Increased price for point upgrade
Apr 11, 2017, 4:44 am
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Increased price for point upgrade
As of today, SAS has raised the point price for stand by upgrades. Found out as I wanted to upgrade Mrs. Alpha to ‘my’ cabin.
M to Y is now 25.000 points (was 15.000), Y to C is 35.000 (was 25.000). According to the lounge dragon here at CPH, the price from M to C is also raised 10.000 – should mean 50.000 points. The latter sounds a bit strange, as it means a ‘discount’.
While the price increase is pitiful, what really provokes me is the total, usual non-communication from SAS. No warning, no information what so ever. And I can’t find an updated price table anywhere on SAS website. Even the lounge people were only informed today.
M to Y is now 25.000 points (was 15.000), Y to C is 35.000 (was 25.000). According to the lounge dragon here at CPH, the price from M to C is also raised 10.000 – should mean 50.000 points. The latter sounds a bit strange, as it means a ‘discount’.
While the price increase is pitiful, what really provokes me is the total, usual non-communication from SAS. No warning, no information what so ever. And I can’t find an updated price table anywhere on SAS website. Even the lounge people were only informed today.
Apr 11, 2017, 5:03 am
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Why do you think M to C for 50.000 is a discount? It was 40.000 before?
btw, 40.000 was already pretty expensive. They raised it by 10.000 like two years ago. I remember upgrading ORD-CPH from M to C for 30.000.
paying a quite expensive Go fare and then Have to pay 50.000 for an upgrade to C is robbery.
They should at least differentiate based on the price of the paid fare.
btw, 40.000 was already pretty expensive. They raised it by 10.000 like two years ago. I remember upgrading ORD-CPH from M to C for 30.000.
paying a quite expensive Go fare and then Have to pay 50.000 for an upgrade to C is robbery.
They should at least differentiate based on the price of the paid fare.
Last edited by fassy; Apr 11, 2017 at 5:10 am
Apr 11, 2017, 5:13 am
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Before the full upgrade was M>Y + Y>C ( 15.000+25.000).
Now it is (seemingly) not the sum of the two upgrades, which would have been 60.000. So a ‘discount’ of 10.000 if the old principle was the case.
Which also means the increase in percent is huge from M to Y, while it is moderate all the way.
Apr 11, 2017, 5:21 am
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That really sucks!!!
I am guessing all my plusgrade bids on points will also suffer based on this...
50k is Alot in my opinion for a upgrade with SK, I certainly wont be upgrading at these prices stand by!
Why do I have a sinking feeling I made a poor decision to return to sK
I am guessing all my plusgrade bids on points will also suffer based on this...
50k is Alot in my opinion for a upgrade with SK, I certainly wont be upgrading at these prices stand by!
Why do I have a sinking feeling I made a poor decision to return to sK
Apr 11, 2017, 5:22 am
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Funny by the way how they manage to implement these bad changes but cannot get the family pooling or lifetime gold done 
Apr 11, 2017, 5:23 am
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Before the full upgrade was M>Y + Y>C ( 15.000+25.000).
Now it is (seemingly) not the sum of the two upgrades, which would have been 60.000. So a ‘discount’ of 10.000 if the old principle was the case.
Which also means the increase in percent is huge from M to Y, while it is moderate all the way.
Now it is (seemingly) not the sum of the two upgrades, which would have been 60.000. So a ‘discount’ of 10.000 if the old principle was the case.
Which also means the increase in percent is huge from M to Y, while it is moderate all the way.
EDIT:// just looked up my last flight PVG-CPH. Shows as 'gate upgrade Asia -40.000'
EDIT:// also found in 2012 'upgrade economy to business Asia -30.000' for a flight BKK-CPH and 'upgrade economy to business USA -30.000'. So, 30k was more like 4-5 years ago
Last edited by fassy; Apr 11, 2017 at 5:42 am
Apr 11, 2017, 6:16 am
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I went to the SK homepage, and I can't find the point requirement on the homepage anywhere. I can go to Plus Grade upgrades and Star Alliance upgrades. But no info on the price of gate upgrades. Maybe they are tinkering with it....
Apr 11, 2017, 6:32 am
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Were the gate-upgrades ever officially priced? I always considered them a bit of an unpublished practice, with a relatively stable internal pricelist, but it never came through to me that this is a fixed product on offer. This might be why they do not announce changes, etc.
Apr 11, 2017, 6:37 am
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Were the gate-upgrades ever officially priced? I always considered them a bit of an unpublished practice, with a relatively stable internal pricelist, but it never came through to me that this is a fixed product on offer. This might be why they do not announce changes, etc.
Apr 11, 2017, 7:11 am
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I stated that 40.000 has been the price until now (yesterday). And you are saying the same. So why 'absolutly not'? We seem to agree on this.
Apr 11, 2017, 7:36 am
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Were the gate-upgrades ever officially priced? I always considered them a bit of an unpublished practice, with a relatively stable internal pricelist, but it never came through to me that this is a fixed product on offer. This might be why they do not announce changes, etc.
http://web.archive.org/web/201511071.../seat-upgrade/
And we can compare it with the current page:
http://www.flysas.com/de/de/eurobonu.../seat-upgrade/
Apr 11, 2017, 4:21 pm
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If we travel back in time we can see it:
http://web.archive.org/web/201511071.../seat-upgrade/
And we can compare it with the current page:
http://www.flysas.com/de/de/eurobonu.../seat-upgrade/
http://web.archive.org/web/201511071.../seat-upgrade/
And we can compare it with the current page:
http://www.flysas.com/de/de/eurobonu.../seat-upgrade/
So currently SK is not showing the option from the archived link. And I guess that is because they are tinkering with the price. Maybe a trial to see if the higher price changes the numbers requested?
Last edited by CPH-Flyer; Apr 12, 2017 at 12:19 am
Apr 12, 2017, 12:15 am
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If we travel back in time we can see it:
http://web.archive.org/web/201511071.../seat-upgrade/
And we can compare it with the current page:
http://www.flysas.com/de/de/eurobonu.../seat-upgrade/
http://web.archive.org/web/201511071.../seat-upgrade/
And we can compare it with the current page:
http://www.flysas.com/de/de/eurobonu.../seat-upgrade/
Apr 12, 2017, 3:39 am
#15
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Really sad to see this program going down. Demanding the same points for on upgrade to an already paid ticket as for a I class ticket is just not fair.
anyway, I bet Eivind will come up with a great explanation why this is the best they could think of to make the SAS travel experience better.
I bet next step is to increase the point prices for award tickets by some generous 20% as well as start charging YQ on SK metal awards and claim the market forces them to.
anyway, I bet Eivind will come up with a great explanation why this is the best they could think of to make the SAS travel experience better.
I bet next step is to increase the point prices for award tickets by some generous 20% as well as start charging YQ on SK metal awards and claim the market forces them to.