Originally Posted by
Andyharris1
Thanks for the reply.

I have the Plat cards and just claimed for my 2-4-1 award flight. I could have gone with LH but the taxes alone where 4000nok each where as with SAS it was only 500nok each. The difference was SAS only had economy tickets left for my dates so the *A availability seems a bit of a con to me really. Unless I am doing something wrong?

To really leverage the offer you need to fly long haul Business or First. Using the voucher on a economy ticket or a short haul flight is not worth it.
Of course you need to pay YQ (scam charges) on most *A carriers but if you book a LH First class flight over the pond it is more than worth paying the taxes and fuel surcharges. On economy the deal is bad... but this applies to all award bookings if you have to pay YQ.
The agents on the phone to book the flights are pretty useless for finding availability though. You need to look for flights with award space on your own and then call them and tell them which flights to book. This works pretty well and will give the voucher amazing value.
If you can only fly SK metal, since you have the Swedish card like I do, then finding award space in I is very hard and for some destinations like SFO pretty much impossible. so, the options to use the voucher are pretty limited but on the other side you could use them on an economy ticket on SK for a reasonable redemption as they won't charge YQ. Still not as nice as a I class award for two.
EDIT:// just applied for the card. first year is free, so I will test it especially for the Betalo option - which is great.