Baffled by SK pricing
Oct 23, 2011, 11:55 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Blue
Posts: 193
Baffled by SK pricing
Is it me? I was checking the prces for OSL - LON on the weekend before Christmas, out on the 16th back on the 19th.
What is the point of Economy Roundtrip? Why would I choose it for the 10.40 departure when it is more expensive than the normal Economy ticket?
Why are the times for return trips so restricted? If I choose the 17.15 departure (the time I want) I am offered only one direct return time, of 17.30. And one via Stockholm and one via Copenhagen.
With all this nonsense why should I choose to fly with SAS? BA offers me the times I want and for 500NOK cheaper.
What is the point of Economy Roundtrip? Why would I choose it for the 10.40 departure when it is more expensive than the normal Economy ticket?
Why are the times for return trips so restricted? If I choose the 17.15 departure (the time I want) I am offered only one direct return time, of 17.30. And one via Stockholm and one via Copenhagen.
With all this nonsense why should I choose to fly with SAS? BA offers me the times I want and for 500NOK cheaper.
Oct 24, 2011, 12:40 am
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NCL
Programs: UA 1MM/*G. DL Gold for one more year.
Posts: 5,305
I'm finding the same or worse for the second year running in looking for a R/T LHR-CPH with considerable flexibility about dates, so long as I arrive by Christmas Eve. The flights are wide open still but all low fares have now been shifted to the new lower booking classes which sell out very quickly and are not replenished - even U is £230 R/T, and W is £320. Oh well, I guess I'll have to endure free drinks and snacks and full EQMs on BA yet another year.
Oct 24, 2011, 2:43 pm
#3
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 557
SAS-IT and revenue department strikes again.
Oct 25, 2011, 12:26 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: KRS
Programs: EBG
Posts: 215
In the beginning of September the wife and I decided to take advantage of one of the sales SAS has been pumping out this fall, and go for a weekend in December somewhere they have some good shopping and Christmas market or tivoli. We looked into going to CPH as it is the most accessable city other than Oslo from KRS, but prices were 2000+ NOK per person - the usual price for any Friday to Sunday itinerary in December. We then looked up FRA, that was 1500 NOK per person, and we fly both ways via CPH on the flights we would have wanted to book to begin with...We're going to Frankfurt.
Nov 2, 2011, 2:37 pm
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NCL
Programs: UA 1MM/*G. DL Gold for one more year.
Posts: 5,305
Ended up booking my Christmas trip to CPH with BA. R/T with one leg in business and one in economy was £240, compared £270 for a V fare on SK in the far back of the bus. Way to go, SAS!
