What to do with 6000 points?
 

Sorry to ask such a basic question, but I rarely fly *A and thus am not very familiar with the EB programme.

I have 6000 points expiring at the end of February. Current point bargains from my home airport HEL include KUO and KAO, and I can't see any reason to fly to either destination.

Is there anything useful I could do with my 6000 points or shall I just let them expire?

Thanks for any hints!

If you could wait until summer you can usually get an economy r/t for all of Scandinavia for that amount, but since they are expiring this month perhaps look at the shop and see if you can find something there:

http://www.saseurobonusshop.com/sasl...ge=en&vst=true

Better than letting them expire at least :)

SirRagnar already mentioned my first thought, but as they expire in Feb you will not be able to manage it. I would expect a new round of offers on Feb 20th as part of the Eurobonus anniversary, maybe they offer something that fits 6,000 EB points.

If you do not find anything in the EB shop, you can donate the miles instead of watching them expire...
http://www.saseurobonusshop.com/sasl...=1329035616644

+1 if you don't find anything to use them for, a donation to a charity is much better than just letting them expire.

Thanks for the tips. I'll wait until 20th Feb and if the new point bargains aren't interesting, then I'll just order something from the shop or donate them.

I believe the points have to be used before end of February. Meaning that your flights need to be completed before end of February.

Another suggestion:

Take a SK flight if it fits your scehdule and spend all the points on the "Cloud shop" for food/drinks/tax free. Not the best value for money but better than not using them.

/HerrO

Here you go:

http://www.sas.dk/EuroBonus/Tilbud-o...argains-banner

Time to visit some of the Nordic countries perhaps? :)

§3.4 in the T&C indicates otherwise:

. In case of rebooking and/or cancellation, only valid points are transferred back to the member’s account (expired points cannot be reused) keeping their original expiry date.

I interpret that to mean you can book future flights with points the last day they're valid, but if you subsequently cancel those flights your expired points are null and void.

Correct. The tickets just needs to be booked and issued in February. Travel can be in the next 330 days or so. But if you want to rebook or cancel after Feb, the points are lost.

I wish I were Gold... Hopefully they'll introduce more attractive destinations than Kuopio and Kuusamo late Feb.

Oh sorry, I had not seen they were only for gold members.

To a beginning they are only open for gold members. However I wonder how long this "beginning" is.

Now the point bargains ex-HEL to several Nordic destinations are available for all members. I booked flights to ARN late May. Thanks for all the advice!

They have removed the gold thing, so I guess the good offer is open for everyone now.