Polaris 77W vs SAS business A330
 

Tough choice. IMO, the Polaris hard product is slightly better than the SAS J seat, although I like the latter a lot. Soft product, the nod goes to SAS, given the recent downgrade to Polaris food and drink. If UA had kept Polaris soft product as it was after introduction, I'd say go with UA - but now, I'd go with SAS unless food and drink don't matter.

it's a wash. With a lot of extra RDM and PQM I'd probably go with UA metal, but if that doesn't matter to you ... take the non-stop.

I've enjoyed every flight I've had on SAS, especially if you can get a throne seat -- I would take that every time over the polaris seat. Considering the recent thread on window shades, on SAS you're much more likely to have shades open and natural light in the cabin, which also makes me prefer tham (though perhaps not you). Their food isn't amazing, but I'd always liked it, and the service has generally been better than United's average.

I agree it's mostly a wash - SAS if you value soft product and UA if you value hard, although it's not a massive difference either way. Personally I would fly UA for the additional MP credit, but that's still a minor factor.

Thanks for the feedback. Will go ahead with SAS as UA RDM/PQMs don't matter in this case.

The downside with SAS is that they have remarkably poor support when things go sideways. Unless you're EuroBonus Gold or Diamond (not Star Alliance Gold -- in fact, it might only be Diamond that has the extended support line), you can't even get an agent on the phone outside of business hours.

Are you perhaps thinking of LX/Swiss? SAS (SK) offers all-aisle access on their updated J product, but no throne seats.

Everywhere I go, in any economic class or industry, people always confuse Switzerland and Sweden. Ugh.

While I did enjoy my one J flight on SK (was on an A340), I still think the new Polaris seats are better from a privacy perspective. No doubt that service, drinks and (maybe) food will be better on SK. YMMV, but hard product is most important to me - so I would pick UA.

The trick is to call another SAS ticket office. Whenever possible, I call the SYD office.

SAS has great cappuccino. Sold.

You're right, I was remembering incorrectly. Looking at pictures, the console is so wide that I remembered it as a throne. I took eight tatl flights with them. I feel like I remember being happy with all of them, but it's been about 2 years, and I apparently can't remember the seats, so maybe I'm wrong about everything else, too.