval for the JV. Which basically meant SK had no choice to join

oliver2002

The ATI includes AC/UA/LH(and SN/OS/LX) LH added SN and BD to the ATI without issues, I'm sure SK would have been allowed to join, but probably had more urgent issues to take care of in 2010-14.

FlyingMoose

I only book a fraction of my travel through the TA, most of it is direct with the airline due to a number of circumstances. Fassy mentioned why our current TA can't issue SK->AC connections in BOS. I can of course book the flights from both airlines but risk misconnecting which doesn't outweigh getting a proper connection at another airport at the East Coast.

FT Guest xyzpdq

Yes.

SAS puts in a 330 on the BOS run.
Effective end October 2016
3 weekly for Winter schedule
4 for Summer
Not as frequent as now - but now with a "real" plane. Quite a difference in all three classes

http://www.check-in.dk/sas-indsaette...a-boston-rute/

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The real question then is where are the cuts coming to afford BOS this capacity?

SK AAR

The second daily CPH-EWR flight?

fassy

Meh... cutting the daily flight down to 3/4 a week? This will most probably push me back to LH as I probably need to go those days without a SK flight more than I like...