SAS (SK) award experiences using United miles
May 31, 2016, 9:52 pm
#31
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I booked and flew CPH-OSL-MOL for 15,000 miles. Everything worked smoothly on the booking, and on the flights, too. Booking was in February. Travel was earlier this month.
Jun 1, 2016, 10:02 am
#32
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Apparently they're working on it...I hope it gets resolved soon!
Apr 13, 2018, 8:34 am
#33
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Book SAS Plus (premium economy) award from United portal?
I see a SAS flight available for XN. Is there any way to look for and book SAS Plus using United miles? I tried using the auction upgrade feature but the booking wasn't eligible, likely because it is an award flight.
Apr 13, 2018, 8:52 am
#34
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No it's not possible to book premium economy on any carrier using United miles.
Apr 14, 2018, 2:10 pm
#35
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For what it’s worth even if you wanted to pay for PE, booked through UA on the other *A carriers it’s not an easy feat. Pretty much you have to build it in Google Flights and then hope it lets you push through to book on UA (usually need some sort of UA flight involved or code share) which would show Economy with some cross referencing you can determine if it should be PE. Luckily with the 24h cxl ability you can check on the other carriers site and then cancel if it didn’t work.
Aug 12, 2018, 9:44 am
#36
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How does United interface with Scandinavian? Specifically, looking at a few different options, one way home from Europe, with the last leg CPH-BOS. Origination in Europe is somewhat flexible, Germany/Austria/Poland area. I found the perfect flights for what I want to do: April 21st, 2019, flights LO 552 Prague to Warsaw, then SK 2752 Warsaw to Copenhagen, then SK927 Copenhagen to Boston. Looks fine online and on the app, but I get an error when booking. Called United and they said the CPH-BOS leg has no availability to them, and to try back in a few weeks.
Any advice?
Any advice?
Aug 12, 2018, 10:21 am
#37
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How does United interface with Scandinavian? Specifically, looking at a few different options, one way home from Europe, with the last leg CPH-BOS. Origination in Europe is somewhat flexible, Germany/Austria/Poland area. I found the perfect flights for what I want to do: April 21st, 2019, flights LO 552 Prague to Warsaw, then SK 2752 Warsaw to Copenhagen, then SK927 Copenhagen to Boston. Looks fine online and on the app, but I get an error when booking. Called United and they said the CPH-BOS leg has no availability to them, and to try back in a few weeks.
Any advice?
Any advice?
Aug 13, 2018, 6:57 am
#38
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Bummer, thanks for looking. Any chance this will open up eventually? Does SK open up more award space at a certain date out or anything?
Aug 13, 2018, 7:35 am
#39
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It looks lie there are other options available for your preferred travel date like LH via MUC/FRA to BOS or SN via BRU and EWR. Why don't you book one of those and then change to SK if it opens up later on?
Aug 13, 2018, 9:08 am
#40
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While it can be good to have a bird in hand, so to speak, note that there may be a fee for changes; up to $75 if changed 61+ days prior to travel, and up to $125 if changed within 60 days of travel.
Aug 13, 2018, 9:58 am
#41
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How does United interface with Scandinavian? Specifically, looking at a few different options, one way home from Europe, with the last leg CPH-BOS. Origination in Europe is somewhat flexible, Germany/Austria/Poland area. I found the perfect flights for what I want to do: April 21st, 2019, flights LO 552 Prague to Warsaw, then SK 2752 Warsaw to Copenhagen, then SK927 Copenhagen to Boston. Looks fine online and on the app, but I get an error when booking. Called United and they said the CPH-BOS leg has no availability to them, and to try back in a few weeks.
Any advice?
Any advice?
Aug 14, 2018, 11:58 am
#42
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 193
From a Post in the SAS Eurobonus Forum:
BOS in Privatair 737 starting in Summer2016
Just saw it confirmed in Danish aviation press, that SK will make 'seasonal adjustments' to CPH-BOS and cancel it - at least during the winther:
https://finalcall.travel/da/bekraeft...-ruten-vinter/
BOS in Privatair 737 starting in Summer2016
Just saw it confirmed in Danish aviation press, that SK will make 'seasonal adjustments' to CPH-BOS and cancel it - at least during the winther:
https://finalcall.travel/da/bekraeft...-ruten-vinter/
Aug 14, 2018, 4:35 pm
#43
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 122
UA having IT issues booking some SAS/Singapore award spaces?
I was trying to book a J ticket on SAS using MP, but the UA agent couldn't confirm the hold with SAS. I thought I got duped into a phantom space, but I was able to find the same space on ANA and Aeroplan site, and in fact, bookable on Aeroplan.
I eventually escalated the matter to supervisor, and she spent the whole day working on this matter, incl contacting SAS directly. Eventually she received an internal memo that UA is having IT issues with SQ/SK award systems and no timeframe about when it might be resolved. Has anyone encountered something similar recently? It appears to have only started a few days ago.
I eventually escalated the matter to supervisor, and she spent the whole day working on this matter, incl contacting SAS directly. Eventually she received an internal memo that UA is having IT issues with SQ/SK award systems and no timeframe about when it might be resolved. Has anyone encountered something similar recently? It appears to have only started a few days ago.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Aug 14, 2018 at 6:10 pm Reason: merged into consolidated thread
Aug 14, 2018, 6:14 pm
#44
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UA has been having awardbooking issues in the past 24 hours -- see recent posts in Consolidated: Is united.com or parts of it down? And other UA website issues,
It was broader than just SAS/SQ but those two carriers have long been some of the most problematic IT interconnects and your issue may be residual of the earlier broader problem
It was broader than just SAS/SQ but those two carriers have long been some of the most problematic IT interconnects and your issue may be residual of the earlier broader problem
Aug 14, 2018, 6:43 pm
#45
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I ticketed an SQ award on August 8.