Using United Miles for SAS flights
Oct 13, 2017, 5:43 am
#1
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Using United Miles for SAS flights
Hi all, I have a question that I could not find an answer to easily online.
If I book SAS flights through United Milage Plus portal (with united miles), will I earn points with SAS Eurobonus on those flights, and more important... will those segments count towards membership levels at SAS?
Many thanks!
If I book SAS flights through United Milage Plus portal (with united miles), will I earn points with SAS Eurobonus on those flights, and more important... will those segments count towards membership levels at SAS?
Many thanks!
Last edited by Droins; Oct 13, 2017 at 6:00 am
Oct 13, 2017, 6:36 am
#2
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Hi all, I have a question that I could not find an easy answer to online.
If I book SAS flights through United Milage Plus portal (with united miles), will I earn points with SAS Eurobonus on those flights, and more important... will those segments count towards membership at SAS?
Cheers,
If I book SAS flights through United Milage Plus portal (with united miles), will I earn points with SAS Eurobonus on those flights, and more important... will those segments count towards membership at SAS?
Cheers,
Oct 13, 2017, 6:52 am
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If you use miles to book award flights, you will not earn any miles on any airline. The only possible exception would be in a very rare situation where there's IRROPS and they rebook you into a mileage-earning fare class (by mistake, or to get it done quicker). But that would be very rare and not something you should count on. Assume that you won't earn any miles.
As for earning segments towards SAS elite membership when using United miles, I'm 99.9% sure that you won't.
As for earning segments towards SAS elite membership when using United miles, I'm 99.9% sure that you won't.
Oct 13, 2017, 7:00 am
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If I understand correctly, you want to book an award flight. As a rule of thumb those flights earn neither points nor segments on any program.
UA will use the award flight's booking class and that earns you nothing.
UA will use the award flight's booking class and that earns you nothing.
Oct 13, 2017, 7:20 am
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Star Alliance airlines use common booking codes for award flights (X - Economy, I - Business, O - First). When a reservation made in the United system is transferred to the SAS system, the SAS system will identify the flights as being booked with miles, and no miles will be earned.