Buying an extra seat for yourself - fees, miles, upgrade chance?
Mar 23, 2019, 5:03 am
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Buying an extra seat for yourself - fees, miles, upgrade chance?
In this thread about getting an extra seat the following reference was made,
Three questions:
Fees: For the booking I assume this means you have to pay the booking fee for calling as well as likely a fee for reserving seats, anybody have experience with that?
Miles credit:
For miles credit I know that united gives you bonus miles for your extra seat and with Lufthansa you earn both; but I found nothing so far for SAS.
Upgrades:
will this remove your chance for upgrade like with a special meal order?
Or the fact that you will be very late in the checkin order since you will be checking in at the airport?
And last: if you have a connecting flight and only the second flight has the extra seat (like f.e. with TATL), is it okay to check in at the first airport or does it require you to 'checkin twice'?
I assume not, I assume it is just for "go to the airport and let a person handle that"
Sas has this on their website under seat selection
Olivers post for reference:
Not directly related but I was also impressed by this page
https://www.flysas.com/sg-en/travel-info/assistance/
as in 'finally some airline adding information like this on their website in an easy to digest way"
Three questions:
Fees: For the booking I assume this means you have to pay the booking fee for calling as well as likely a fee for reserving seats, anybody have experience with that?
Miles credit:
For miles credit I know that united gives you bonus miles for your extra seat and with Lufthansa you earn both; but I found nothing so far for SAS.
Upgrades:
will this remove your chance for upgrade like with a special meal order?
Or the fact that you will be very late in the checkin order since you will be checking in at the airport?
And last: if you have a connecting flight and only the second flight has the extra seat (like f.e. with TATL), is it okay to check in at the first airport or does it require you to 'checkin twice'?
I assume not, I assume it is just for "go to the airport and let a person handle that"
Sas has this on their website under seat selection
BUY AN EXTRA SEAT
If you need an extra seat for more comfort or for medical reasons,* you can book the seat next to yours for a fee. Pre-order when you book through a travel agency or by contacting SAS Sales & Service**
*Extra seats may not be used to store extra baggage.
**If you’ve booked an extra seat, you’ll need to check in at the airport (not online).
If you need an extra seat for more comfort or for medical reasons,* you can book the seat next to yours for a fee. Pre-order when you book through a travel agency or by contacting SAS Sales & Service**
*Extra seats may not be used to store extra baggage.
**If you’ve booked an extra seat, you’ll need to check in at the airport (not online).
Its not 50%, but the base fare without any surcharges:
Code:
SAS SEATING SERVICES EN 27MAY11 0928Z 12APR11 * EXTRA SEAT BESIDE - OVERSIZED PASSENGER OR PERSONAL COMFORT * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR PASSENGERS NEEDING AN EXTRA SEAT BESIDE DUE TO PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS OR PERSONAL COMFORT (EXST), AN EXTRA SEAT IS PROVIDED ON ALL SAS FLIGHTS. DURING TAKE OFF AND LANDING PASSENGER MUST BE BUCKLED UP IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. MANUAL CHECK-IN REQUIRED. EXCEPTION: AIRBUS A330/A340 WHERE ARMREST CANNOT BE REMOVED. THE CHARGE FOR THE EXTRA SEAT WILL BE THE FARE, WHICH WOULD BE CHARGED TO A PSGR OCCUPYING SUCH SEAT FOR THE APPLICABLE JOURNEY AT THE TIME OF BOOKING AND PAYMENT. PASSENGER TAXES, SERVICE CHARGES, SECURITY CHARGES, FUEL AND INSURANCE CHARGES APPLICABLE TO DEPARTING PASSENGERS ARE EXEMPTED, BUT VALUE ADDED TAXES, LIKE THE SWEDISH DOMESTIC XS TAX AND THE NORWEGIAN DOMESTIC NV TAX MUST BE COLLECTED ON THE DOCUMENT ISSUED. >MD >m SAS SEATING SERVICES EN 27MAY11 0928Z TICKETING: THE CHARGE FOR THE EXTRA SEAT MUST BE ENTERED AS Q-SURCHARGE IN THE FARE CALCULATION OF THE PASSENGER TICKET. ONLY ONE TICKET TO BE ISSUED. IN THE FARE BASIS BOX, ENTER THE APPLICABLE FARE BASIS CODE, INCLUDING THE FARE AND PSGR TYPE CODE EX. ENTRY: NM2SMITH/B MRS(IDEXST)/EXST SS2C1 OR SSSK9581C10SEP OSLMAD 2 SR*EXST-OVERSIZED PSGR NEEDS TWO SEATS SIDE BY SIDE TICKETING: TTI/COSL SK MAD Q1049.30 1049.30 NUC2098.60END ROE 7.476407 TTI/F7845/XNOK87ZN/X44YR TTI/BCOW EX ENTRY: MORE THAN ONE PERSON WITH THE SAME NAME: NM2SMITH/B MRS(IDEXST) /EXST 1SMITH/TED MR
https://www.flysas.com/sg-en/travel-info/assistance/
as in 'finally some airline adding information like this on their website in an easy to digest way"
