GUWonder

LH and SK’s ties with each other with regard to Fast Track used to be of a close(r) nature. At some point these two airlines started diverting apart at ARN in some ways. Diverting apart at CPH was on a somewhat different timeline, and that may have had to do with CPH’s ownership/management being its own different animal than Swedavia.

SK AAR

To answer my own Q: I was able to use CPH Express as TK Gold on a LH flight in Y class.

GUWonder

And the CPH Express automated gates opened for you by simply scanning the boarding pass, all with no manual intervention required by the staff next to it?

SK AAR

Yes, scan BP and green light/gates open.

To be honest I can't rule out that reason was the LH Y class (I also got preassigned exit row)

GUWonder

At some point maybe I’ll get around to having some combinations checked to see what works at CPH Express nowadays for regular economy class award tickets out of CPH for say A3*Gs and UA*Gs.

SK economy class award ticket flights as A3/UA*G flops at CPH Express.

miamiflyer8

It really isn't that difficult. SK does not pay for CPH Express nor does SK give access non-EB *G to their own Fast Track, this is why it flops. Award tickets are completely irrelevant. I highly doubt Aegean (or UA when they served CPH) pays for Fast Track at an outstation for their elites not traveling on their metal. Lufthansa's contract covers J pax, SEN, HON and all other *G traveling on LH and most likely OS and LX. It all comes down to which elites an airline decides to add to their contract and pay for it, so OP as TK*G on LH got access under published policy. It worked exactly as designed.

GUWonder

I mentioned economy class award tickets because it would work as a control across airlines when using OAL*G status since then the premium/flex stuff is no longer a confounding or untracked variable for what works and doesn’t work for priority security at CPH. Also, things that sometimes worked 24 months ago may not even work any longer.

The operating airline is the one that is generally responsible for covering any security screening charges, priority or otherwise, when it’s charged by the airport. The passengers’ airline FFP generally isn’t part of that priority screening cost picture, but a FFP relationship can be part of whether an operating airline decides to include just their own set of FFP elites, their own+preferred partner FFP elites, or their own + all partner preferred elites in the priority security screening arrangement.

Priority security at outstations is not necessarily a function of the airline adding it to a contract to pay for priority security. In many places priority security screening is part of the general allowances granted to the airline and included for the same price as regular security screening and/or for the flight fee structure charged by the airport regardless of the use or non-use of priority security screening. These arrangements between operating airline and airport are not permanent, and they have varied over time at CPH with regard to CPH Express too.

I mentioned “SK economy class award ticket flights as A3/UA*G flops at CPH Express” because that is definitely known and hasn’t changed. Same with regards to SK Fast Track itself at CPH for A3 and UA *Gs in regular economy class — it flops. SK*G on SK economy class award tickets at CPH Express also flops; and yet sometimes the agent cuts them a manual break with CPH Express, even as many other times they say to go back to SK Fast Track if wanting to have priority security at CPH.

vanillabean

10m this late morning.

SK AAR

Yes, I believe it has improved signifiantly during the last weeks. Even on busy Friday morning last week (a lot of holiday travellers) the waiting time was only around 20 min for ordinary checurity checks. But maybe the SAS strike has had its impact as well

tgj1974

I think there is a diff. between CPH express and SAS fast track. SAS has for me only worked with SKG. With my LHG it rejects and I need to use CPH express.

GUWonder

There is a difference. It’s part of why I have sometimes seen SAS*Gs or business class customers flying SAS told to go back (from the main screening checkpoint) to SAS Fast Track when asking the airport’s security screening line guards (by the automated gates about CPH Express) to use CPH Express.

MareLuce

Hi there SAS Mavens,

I will fly SAS for the first time on a Business Smart ticket. I will have no luggage. Had to ship luggage. Recovering from shoulder surgery (torn rotator cuff) from a hot air balloon crash landing...

Oslo --> Copenhagen --> Chicago --> Austin
SK 1455 (Airbus A321-100/200) --> SK 943 (Airbus A330-300) --> then American 2208

3 questions:
1) I thought as a US citizen / US passport holder I would not be able to access FastTrack.
However from reading the SAS website and looking at my ticket and the description of Business Smart, I believe I can. Is that correct?

2) Will I even need to access Fast Track when connecting at Copenhagen from Oslo? If yes, how might I find it from my arriving flight from Oslo?
Or should I simply look for Fast Track in Oslo and then just proceed to the Copenhagen SK 943 gate?

3) I have written down that Fast Track in Oslo is "located immediately to the left of the Point kiosk in the Departure hall". Is that still correct?

tr3k

"Fast Track" refers to faster security. It is available to all SK business class passengers (and several other groups). It is not specific to one's citizenship status and not related to exit immigration.

If you are staying "airside" at CPH and do not go out, "fast track" does not apply to you. You will need to pass exit immigration at CPH (as you are leaving Schengen area there). If you do go out, fast track is located straight down the hallway (as you pass check in desks), up the stairs and to your left. It's a fairly small departure area, you won't miss it.

Exit immigration (airside, not far from where you enter after security) is split into lanes for those with EU citizenship and "others", which includes US citizens - there is no immigration "fast track".


There is similar security "fast track" at OSL, although I have not been there in a few years and can't speak to its location.