You're playing roulette of course but they turn the SAGA business class seats in to Economy Comfort class when there are low loads - which is almost always the case in business.

I appreciate everyone's input on this! I think ideally I'm going to go with SAS. However, if there's a huge price difference between them and United when I book, that may have to take preference.

Icelandair isn't really an option as I'd like to minimize connections. A direct flight to my destination is always preferred.

I think one thing I'm finding tough as I'm planning this trip is how I get around the country. Do I fly between cities? Do I take the train? Do I drive? I see car rentals there (and gas) is very expensive, and a lot of ferries are involved by the fjords. Anyone have any recommendations for this? Are taking the ferries with a car a real pain? How's the train services between cities?

depends where you are going, between which cities? take the train to see a bit more, bus can be cheaper. or fly is fastest. rental car would be expensive. Fly would be only option if going to northern norway. or take the "hurtigruten" boat.

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Got stuck in Y last year on a flight from IAD>FCO. When the FA's came around with the "breakfast" service, I paused & looked at the FA. She stared right back at me & said "I know"!!!

They would do their passengers a HUGE favor if they simply served nothing. To call what the served "breakfast" is beyond a joke!!!

if you are going further north than trondheim i would reccomend flight to the city as the travel time will exceed one day.

otherwise i would always choose train for travel in norway thanks to the beautiful scenery!

Ok, I hadn't noticed. That's a huge concession by SAS. I thought it would have been discussed heavily here. Maybe just missed it. Sorry. It would indeed be odd that partner airlines give more points.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sas-e...soon-back.html

If you are going in the summer time you should consider widerøes airpass
http://www.wideroe.no/norgerundt

http://translate.google.com/translat...erundt&act=url

Rates are in NOK

I just completed a trip this weekend where I went out on SAS (OSL-EWR) and back on United (EWR-OSL). While any flight can be better or worse than normal, I thought I would give my impressions of the competitors on this route for flights within two days of each other.

SAS
Pros: wide-body plane that feels more spacious on a long haul, slightly more legroom (maybe an inch at most though),

Cons: seat-back screens are very small, video is looping rather than on-demand, flight attendants took much longer to clear away empty food trays

United
Pros: Much better entertainment system with full seat-back video on-demand, bigger screens on each seat

Cons: narrow-body plane, slightly less legroom

I don't care for the configuration on either plane (2-4-2 on the A330 and 3-3 on the 757). If you get stuck in the 4 section on the A330 or any seat on the 757, you have to contend with too many close neighbors. The food was about the same (not particularly great), with perhaps a slight edge to United.

Overall, I would say I preferred the United flight because of the video options, but I don't think either service is clearly better than the other.