Airport-managed lounges discontinued for SAS passengers.
Feb 24, 2017, 3:34 am
#166
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As discussed here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sas-e...assengers.html
Feb 24, 2017, 7:38 am
#168
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I read the article by the airline's floppy blonde CCO on board the flight. Ever so slightly disingenuous, he says they aren't closing any SAS lounges: which of course is true, as far as it goes.
But he IS, of course, closing access to a wide network of third party lounges.
I guess we'll never know the cost/benefit results of the move. I guess the FB CCO has worked out that although the Manchesters on his network support routes to SAS hubs, there's little direct competition - so we are stuck with SAS or a lengthy detour.
Feb 24, 2017, 7:58 am
#169
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To be honest I found the last few Ask Eivind issues rather insulting and arrogant, especially the January issue. (where he tells the customers it is their fault they didn't think on buying a bag in time on their HBO-fare). Funny enough that issue has been removed from the website:
https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/tag/ask-eivind
In the beginning when they started the Ask Eivind series he tried to say: We are doing great thing! Now, he is saying: We are cutting service, get along with it and don't complain.
https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/tag/ask-eivind
In the beginning when they started the Ask Eivind series he tried to say: We are doing great thing! Now, he is saying: We are cutting service, get along with it and don't complain.
Feb 24, 2017, 8:18 am
#170
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Mar 12, 2017, 2:41 pm
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March experience from PRG (supposed to be discontinued as of 1 Feb 2017): Indifferent SAS Plus / *G check-in staff with no idea about lounge access, nor with any effort to provide information. Screens at lounge entrance showing SAS logo, boarding pass scanned, entry permitted. Interesting, but of course, no complaints about it. :-)
Mar 13, 2017, 9:04 am
#175
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In the US Plus pax never had any access to lounges except for SK's own lounges. And actually at LH you can AFAIK buy access for 25€ per person and lounge visit. But maybe that is then another lounge in MIA.
Mar 28, 2017, 5:22 am
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I've just been having a chat with one of the lounge dragons here at Birmingham (flying good-old Lufty today) and she told me that there's still a significant flow as a result of people who are not yet aware of the changes and go to the lounge regardless, allegedly many get quite upset as well when they are shown the way out (God knows what's the point in getting upset with the dragons at a contracted lounge but hey...).
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Mar 28, 2017, 4:09 pm
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I’m not so sure that it is a *A Gold fast track. At least I don’t remember having seen any Gold-sign.
Anyway, I posted because SAS itself seems to think it is not a Star-facility. Fast track at GVA was exterminated in this document: https://classic.sas.se/upload/pdf/Lo...Track-2017.pdf
– where it is called third party service.
Some times et is good, that SAS not always do what it promises....
Anyway, I posted because SAS itself seems to think it is not a Star-facility. Fast track at GVA was exterminated in this document: https://classic.sas.se/upload/pdf/Lo...Track-2017.pdf
– where it is called third party service.
Some times et is good, that SAS not always do what it promises....