Mar 25, 2013, 7:54 am
Last edit by: oliver2002
Optiontown - Upgrade on SK flights
SAS Scandinavian Airlines offers, via partner Optiontown, all customers the opportunity to purchase an upgrade on SK operated flights, which will be confirmed 72-24 hours prior to departure, pending on seat availability.
SAS Go passengers can purchase an upgrade to SAS Plus on all flights and to SAS Business class on SAS’s intercontinental flights between Scandinavia, the US and Asia, while SAS Plus passengers also can buy an upgrade to SAS Business class on intercontinental flights.
Booking class Europe: A (SAS Plus)
Booking classes Intercontinental: Z (Business) and P (SAS Plus)
Note: All upgrades will be handled by Optiontown.
Contact to Optiontown
Phone: UK +44 (0) 203 371 7854
E-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: www.optiontown.com
Upgrade fees
Intercontinental flights:
Upgrade fees will range between EUR140 and EUR900, depending on availability, destination and service class.
European flights:
Upgrade fees will range between EUR30 and EUR75, depending on availability, destination and service class.
Sign up fee Optiontown
EUR 1 (one) for short haul flights
EUR 5 (five) for long haul flights.
Sign up fee is not refundable.
Note: During the period 10JUN15-31AUG15, no sign up fee will be charged.
Reservation
All upgraded PNRs will be updated with and include OS SK OPTIONTOWN UPGRADE.
Reservation for non 117-documents (only applicable on long haul flights)
Reservations for non 117-documents will be updated by Optiontown with the following information:
OS SK UTO
SR CKIN SK KK. ATTN CHECK-IN. UTO PSGR. PLS UPGRADE TO (CLASS) ACC TO PROC ON SKXXX (DATE), UPG ALREADY PAID BRGDS REV MNGT.
Note: Tickets will not be reissued and upgrade will take place at check-in counter.
Rebooking
If the passenger wants to rebook a flight with confirmed upgrade via Optiontown, always use the original ticket fare, found in TWD, to calculate the fare difference.
Change fee must be collected if applicable for the original ticket.
Refund
After requesting upgrade it is not possible to change or cancel the upgrade request.
Upgrade amount is not refundable.
If the passengers upgrade request is not successful, the upgrade fee will be refunded.
Optiontown must be contacted for refund.
Restrictions
Upgrade of the following passengers cannot be performed:
Travel Pass passengers
Groups (booking class G)
Passengers holding award tickets (booking classes I and X)
ID-passengers (booking classes R and N)
Irregularity
Rebooking procedures for passengers with an upgrade, affected by irregularity:
Rebooking to other SK-flight
If the same booking class as passenger was upgraded to is available - rebook the passenger in the upgraded booking class.
If the same booking class as passenger was upgraded to is not available - rebook the passenger in the same service class as originally booked and refund the upgrade.
Rebooking to other airline
Rebook the passenger in the same service class as originally booked and refund the upgrade.
Note: In case of refund in above cases, the passenger himself must contact Optiontown and request refund.
Benefits
The upgraded passenger is entitled to:
Baggage allowance according to the new class
Star Alliance Priority tag
SAS Business check-in
Fast Track security
SAS Lounge access
EuroBonus points earned according to the new class
Onboard service according to the new class
Passenger process
Passenger makes a reservation on an SAS operated flight. Reservation must be confirmed.
Passenger logs onto www.optiontown.com, creates an account and enters credit card info.
Passenger can register the upgrade request immediately after reservation is made
Sign-up must be made latest 36 hours before departure
Optiontown selects the passengers to be upgraded according to conditions set forth by SAS
If there are seats available and the upgrade request is successful, the upgrade will be confirmed 72-24 hours prior to departure.
Updated 03JUL15 08.57
SAS Scandinavian Airlines offers, via partner Optiontown, all customers the opportunity to purchase an upgrade on SK operated flights, which will be confirmed 72-24 hours prior to departure, pending on seat availability.
SAS Go passengers can purchase an upgrade to SAS Plus on all flights and to SAS Business class on SAS’s intercontinental flights between Scandinavia, the US and Asia, while SAS Plus passengers also can buy an upgrade to SAS Business class on intercontinental flights.
Booking class Europe: A (SAS Plus)
Booking classes Intercontinental: Z (Business) and P (SAS Plus)
Note: All upgrades will be handled by Optiontown.
Contact to Optiontown
Phone: UK +44 (0) 203 371 7854
E-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: www.optiontown.com
Upgrade fees
Intercontinental flights:
Upgrade fees will range between EUR140 and EUR900, depending on availability, destination and service class.
European flights:
Upgrade fees will range between EUR30 and EUR75, depending on availability, destination and service class.
Sign up fee Optiontown
EUR 1 (one) for short haul flights
EUR 5 (five) for long haul flights.
Sign up fee is not refundable.
Note: During the period 10JUN15-31AUG15, no sign up fee will be charged.
Reservation
All upgraded PNRs will be updated with and include OS SK OPTIONTOWN UPGRADE.
Reservation for non 117-documents (only applicable on long haul flights)
Reservations for non 117-documents will be updated by Optiontown with the following information:
OS SK UTO
SR CKIN SK KK. ATTN CHECK-IN. UTO PSGR. PLS UPGRADE TO (CLASS) ACC TO PROC ON SKXXX (DATE), UPG ALREADY PAID BRGDS REV MNGT.
Note: Tickets will not be reissued and upgrade will take place at check-in counter.
Rebooking
If the passenger wants to rebook a flight with confirmed upgrade via Optiontown, always use the original ticket fare, found in TWD, to calculate the fare difference.
Change fee must be collected if applicable for the original ticket.
Refund
After requesting upgrade it is not possible to change or cancel the upgrade request.
Upgrade amount is not refundable.
If the passengers upgrade request is not successful, the upgrade fee will be refunded.
Optiontown must be contacted for refund.
Restrictions
Upgrade of the following passengers cannot be performed:
Travel Pass passengers
Groups (booking class G)
Passengers holding award tickets (booking classes I and X)
ID-passengers (booking classes R and N)
Irregularity
Rebooking procedures for passengers with an upgrade, affected by irregularity:
Rebooking to other SK-flight
If the same booking class as passenger was upgraded to is available - rebook the passenger in the upgraded booking class.
If the same booking class as passenger was upgraded to is not available - rebook the passenger in the same service class as originally booked and refund the upgrade.
Rebooking to other airline
Rebook the passenger in the same service class as originally booked and refund the upgrade.
Note: In case of refund in above cases, the passenger himself must contact Optiontown and request refund.
Benefits
The upgraded passenger is entitled to:
Baggage allowance according to the new class
Star Alliance Priority tag
SAS Business check-in
Fast Track security
SAS Lounge access
EuroBonus points earned according to the new class
Onboard service according to the new class
Passenger process
Passenger makes a reservation on an SAS operated flight. Reservation must be confirmed.
Passenger logs onto www.optiontown.com, creates an account and enters credit card info.
Passenger can register the upgrade request immediately after reservation is made
Sign-up must be made latest 36 hours before departure
Optiontown selects the passengers to be upgraded according to conditions set forth by SAS
If there are seats available and the upgrade request is successful, the upgrade will be confirmed 72-24 hours prior to departure.
Updated 03JUL15 08.57
Optiontown.com paid upgrades on SAS
Aug 7, 2012, 12:14 pm
#857
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ARN
Programs: SK EBG, BAEC Gold, LH FTL, FBP, CCG, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,533
That's not how you should read it. SAS is willing to sell maximum four seats in M class if it looks like that. And you can be quite sure that M is oversold at that point.
Also, SAS seems to zero out M class below Q booking class about a week before the flight. So if you see 0s after Q close to flight time then it doesn't mean anything. Most other airlines don't do this; instead they effectively block new bookings in cheap eco by pre-purchase rules.
Also, SAS seems to zero out M class below Q booking class about a week before the flight. So if you see 0s after Q close to flight time then it doesn't mean anything. Most other airlines don't do this; instead they effectively block new bookings in cheap eco by pre-purchase rules.
As far as I know, SAS *could* be willing to sell 4 seats in each booking class. The likely scenario is that they want to sell a total of 4 seats, in either booking class, but it could also be 4 seats in each.
Aug 8, 2012, 7:28 pm
#858
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Beijing
Programs: SK EBG, BAEC Gold
Posts: 935
[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.2/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:
CPH Copenhagen Kastrup DK [EKCH] PVG Shanghai PuDong CN [ZSPD] FRI 10 Aug 2012 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- -------------------------------------------------------------- SK 997 CPH 18:25 PVG 10:40 343 A0 C9 D9 J9 Z0 R0 Y9 S9 B0 E9 M9 H9 Q0 V0 W0 U0 K0 L0 T0 G9 N0
Aug 9, 2012, 3:43 am
#859
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: SUV
Programs: UA *G MM
Posts: 7,018
With UA I can recall a concrete scenario with a close to sold out flight Y3 B2 M1 H1 Q1 V0 etc.
I bought a ticket (Q class) and it dropped to Y2 B1 M0 H0 etc. On UA Y and B are "full fare" usually refundable booking classes.
Last edited by gnaget; Aug 9, 2012 at 3:56 am
Aug 9, 2012, 4:01 am
#860
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
Many years of experience. When you a buy a ticket with this scenario you will find that several of the lower buckets will drop in availability while the higher might remain at 4. It depends on the algorithm. But it is highly unlikely that a purchase of one ticket will only affect one booking class when the flight is close to full like this.
With UA I can recall a concrete scenario with a close to sold out flight Y3 B2 M1 H1 Q1 V0 etc.
I bought a ticket (Q class) and it dropped to Y2 B1 M0 H0 etc. On UA Y and B are "full fare" usually refundable booking classes.
With UA I can recall a concrete scenario with a close to sold out flight Y3 B2 M1 H1 Q1 V0 etc.
I bought a ticket (Q class) and it dropped to Y2 B1 M0 H0 etc. On UA Y and B are "full fare" usually refundable booking classes.
Aug 9, 2012, 1:01 pm
#861
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ARN
Programs: SK EBG, BAEC Gold, LH FTL, FBP, CCG, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,533
Yes, I totally agree with both of you that this is *usually* the case, but my point is that it is impossible to know without access to the revenue management systems. It's pretty safe to assume there are only 4 seats available for sale in my previous example, but there *could* be 16.
Aug 10, 2012, 6:31 am
#862
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: SUV
Programs: UA *G MM
Posts: 7,018
Yes, I totally agree with both of you that this is *usually* the case, but my point is that it is impossible to know without access to the revenue management systems. It's pretty safe to assume there are only 4 seats available for sale in my previous example, but there *could* be 16.
Also, there is probably ZERO seats physically available in eco at this point. The bucket numbers only indicate the number for sale for a fare with the corresponding booking code.
Aug 10, 2012, 6:32 am
#863
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: BOM-SIN-EWR
Programs: UA*G (1K again), Sixt Plat, *was*: SQ QPP01 & SK EBS/EBG, LH SEN, AA EXP, 9wPlat
Posts: 8,606
Aug 10, 2012, 7:30 am
#864
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,962
Hi, ANyone with access to seats left could you check for me the following flight
SK945 Stockholm (ARN) to Chicago (ORD)
Thu, Aug 16 10:15
Would it pay off to try a ecoextra to C?
SK945 Stockholm (ARN) to Chicago (ORD)
Thu, Aug 16 10:15
Would it pay off to try a ecoextra to C?
Aug 11, 2012, 5:09 pm
#865
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New York
Programs: SK EBD, AA PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 95
- Looks like there might be some chance based on the above
Aug 11, 2012, 5:12 pm
#866
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: SUV
Programs: UA *G MM
Posts: 7,018
Aug 11, 2012, 10:52 pm
#867
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,962
Thanks for the info, but as there are two of us together and only 2 seats free in C it might be hard? I wonder how many people wouldbe reaccommodated on the cph-ord route if M is so overbooked 
too bad im in Y I would gladly change 
too bad im in Y I would gladly change
Aug 13, 2012, 1:30 am
#868
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,962
Good day for a bump...
Aug 15, 2012, 5:41 pm
#869
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ARN
Programs: SK EBG, BAEC Gold, LH FTL, FBP, CCG, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,533
There is no basis for your 4 X 4 arithmetic. Try booking 5 seats in eco when it's E4 M4 H4 Q4 and I am very sure that you will be unsuccessful.
Also, there is probably ZERO seats physically available in eco at this point. The bucket numbers only indicate the number for sale for a fare with the corresponding booking code.
Also, there is probably ZERO seats physically available in eco at this point. The bucket numbers only indicate the number for sale for a fare with the corresponding booking code.
Aug 16, 2012, 3:48 am
#870
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: BKK/MNL/HKG
Programs: SAS Gold, Etihad Gold Elite, FB Platinum, CX Marco Polo Gold, Platinum Ambassador, Carlson Gold
Posts: 118
Hi
Any chance for a Option uppgrade on SK : CPH-BKK 08.Sept and BKK-CPH 15.Sept ?
Both from Y to Y+ and Y to C
Thanks for helping !
Any chance for a Option uppgrade on SK : CPH-BKK 08.Sept and BKK-CPH 15.Sept ?
Both from Y to Y+ and Y to C
Thanks for helping !