SK Business Sleeper
 

As I learnt mostly good news about SK Business Class, I would like to know your experiences with the Business Sleepers (there are only six seats on longhaul flights to be booked in A class at a one-way surcharge of USD 600 on top of the Business Class fare). Are the seats really full flat (like on BA/QF/LH/AF) or only almost flat - how is the seat pitch ? How is noise level (the seats are right behind the front galley) - is there a good chance for a rest ? Do people buy these seats voluntarily or are they (probably on daylight flights) open and will be awarded to SK Premium Flyers or Star Alliance Gold Flyers or would they simply be sold as ordinary Business Class on a last-off basis - how is SK policy on this ?

The SAS business sleeper seats are always in pairs and are really just ordinary business class seats which can be reclined to nearly 180 degrees. They make the two seats behind them unusable and the pitch between the sleepers and the seats behind seems to get reduced. The sleeper seat ends up folding down onto the seat behind. I think some parts of the seat behind can be removed and there is an insert made into the sleeper seat.

All the ones I've seen used are the A&B seats in the first row. If you had the A seat and the B was empty, I think it would be very nice, with no-one behind, beside or in front of you.

If the seats are not booked as business sleepers, they become regular seats. So there is no giving them away for free.

Perhaps if only one is booked, the other one gets given away if business class is full.

austman: thank you very much for these detailed informations. So I feel it is better value for money to book Austrian Airlines Business (Grand) Class which has a good seat pitch and quite affordable D fares ex Germany (at about the same cost as ordinary Business seats - D - on SK).

Best regards.

Austman, can you clarify something? Does SAS adjust the seat from flight to flight to recline (or not to recline) so that it reclines 180 degrees only if someone's paid the sleeper surcharge? I think that's what you meant, but I'm not quite sure. If so, then could a passenger adjust the seat to recline 180 degrees if no one's sitting in the seat behind?

From the looks of it on my one SAS trip in business, it would take them less than 5 minutes to convert a business seat to a sleeper or vice-versa. In the flight I was on (SEA-CPH), there were only two sleeper seats (one pair - bulkhead A&B on the left side). So it seems like they can be very dynamic, based on who buys what on that flight.

SAS EuroSleeper seats are $600 for a return. Or $300 one way. You can buy a sleeper seat "in-flight" for the same price. You can't move to a sleeper seat without paying!
There can be a max. of 6 seats pr aircraft. (767) (I'm not sure about the new A330)
And yes they move the seat every time.

I hope that helped a littel.

SAS Business sleeper seats, at least the one I tried on their trans-atlantic 767, is not worth the supplement. The right side front seats are used for sleepr seats and a very shabby footrest is attched. My footrest was attached so loosely, i could tell it was an easy and cheap conversion. Moreover, the seats are not partitioned so all the noise serving the rest of the business class will be bothesome. On my flight, I found those trollyes going thru the isle often made a lot of noise and afew times hit my seats.

At least they have the noise reduction curtain to block us off for $600, IMHO.
I am anxicous to see what SAS does with their new airbuses in terms of thei sleeper products.

Thanks for all your comments - I therefore will either stay with Austrian Grand Class on a D fare basis or pay a little more for BA New Club World Biz beds. All the best.

Don't fly BA.
There new Club World seats are c***
If you are over 6" then you can't fit.
Fly US Airways or AA. Much nicer and better service than BA