SAS silently increased amount of EuroBonus points required for an upgrade at the airport. The amount increased by 10 000 for all combinations, reaching maximum of 50 000 per upgrade from SAS Go to SAS Business.
New SAS upgrade redemption chart
Award upgrade with SAS
Before
Now
Upgrade in advanced or at the airport
Points per flight
From SAS Go to SAS Plus
15 000
25 000
From SAS Plus to SAS Business
25 000
35 000
From SAS Go to SAS Business
40 000
50 000
It has not affected the Upgrade Bidding system (yet?), which you can use before departure to bid EuroBonus points or cash for an upgrade.
It is bad news, as SAS might continue devaluating EuroBonus points value. We might see Star Alliance award flights redemption increase in the near future, and let’s hope SAS will not do it same quietly!
SAS is celebrating 25 years of EuroBonus program by offering several promotions with increased points earnings.
Most of the offers, like double points and special discounts on flights, have already expired.
Now is the last chance to get additional SAS EuroBonus extra points.
Double SAS extra points with Radisson Blu
Earn 1000 extra points a night with reservation of Radisson Blu hotels in Europe. Valid for stays between March 1 and April 30. Full list of participating hotels is available here.
Remember, reservation has to be done directly at radissonblu.com and you need to show your EuroBonus number during check-in at the hotel, to make sure you receive double SAS extra points.
Triple SAS extra points with Best Western Hotels & Resorts
Very generous offer from SAS and Best Western Hotels. You can earn 1800 EuroBonus extra points per stay. Valid for stays between April 1 and May 31, booked latest April 30.
Same as Radisson Blu, you need to book directly with Best Western at BestWestern.se/sas.aspx
If you are willing to do some “hotel hopping”, you can really maximise on this offer.
5000 EuroBonus points with Hertz car rental
Rent a car with Hertz and receive additional 5000 extra points per rental of one day and longer worldwide.
Book car by 30th June and rent until 30th September 2017 to earn EuroBonus extra points. Booking has to be done on Hertz EuroBonus page using the discount code CDP 736686 and the promotion code PC 203592.
EuroBonus MasterCard points boost
It is a targeted offer from SAS EuroBonus MasterCard in Sweden, so make sure to check your email for signing up link.
After activating the offer, you will receive 25 extra points for each 100 kronor spent (in comparison to regular 10 points) for any purchase made from April 21 to April 24.
This offer gives even higher points earning than American Express Elite Card, so make sure to save all your bills and big purchases to make for those dates, if you receive this offer. Also, might be good to increase EuroBonus MasterCard spending limit ;).
Turkish Airlines is running 35% Miles discount promotion for award flights to/from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW).
Promotion is valid for award tickets booked in Economy and Business Class cabins between April 10 and May 31 2017 with many destinations in Europe and Middle East.
Turkish Airlines: Miles & Smiles 35% Miles Discount
It is a great opportunity to experience Turkish Airlines great catering service in Business Class, however, Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW) is less convenient in terms of public transportation with the city.
35% Miles & Smiles discount will be applied for all flights
From Istanbul (SAW) to/from Europe:
London (LGW), Amsterdam (AMS),Brussels (BRU), Vienna (VIE), Berlin (TXL), Munich (MUC), Stuttgart (STR), Düsseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt (FRA), Tbilisi (TBS), Barcelona (BCN), Milano (MXP), Rome (FCO), Paris (CDG)
From Istanbul (SAW) to/from Middle East:
Kuwait (KWI), Bahrain (BAH), Tehran (IKA), Tel Aviv (TLV), Dubai (DXB), Dammam (DMM), Jeddah (JED), Medine (MED) and Riyadh (RUH)
Other Terms and Conditions:
%35 Mileage promotion will include the award tickets which are issued as of 10 April 2017
Promotional award tickets shall be issued 10 April 2017– 31 May 2017
This promotion is valid for all Miles&Smiles all award tickets (one way/round trip award tickets ,companion tickets) and upgrades
The promotion is valid for all Turkish Airlines all economy and business reservation classes.
The related promotion will be applied only for Turkish Airlines scheduled flights. Promotion is not permitted on Turkish Airlines codeshare flights (TK8000) and for the award tickets issued for the Star Alliance member airline flights.
The routes within different award regions cannot be combined
For issued award tickets in promotion, 31 May ıs 2017 is considered about any mileage refunds, rebookings and re-routings and they are subject to penalty. All rebookings and re routings can be applied within the exact same route and class. Mileage refund can be done within 1 year after the ticket issuance date.
The general conditions applied in Miles&Smiles award tickets are also applicable for award tickets issued in this campaign.
Taxes must be paid while ticketing.
Turkish Airlines; reserves the right to change terms and conditions, definitions or other information, or to cancel the campaign at any time.
Getting the first frequent flyer elite status requires a lot of travelling, money, time and work. Reaching elite status requirements in more than one airline alliance usually seems close to impossible.
Thankfully, some airlines offer status match for frequent flyers, meaning that you can start enjoying all the top tier benefits even before you take your first flight with the airline.
Here is a list of airlines matching your SAS EuroBonus status in 2017: Continue reading →
It seems like booking airline flights became like a walk on a mine field. It is not just find a flight, check the dates and pay for it, now it is lucrative process, where misleading information can occur at any of numerous steps of booking.
In the beginning of March 2017 Copenhagen Kastrup Airport announced new lounge in C departure zone (non-Schengen flights).
Now it is time to review Eventyr Lounge in Copenhagen airport.
Eventyr Lounge review
Video review:
Location:
Eventyr Lounge is located in C departure zone, near Gate C26, which is right after passport control and dedicated to all non-schengen flights from Copenhagen. Clear signs assures you cannot miss it.
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Entrance:
All travelers flying from CPH airport can enter the lounge for a fixed 250 DKK fee (30€). Unfortunately, American Express is not accepted and you have to pay with Visa or MasterCard.
British Airways business class and oneworld Sapphire/Emerald tier flyers can access for free, when departing on British Airways operated flights.
Lounge:
Given that Eventyr Lounge is only few months old, it looks quite nice, clean and fresh. When I entered the lounge at noon, I was the only visitor for 20 minutes, followed by a few British Airways customers.
Furniture is brand new and has many seating options, tables, sofas, work zones and everything in between.
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Eventyr lounge is very nice decorated, with lots of plants and has spectacular overview of C gates.
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Booze:
Straight to the most important part, alcohol availability and selection!
Eventyr lounge is equipped with draft beers, some cheap heavy booze and an interesting wine dispenser.
Both white and red wines are French Le Petit Chat. To my honest surprise, white one was quite drinkable, even though, I usually refuse to even clean my toilet with Frenchie wine ;).
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Interestingly, wine fridge is full of wine bottles, where first row has tubes, which transfer wine.
It is fun to use such interesting wine dispenser, but in case lounge is crowded, changing empty bottles and tubes consumes unnecessary time, both from lounge staff and visitors.
Food:
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Food options are very limited and boring, but this is a case of most lounges. Standard soup of a day, in my case it was thai chicken soup, one kind of cheese, ham, tasteless cabbage salad without any dressing, some bread and, actually, very tasty hummus.
To my surprise there were two kinds of halal meat.
Showers/restrooms:
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Shower rooms and restrooms are fresh, clean and sparkling white. Surely, with not that many customers it is well expected. Would be more interesting to see it again during crowded period.
I did not find any shower amenities. Perhaps, you can ask lounge staff for it.
Overall:
Eventyr Lounge is a nice addition to Copenhagen Kastrup Airport, especially in boring C Pier. Hands down, Eventyr Lounge has the best views among all CPH lounges.
Would I pay to access this lounge again? Less likely.
Would I visit it when flying Great British Airways? Definitely! Enjoy a glass of something, while watching big birdies taxing to/from gates.
What do you think of Eventyr Lounge in CPH airport?
Would you pay to access it and how do you compare it to other lounges in Kastrup?
22 500 EuroBonus extra for SAS EuroBonus American Express Elite Card.
This is the most attractive Amex promotion in Sweden by far, and it also applies to American Express Rewards, but their value is not lucrative as with SAS EuroBonus combination. Here is what you can get by signing up to Amex now:
400 € first year fee + 22 500 SAS EuroBonus extra points after spending 2000 € within first 3 months.
+ 20 000 status EuroBonus points
The best deal so far is SAS EuroBonus American Express Premium Credit Card. With current promotion it is completely free for the first year, with potential up to 20 000 EuroBonus extra points on your account within the first 3 months after spending 1500 € within 3 months.
Note, additional sign up bonus only works if you register using current members invitation, so make sure you sign up with the links provided under each Amex card picture, otherwise it will be only 5 000 sign up bonus and no additional bonus.
Great news if you live in Sweden and eager to freshen up your apartment or gadgets collection!
From March 20 until April 17 you can earn up to 20 000 EuroBonus extra points for each microwave, dishwasher, razor or vacuum cleaner purchased on Elgiganten website.
Elgiganten and SAS EuroBonus
Today starts a very, very very generous promotion between SAS and one of the leading consumer electronics store in Sweden, Elgiganten.se.
Each purchase starting from 20th of March and until 17th of April could reward you with up to 20 000 EuroBonus extra points. Promotional goods will be changed each week, until the promotion ends. The amount of reward points is displayed directly on Elgiganten promotion page and there are some very good deals.
If there was ever a moment to get a new refrigerator, it is during this promotion. New Samsung, LG or Electrolux priced around 800 € will come with 10 000 EuroBonus extra points. Add about 300 € for the item, and it might end up in total of 20 000 points as bonus.
Surely, there are some much cheaper and more affordable offers. Consider getting fit tracker for approx. 80 € with additional 3000 points, or Garmin Vivomove priced at 180 € and rewarding 5000 EuroBonus extra points.
Note that points will take some time to be deposited to your EuroBonus account, as Elgiganten has 30 days return policy, points will come 1-2 weeks after it closes.
Also, do not forget to pay with PayPal connected to your EuroBonus American Express or EuroBonus MasterCard cards so you get additional points.
I just happened to be looking for a flight today, and as usual used SkyScanner.com meta search to find prices. And if you have ever used SkyScanner or Momondo, you know how many flight deals you get. It is impossible to keep track of all trustworthy websites to book your flights, and today I got experience with Travelgenio, which I would recommend to avoid at all costs.
I personally trust SkyScanner, as I have been using it for several years by now, so I do not check reviews of websites they are offering in their search. First cheapest options were ignored, as they do not accept SAS EuroBonus Amex and I could benefit from few thousand points for my next first class trip in May.
I checked Travelgenio.com and hey, they do accept Amex. Bingo!
Next step, check if the price on SkyScanner is matching on Travelgenio, as it is quite common to get notification that the price has increased since last search. Bingo again, same price displayed when I visit Travelgenio flight results. As you could see, Travelgenio offers me a flight for 305.65 euros. Lets remember this number.
I selected the flight and got to the second page, where I was asked for my personal information, email, DOB and etc. Once again, for second time I see the same price for the flight, 305.65 euros. Third page offers endless amount of insurance, coverage, protections and etc. I don’t need any, so let’s move further.
Fourth page, which is showing me price for 3rd time is looking like this:
Travelgenio review
Once again we see our magical 305.65 euros, which we have seen at the very least 3 times by now. Once on SkyScanner and twice during booking process. But now we also find a Special Discount, which is not explained why, when and how. We also see a selection of credit card logos, with some numbers next to it. It is quite common that American Express cards are processed with additional fees, but it is clearly 0.00 €.
So my reasoning is, you have a fare of 311.61 and got unexplained discount of 5.96, and if you pay with Maestro or Visa Debit/Credit there will be additional 2,98 € discount, meanwhile any other card will have 0 impact on your total price.
I have my personal details on auto-fill in Google Chrome, same as my Amex credit card details, two clicks to fill it in, quickly select 0,00 € American Express option and click Submit.
And only while submitting progress, I realized my total price was changed by double the amount of Special Discount. The payment went through and it was too late to cancel it.
So I wanted to figure out, what is going on?
Apparently, the total price that has been shown twice during booking process is only valid if you pay Maestro or Visa Debit/Credit. To start with, who on earth still has Maestro card?
Travelgenio reviews
Secondly, there is some unexplainable logic behind Special Discount being double the amount of what seems as surcharge near credit card logo.
So at the end of the day, if you are not paying with Maestro or Visa, as in my case, because I could have paid with Visa/Maestro at websites not accepting Amex and saved almost 30 €, you will end up in a higher price than advertised by Travelgenio during entire booking process.
In example here, it was only 6 € more, during my booking I ended up paying 15 € more.
It is definitely not the end of the world for my budget, but it is really annoying and frustrating to constantly check all those flight booking websites at which point they try to scam you. And I do believe, those credit card logos with 0.00 € signs are completely misleading and actually used to trick and, pretty much, scam customers of Travelgenio.com
And if you read negative reviews from TrustPilot you will see its not the only one case. They have endless issues with rebooking, hiden charges and not providing full information regarding fees.
Third page offers endless amount of insurance, coverage, protections and etc. I don’t need any, so let’s move further.
