Are there any lounges open in the Nordics (airline + contract)?
May 11, 2021, 8:00 pm
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The only lounge open in Oslo is the domestic lounge.
For two weeks ago you couldn’t even have a coffee there but now it’s open for extremely limited service.
Spent a couple of hours there on Monday May 10th.
The food was just typical Norwegian sandwiches.
I tried to relax for a while and took off my shoes and lifted my feet on the sofa and suddenly a SAS-woman came to me and said that I should keep my feet on the floor as this wasn’t a sleeping lounge (I was listening to the radio). Such an unpleasant experience.
For two weeks ago you couldn’t even have a coffee there but now it’s open for extremely limited service.
Spent a couple of hours there on Monday May 10th.
The food was just typical Norwegian sandwiches.
I tried to relax for a while and took off my shoes and lifted my feet on the sofa and suddenly a SAS-woman came to me and said that I should keep my feet on the floor as this wasn’t a sleeping lounge (I was listening to the radio). Such an unpleasant experience.
It's with SAS lounges in OSL that I've had the weird situation of more than just being watched and followed around and ending up "confronted" about something ridiculous. Not exactly new for SAS at that airport.
I don't put my feet on the furniture, so they certainly aren't looking for just that.
May 13, 2021, 2:54 am
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It's with SAS lounges in OSL that I've had the weird situation of more than just being watched and followed around and ending up "confronted" about something ridiculous. Not exactly new for SAS at that airport.
I don't put my feet on the furniture, so they certainly aren't looking for just that.
It's with SAS lounges in OSL that I've had the weird situation of more than just being watched and followed around and ending up "confronted" about something ridiculous. Not exactly new for SAS at that airport.
I don't put my feet on the furniture, so they certainly aren't looking for just that.
May 13, 2021, 8:21 am
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I stopped using SAS for quite a while now, the lounges have become so miserable and for some reason the SAS staff seem even more angry than normal.
No wine in Arlanda, just some old sandwiches and a quite nice soup last time I was there.
Turkish is offering a full meal in flight and their lounge has some ok cooked food in it so most of the time I have switched to them. I dont know what to do about SAS, its kinda pointless flying them just now and especially pointless in anything above SAS go.
I spoke to the lady in Arlanda lounge a couple weeks back, she said the wine will return in June, so I will try them again in June.
No wine in Arlanda, just some old sandwiches and a quite nice soup last time I was there.
Turkish is offering a full meal in flight and their lounge has some ok cooked food in it so most of the time I have switched to them. I dont know what to do about SAS, its kinda pointless flying them just now and especially pointless in anything above SAS go.
I spoke to the lady in Arlanda lounge a couple weeks back, she said the wine will return in June, so I will try them again in June.
May 13, 2021, 8:29 am
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The lounge was actually rather crowded. No alcohol. Soup, soft drinks, cofffee and two types of sandwiches (with the added possibility to make your own jam sandwich)
May 13, 2021, 8:34 am
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The only lounge open in Oslo is the domestic lounge.
I tried to relax for a while and took off my shoes and lifted my feet on the sofa and suddenly a SAS-woman came to me and said that I should keep my feet on the floor as this wasn’t a sleeping lounge (I was listening to the radio). Such an unpleasant experience.
I tried to relax for a while and took off my shoes and lifted my feet on the sofa and suddenly a SAS-woman came to me and said that I should keep my feet on the floor as this wasn’t a sleeping lounge (I was listening to the radio). Such an unpleasant experience.
May 13, 2021, 8:47 am
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It must just be weird with SAS at OSL since it’s not happened to me at any of the non-SAS lounges at OSL over the years or any other lounge ever. With SAS@OSL I think they were paranoid about me “sneaking” into the Gold side of the lounge there when it was slow for them and they weren’t busy doing something better. 
May 13, 2021, 1:56 pm
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The huge wide seating in the OSL domestic lounge do invite you to put up your feet like you do on your sofa at home...
Lounge wardens of SAS are rather special... I've had my issues with the ladies in HEL and ORD who were on some power trip each time I went there. The best one was the Swedish lady in HEL who came over to sush my quiet kids telling us 'there are business men trying to work here'. At 8pm on December 27th
Lounge wardens of SAS are rather special... I've had my issues with the ladies in HEL and ORD who were on some power trip each time I went there. The best one was the Swedish lady in HEL who came over to sush my quiet kids telling us 'there are business men trying to work here'. At 8pm on December 27th
May 13, 2021, 2:58 pm
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Lounge wardens of SAS are rather special... I've had my issues with the ladies in HEL and ORD who were on some power trip each time I went there. The best one was the Swedish lady in HEL who came over to sush my quiet kids telling us 'there are business men trying to work here'. At 8pm on December 27th
May 13, 2021, 4:04 pm
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I stopped using SAS for quite a while now, the lounges have become so miserable and for some reason the SAS staff seem even more angry than normal.
No wine in Arlanda, just some old sandwiches and a quite nice soup last time I was there.
Turkish is offering a full meal in flight and their lounge has some ok cooked food in it so most of the time I have switched to them. I dont know what to do about SAS, its kinda pointless flying them just now and especially pointless in anything above SAS go.
I spoke to the lady in Arlanda lounge a couple weeks back, she said the wine will return in June, so I will try them again in June.
No wine in Arlanda, just some old sandwiches and a quite nice soup last time I was there.
Turkish is offering a full meal in flight and their lounge has some ok cooked food in it so most of the time I have switched to them. I dont know what to do about SAS, its kinda pointless flying them just now and especially pointless in anything above SAS go.
I spoke to the lady in Arlanda lounge a couple weeks back, she said the wine will return in June, so I will try them again in June.
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May 13, 2021, 4:17 pm
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The huge wide seating in the OSL domestic lounge do invite you to put up your feet like you do on your sofa at home...
Lounge wardens of SAS are rather special... I've had my issues with the ladies in HEL and ORD who were on some power trip each time I went there. The best one was the Swedish lady in HEL who came over to sush my quiet kids telling us 'there are business men trying to work here'. At 8pm on December 27th
Lounge wardens of SAS are rather special... I've had my issues with the ladies in HEL and ORD who were on some power trip each time I went there. The best one was the Swedish lady in HEL who came over to sush my quiet kids telling us 'there are business men trying to work here'. At 8pm on December 27th
May 13, 2021, 4:23 pm
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Some of the SAS employees think it's their business to keep people in line even when people are not out of line. A pre-emptive strike of sort. SAS is really special in that regard in the lounges and even in the sky. Those who get the biggest break from that approach? People whom they think of as "business men".
May 14, 2021, 1:22 am
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May 14, 2021, 1:53 am
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TK catering was a desaster and is limping back to normalcy: TK Catering back to normal?
May 14, 2021, 3:09 pm
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I think you give Turkish more credit than they are due. For most of the pandemic where SK was still serving a full meal in long haul J, Turkish handed out a cold snack box. It is only very recently that Turkish got back to meal service, and even more recently with almost normal meal service. So yes, the service from TK is great in normal times, for most of the pandemic though, they were the bottom of the bottom.
And, its always nice to fly with cabin crew that is generally polite and friendly, that, for absolute sure never happens in SAS.... not even really at checkin although I did see one smile once.