It's one I would believe when SAS announce it. What I think is true is that some *A carriers are cooperating a bit less with LH than they have thus far realising that there is nothing coming back for the number of long haul passengers in particular who they put LH's way.

LOT have recently cut feeder services from anywhere but WAW to MUC & FRA which in any event make commercial sense for them even as point to point and the ill will LH is venting on TK for taking too many premium passengers away is now well known.

SAS were a founder member of *A and they have just as many rights to be there as LH who have done them no favours.