Originally Posted by
oskidunker
I have a trip next year from sfo-Bergen and then return lrh-sfo.i looked with miles I dont see the routing offered by using cadh.
The outgoing I booked award points is sfo-Frankfurt- Stavanger- Bergen . It is a 15 hour flight. All I get offered paying cash is a 19 hour flight . I booked business for 270,000 points. Coach rt is offered for 56,000 miles.
I tried to manually input the trip and it came to about $11,000 in cash in coach.. The date of departure is March 18.The last leg in to Bergen is on a small Sas plane so maybe thats why they don't want people paying cash . ....
SAS is well know for plating restrictions meaning not allowing some of their flights to be booked on another carrier's ticket stock or if allowed only at very expensive fares.
Consider splitting into two ticket with an overnight in between to provide protection on delays. (just price to see if it reduces the cost)
or
Book the whole trip on the SAS site as UA does not have the some restrictions
or
Try Google flights, instead of UA
The lack of a UA filed fare to remote destinations can also be an issue.
Note plating restriction usually do not apply to award tickets.
Are you booking cash one-ways, that will force high fare classes on many cases.