Crediting SAS booking to Flying Blue
Nov 16, 2025 | 12:05 pm
#61
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Some airlines indicate the cabin by use of a letter. Often this is Y for Economy (even though the fare class in the booking may be different). However KLM uses M to indicate Economy. I believe the same may hold true for SAS. It sounds like these have been booked in R, unfortunately..
Nov 16, 2025 | 8:56 pm
#62
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I have a bit of a problem with crediting SAS to Flying Blue (nothing to do with the current business class vs premium saga):
I took a couple of SAS flights in October, there were booked in Economy and I have a boarding pass stating the booking class to be SAS Go (Class M-r). Flying Blue refuse to credit these flights, stating that they are booked in class "R", which according to the Flying Blue earnings table for SAS indeed is a non-eligible booking class.
To be clear, my boarding pass is stating the booking class to be "M" with a large capital letter, followed by a tiny "R" underneath it. If never seen something like this before, but my assumption is that the capital "M" would be the dominating letter here, and thus, an eligible booking class.
This was a corporate booking, so the reservation confirmation itself contains nothing but "Economy".
Any thoughts/ideas?
I took a couple of SAS flights in October, there were booked in Economy and I have a boarding pass stating the booking class to be SAS Go (Class M-r). Flying Blue refuse to credit these flights, stating that they are booked in class "R", which according to the Flying Blue earnings table for SAS indeed is a non-eligible booking class.
To be clear, my boarding pass is stating the booking class to be "M" with a large capital letter, followed by a tiny "R" underneath it. If never seen something like this before, but my assumption is that the capital "M" would be the dominating letter here, and thus, an eligible booking class.
This was a corporate booking, so the reservation confirmation itself contains nothing but "Economy".
Any thoughts/ideas?
Some airlines indicate the cabin by use of a letter. Often this is Y for Economy (even though the fare class in the booking may be different). However KLM uses M to indicate Economy. I believe the same may hold true for SAS. It sounds like these have been booked in R, unfortunately..
Lufthansa, Japan Airlines, and ANA are other examples I can think of doing it the same way. Big letter for cabin, smaller letter for actual booking class.
Last edited by CPH-Flyer; Nov 17, 2025 at 12:48 am
Nov 17, 2025 | 10:59 am
#63
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New Datapoint: XP was credited based on Premium Economy but booked in Business. Flights were Saturday and Sunday and posted overnight. After calling the Platinum line, I received the missing XP within a couple of hours.
Nov 19, 2025 | 3:00 pm
#64
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I hope they'll get this problem with miscrediting and having to call to get the missing XP resolved by the time I take my SK flights in Dec/Jan.
Either way, good to know that plenty of people have gotten those extra XPs without a huge fight
Either way, good to know that plenty of people have gotten those extra XPs without a huge fight
Nov 20, 2025 | 9:11 pm
#65
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Try to avoid touching the booking, in any way, using an app that is logged in to another FFP. That will almost always cause the miles to credit to that FFP.
Last time I flew SAS I had booked the (Go Light) ticket on flysas.com, provided my flying blue FF number, and checked in using a web browser. Boarding pass showed "KL/Elite Plus", Group 1, SkyPriority and the miles were credited to Flying Blue normally. Also received checked luggage for free based on status. Don't remember how exactly, but I do still have some of the older SK Boarding passes loaded in my Pass app on the phone, so a digital boarding pass can be retrieved that way. Possibly from an email.
In your case I would suggest logging out from the SAS app before continuing with Flying Blue. Opening such booking with the SAS app while logged in will make those miles go to EuroBonus instead of Flying Blue. And make sure that, on the flysas website, the Flying Blue FF number has been added to the booking beforehand.
Last time I flew SAS I had booked the (Go Light) ticket on flysas.com, provided my flying blue FF number, and checked in using a web browser. Boarding pass showed "KL/Elite Plus", Group 1, SkyPriority and the miles were credited to Flying Blue normally. Also received checked luggage for free based on status. Don't remember how exactly, but I do still have some of the older SK Boarding passes loaded in my Pass app on the phone, so a digital boarding pass can be retrieved that way. Possibly from an email.
In your case I would suggest logging out from the SAS app before continuing with Flying Blue. Opening such booking with the SAS app while logged in will make those miles go to EuroBonus instead of Flying Blue. And make sure that, on the flysas website, the Flying Blue FF number has been added to the booking beforehand.
Nov 21, 2025 | 1:43 am
#66
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I am wondering if anybody can confirm that SK did some changes in the cheap-ish intra-Europe economy fares (maybe after the introduction of business class). I believe in the past, most of these cheap fares were in O class, meaning that you could still credit and get some miles. Checking some flights for the upcoming period, I see that many of these cheap fares are now in N or R, which based on this chart do not award miles (or XP).
Nov 21, 2025 | 1:54 am
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I am wondering if anybody can confirm that SK did some changes in the cheap-ish intra-Europe economy fares (maybe after the introduction of business class). I believe in the past, most of these cheap fares were in O class, meaning that you could still credit and get some miles. Checking some flights for the upcoming period, I see that many of these cheap fares are now in N or R, which based on this chart do not award miles (or XP).
Seems FB is just very slow adjusting to partners' changes.
Nov 21, 2025 | 2:28 am
#68
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I am wondering if anybody can confirm that SK did some changes in the cheap-ish intra-Europe economy fares (maybe after the introduction of business class). I believe in the past, most of these cheap fares were in O class, meaning that you could still credit and get some miles. Checking some flights for the upcoming period, I see that many of these cheap fares are now in N or R, which based on this chart do not award miles (or XP).
N also seems to be a higher booking class than O. I checked some random dates in April for HEL-ARN on Matrix and O prices at 36€, while N prices at 66€. It therefore doesn't make sense for N to not earn miles while O does. FB needs to update the SK earning chart.
Nov 21, 2025 | 3:18 am
#69
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Jan 7, 2026 | 8:58 am
#71
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"Kindly note that as per my previous email, in our Programme, a Member receive credit as per the published *paid booking classes* in the TAB of a Partner, available on our website.
This are our Programme rules, and are contractual information between Us and the Partner.
We understand that SAS made changes in the way they sell their flights to their clients, however, they did the renegotiation of the conditions they allow for their flights and *pbc*s as credit in our Programme only at the end of October with effect for credits from November, not retroactively."
Has anyone managed to get 15 XPs for SAS flights flown in October?
Jan 7, 2026 | 11:04 am
#72
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Interestingly, out of a set of two flights that I took on Dec 21 and 23, only the first one got credited. The correct amount of 15XP, credited a few hours after arrival. The second one didn't get credited yet, and I've just put in a claim through the FlyingBlue form, since the site wouldn't accept my booking reference
Jan 27, 2026 | 2:06 am
#73
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Did anyone fly in booking class N within Europe recently? Flying Blue chart mentions this class is eligible on longhaul but doesn't list it for mediumhaul, which I suspect may be just an error - all other revenue classes, incl. lower ones, earn miles in Flying Blue. Maybe N didn't exist on European routes before, so it's not in the chart? The chart also doesn't mention European business (despite this being implemented in reality already), which could also suggest it's out of date.
The thing is that I want to use FB STE+ benefits on my upcoming flight but I really want to avoid having this flight credited, otherwise I'd end up with too much XP (I'm trying to avoid upgrading the level too early) so some reassurance that it won't would be great
The thing is that I want to use FB STE+ benefits on my upcoming flight but I really want to avoid having this flight credited, otherwise I'd end up with too much XP (I'm trying to avoid upgrading the level too early) so some reassurance that it won't would be great
Mar 6, 2026 | 1:19 am
#74
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^ My suspicion proved to be correct and I did earn 350 miles + 5 XP on my N class TLL to ARN ticket, despite FB website not listing it as eligible (are they ever gonna update it?). Not only does it earn miles but it earns more than I expected.
It's not necessarily a great news for me this time since I need to find another flight to not credit to FB now (otherwise I'd end up with too many XP for my qualification strategy) and that other flight could've earned me more miles.
It's not necessarily a great news for me this time since I need to find another flight to not credit to FB now (otherwise I'd end up with too many XP for my qualification strategy) and that other flight could've earned me more miles.