Retroclaim form errors
 

Is anybody else experiencing retro form errors since 2 days ago? As I often have tickets with mixed alliances (SA & OW) I usually wait with claiming miles until after the trip has ended to respective programs. Of course over the years I had my share of headaches with this and different errors popping-up (from the class of travel not eligible to your name was not found on the passenger list) - these were always solved sooner or later though.

For the last year I must say that the form was working very well and all my flights were credited without any problems. Until this past Tuesday.
However this time the errors are way more generic and I have never seen them before with my 10 years with sas and 4 years being EBD.
The one is a simple An error occured (0) with the other instance of the page redirecting to a login page (however my EB login details don't work there).

With the yesterday's announcement of website maintenance I thought it had something to do with this, but we are way past this in the afternoon and nothing's changed.

Has anybody used it successfully in the last 48 hours?

I haven't had to do a retroclaim in years. Use the SAS customer service form and submit the website error. They normally reply within a couple of days. If the retroclaim is urgent, you can always contact the diamond customer service on e-mail. They normally reply within 24 hours.

Most airlines won't give you miles for unused flights (actually, none come to mind). SK historically might have granted them anyway since the rebooking was on them but with their new strategy of no longer caring about customers, retaining customers and extending zero service in such cases, I would really not count on it.

SK does actually give miles for the original SK flight if they rebook you to a non earning flight, or a flight that earns less.

I guess you got the leg refunded (if fare allows for that), but basically since you just booked a new flight, the system will show your ticket as unused or refunded instead of showing rerouted Hence no credit. You can try to call them and see if that helps, I don't feel convinced, and certainly not if you got a refund

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Saying they should have put you on the BA flight is stretching the EU261 rules way beyond their scope, as they already offered you an alternative that would get you to Stockholm. They are not obliged to book you on BA if there is a reasonable other connection on offer. Reasonable does not necessarily mean arrive at the same time as the original flight.

As for your other flight that was credited, the devil is in the details and it will really depend on the exact circumsatnces of the missed connection, rerouting, and skipping of the leg. So difficult to say why, based on your descirptions so far.

The regulation states that you should be offered "re-routing, under comparable transport conditions, to their final destination at the earliest opportunity" so if the Sun-Air (BA) flight is "under comparable transport conditions" and earlier, then they have to rebook you on that flight. On the other hand, if the Sun-Air flight is not "under comparable transport conditions," then they are not required to rebook you. The problem is that I'm not aware of any rulings on what "comparable transport conditions" means, so it's unclear how a court would rule.

I do not see any provisions in the regulation for the air carrier to charge any money for this rebooking, so the carrier may be unable to reduce the number of points that you would get to whatever frequent flyer programme you're using.

It is a legal argument that is very unlikely to be won. People even struggled winning over Norwegian for waiting 3-4 days to get home from a long haul cancellation. Where Norwegian refused to rebook to other carriers.

Saying it is not an unreasonable request, saying there should be leeway for it, or it would be the right thing to do, might all be correct Saying they have to rebook to BA has no basis in the regulation, or the current legal interpretation of it. That of course can be challenged and changed, but that is current status.

As SK as standard SOP allows for original credit of miles when you are rerouted to a non earning airline, point loss would not be an issue

I guess you got the leg you did not fly cancelled/refunded? The leg shows as cancelled rather than transferred

And that's the challenge. You cancelled the flight, you can't get points for unused flights. You can get points for endorsed flights.

I understand the need and reason for the cancellation. However, that does not really change the situation.

If you disagree with DY's or SK's rebookings, then I think that the idea is that you arrange the rebooking yourself by buying a ticket for some flight and then ask the airline to compensate you for this, suing the airline if they won't pay. However, it's very dangerous as you may lose in court and then you won't only have to pay for the new ticket but also for the airline's legal fees.