SAS Lounge Options Helsinki (HEL)
Apr 21, 2023, 4:13 am
#16
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: The Baltic Sea
Programs: AY, BT, DY and SK. Scandic, Radisson, Marriott and HHonors. ClubONE
Posts: 5,890
I also went to this lounge (using loungeKey) Easter time. Food options were limited to soup/salad/make your own sandwich. But there was doughnuts and Martell VS along with some other basic spirits.
Sep 15, 2023, 11:39 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: 280 from HMR DVOR
Programs: EBG
Posts: 333
Helsinki sas lounge open?
Sas lounge in Helsinki.
anybody used it in September 2023? It says it's open but I dont really trust sas to tell me the truth and I dont want to arrive early to wander around Helsinki airport for no good reason.
https://www.flysas.com/content/flysas-lu/en/travel-info/at-the-airport/lounges.html
anybody used it in September 2023? It says it's open but I dont really trust sas to tell me the truth and I dont want to arrive early to wander around Helsinki airport for no good reason.
https://www.flysas.com/content/flysas-lu/en/travel-info/at-the-airport/lounges.html
Sep 16, 2023, 12:09 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 70
There’s no SAS own lounge in HEL since Covid times. And Swissport/Aspire lounges in HEL do not have any contracts with SAS either.
Following is the correct link listing SAS lounges, which does not include any in HEL,
https://www.flysas.com/en/travel-inf...rport/lounges/
Following is the correct link listing SAS lounges, which does not include any in HEL,
https://www.flysas.com/en/travel-inf...rport/lounges/
Sep 16, 2023, 12:31 am
#19
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: 280 from HMR DVOR
Programs: EBG
Posts: 333
Thankyou, I was right to not trust the sas page.
if I recall the lounge in Helsinki was pretty basic anyway but... it was at least a lounge. I guess sas no longer sees Helsinki as a market they are interested in. Especially since they dont even fly their own metal there anymore (it's all xfly)
but, again. Thanks for the heads up.
if I recall the lounge in Helsinki was pretty basic anyway but... it was at least a lounge. I guess sas no longer sees Helsinki as a market they are interested in. Especially since they dont even fly their own metal there anymore (it's all xfly)
but, again. Thanks for the heads up.
Sep 16, 2023, 12:47 am
#20
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 70
Thankyou, I was right to not trust the sas page.
if I recall the lounge in Helsinki was pretty basic anyway but... it was at least a lounge. I guess sas no longer sees Helsinki as a market they are interested in. Especially since they dont even fly their own metal there anymore (it's all xfly)
but, again. Thanks for the heads up.
if I recall the lounge in Helsinki was pretty basic anyway but... it was at least a lounge. I guess sas no longer sees Helsinki as a market they are interested in. Especially since they dont even fly their own metal there anymore (it's all xfly)
but, again. Thanks for the heads up.
Sep 17, 2023, 9:20 pm
#21
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: EuroBonus Diamond, Delta Skymiles 360, BAEC LTG, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 2,828
I'm sure its just AY competition? AY is a lot nicer to fly than SAS, they have an actual Business Class and have added a number of super useful long haul flights from the Nordics to the US as some of their APAC network locations got torpedo'd by the Russians. I'm doing more HEL layovers post invasion than I've done at any time prior now AY flies to places like DFW and SEA or has flights at much better hours (like their LAX route) than SAS or alternatives.
Sep 18, 2023, 2:08 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 70
I'm sure its just AY competition? AY is a lot nicer to fly than SAS, they have an actual Business Class and have added a number of super useful long haul flights from the Nordics to the US as some of their APAC network locations got torpedo'd by the Russians. I'm doing more HEL layovers post invasion than I've done at any time prior now AY flies to places like DFW and SEA or has flights at much better hours (like their LAX route) than SAS or alternatives.
There are two things that makes AY winner in Finnish market,
- Finnish(language) service(which none of the competitors offer, neither on their booking flow nor onboard)
-Monopoly on direct flights
Sep 18, 2023, 5:11 am
#23
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,187
That lounge was a remnant from the days when blue1/KF and SAS where trying to upend AY in HEL for some weird reason, similar to the lounge in BRU which SAS had for some reason to match the 'Eurobusiness' concept (when Sweden joined the EU in 1995 adding 'Euro' to everything was deemed cool).
I don't miss the SAS crew in HEL one bit, the lounge had a few dragons that were terrible. The ticketing desk had 1 or 2 agents that seemed to hate their jobs, simple things like buying a scandinavian airpass on the spot or changing a blue1 ticket where viewed as a terrible offense.
I don't miss the SAS crew in HEL one bit, the lounge had a few dragons that were terrible. The ticketing desk had 1 or 2 agents that seemed to hate their jobs, simple things like buying a scandinavian airpass on the spot or changing a blue1 ticket where viewed as a terrible offense.