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SAS EuroBonus World Mastercard Premium fees increase May 2024

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As of May 1, there will be changes for SAS EuroBonus Mastercard Premium.

Due to higher costs for running bonus programs, SAS and SEB Bank (SAS EuroBonus Mastercard) have chosen to regulate the annual price to keep the benefits in the card. At the same time, the calculation of the Status Points on the card changes.

As of May 1, 2024, the following changes will take place:
The price for the card is increased by SEK 40 per month. This means the annual price is raised from SEK 1,855 to SEK 2,335. The new annual price will be charged the next time you pay for the card.

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SAS Eurobonus 30% discount on bonus trips with points

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SAS 30 percent discount

Now SAS Eurobonus offers a full 30% discount on bonus travel* in SAS Go to Tokyo and Shanghai in one direction, and Chicago, Boston, and Washington in return. But hurry up to book – the offer is only valid until September 25th.
And as usual, children aged 2-11 get a 50% discount on the promotional price. So take the opportunity now to book something extraordinary to look forward to.

Travel: 1 November – 15 December 2023
Book: no later than September 25

 

Booking is available on the dedicated SAS Eurobonus promotional page

 

Aegean airlines domestic flights are again bookable with partner airlines?

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Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air are two major airlines based in Greece. In 2013, Aegean Airlines acquired Olympic Air and became the largest airline in Greece. The two airlines now operate as separate entities under the same parent company, Aegean Airlines Group, but share resources and cooperate in some areas to better serve their customers.

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Double SAS EuroBonus points for American Express Elite and Premium

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American Express in Sweden is offering double SAS EuroBonus points for new customers of Amex Elite and Premium credit cards, and massive sign-up bonuses up to 45 000 EuroBonus Extra Points, which would be enough for a round trip in business class in Europe (apply before end of February 28. 2023). Continue reading →

SAS is increasing cancellation and rebooking award travel fees

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On 1 February 2023, SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) will introduce a fee for canceling and rebooking SAS Bonus tickets. For all bookings made from that date onwards, a fixed fee per traveler will be charged in case of cancellation, via My bookings. or customer service . Their 24-hour money-back guarantee after booking remains unchanged (Thanks God!).
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Aegean Airlines Miles+Bonus gift points

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Members of Aegean Airlines Miles+Bonus program received emails with the invitation to claim a “gift from Miles+Bonus”.

During the first hours, Aegean website was down, which I believe is related to this promotion.

Here’s email from Aegean Airlines:

A gift is waiting for you in the new digital environment of your account!
Something changed in Miles+Bonus!

Log in now to your Miles+Bonus account via aegeanair.com or AEGEAN app, browse the new digital interface and discover a special gift we have for you!

Τhe new, user friendly and personalized digital environment gives you access via a single page to your card information, your available award miles, your transactions and your coupons, but also to all miles accrual and redemption options you can benefit through your Miles+Bonus account.

I’m in control of the shared Miles+Bonus account, where we have Gold, Silver, and Blue statuses.

All three statuses received 1000 additional bonus miles, which can be claimed from the website or app, after you login.

It looks like this:

Aegean Airlines Miles+Bonus gift

Aegean Airlines Miles+Bonus gift

Miles appear in the account immediately and available to be used.

Let us know, if you have received any other amount of miles and what is your Aegean Airlines Miles+Bonus status.

Traveling through Copenhagen airport Kastrup during COVID-19 times in SAS Plus

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Traveling during this crazy Covid-19 times is a very big challenge.

I travelled from Sweden to Denmark’s airport Kastrup to take a SAS flight SK2777 from Copenhagen to Athens, which was the first flight available.

I used 18 000 Eurobonus points to get a seat in SAS Plus class, which this time did not give any additional benefits in comparison to SAS Go.

Here’s the current travel conditions:

  • SAS business and Gold lounges are closed
  • SAS and Copenhagen fast tracks are not available
  • Mandatory facial mask while in the airport and onboard
  • No priority boarding, boarding starts from the back of the plane
  • No drinks or food service, were only served a bottle of water and disinfection napkip

Overall, it was very different experience and felt unrealistic to fly for the first time since February 2020.

On arrival to Athens we were asked to present previously obtained QR codes and had a Covid-19 swap. Thankfully it was negative, but results you get day after via SMS message.

 

Additional points with SAS EuroBonus World Mastercards

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Great news for all SAS EuroBonus World Mastercard or SAS EuroBonus World Mastercard Premium cardholders in Sweden! During July each purchase using SAS Mastercard will earn additional 10 SAS EuroBonus points.

With SAS EuroBonus Mastercard you will receive 25 Extra Points per 100 SEK spent (normally 15) and with Mastercard Premium you get 30 extra points per 100 SEK spent (normally 20) – when you pay in foreign currency throughout July 2018. It’s a great opportunity to earn some extra points for your future travel with SAS or StarAlliance.

premium-sas-eurobonusNote!: If you are current SAS EuroBonus Mastercard holder, check your email inbox for the email from SAS. There is a link to register for the offer and it’s personalized for each member.

If you haven’t received email, check your spam folder for “Fler poäng på resan i juli med SAS EuroBonus Mastercard – sommar och semestershopping“.

Also, remember that cash withdrawal will not earn any points, so try to swipe your card as much as possible.

Quickie: Singapore Airlines First Class Lounge London Heathrow Airport

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Singapore Airlines First Class SilverKris Lounge

Is one out of two options available for StarAlliance first class passengers in London Heathrow Airport. The second first class lounge available in London Heathrow airport is United Global First Lounge, which I personally found to be much better.

There isn’t really much to review about Singaporean lounge, therefore let’s make it a Quickie!

Singapore Airlines First Class Lounge is located 10-15 minutes walk from the main airport area, and I managed to visit it during the breakfast hours, perhaps this’s why I was not impressed with it.

You can see the most of the lounge on the video, but I will quickly cover a few moments.

Singapore Airlines First Class SilverKris Lounge Champagne

There’s just one option, Laurent-Perrier La Cuvee Brut, which is not bad, but for me, it’s on a very sweet side due to high dosage.

The same champagne is served in United Global First Lounge, so in case you really don’t like it, choose another airport to departure from. I’m not joking!

 

Singapore Airlines First Class SilverKris Lounge and Food

I was in the lounge during the breakfast hours, which resulted in a limited Singaporean breakfast menu, rather than a full menu.

Singapore Airlines First Class SilverKris Lounge feels tiny and small. It has very small buffet area, with very limited food options. There’re dining tables available with the a-la-carte menu, but breakfast options I found to be quite sad.

 

I ordered Singaporean laksa, which was ridiculously fishy. Yes, it does list a lot of seafood ingredients on the menu, but it was just purely “fishy”. I had to skip that dish completely.

I have to give it to the Singapore Airlines First Class Lounge crew, who put an extra effort in fixing my friend’s vegetarian sandwich.

 

The service was good, but not perfect. We and other guests had to constantly ask for drinks refill. There’s a drastic difference between United First Class Lounge and Singaporean First Class Lounge in London Heathrow Airport. However, drinks and wine/champagne are also available for self-service.

On a cute side, some of the lounge tables are designed in line with Singapore Airlines First and Business class seats, which I think is quite cool.

There’s also relaxation area and in-lounge showers/restrooms.

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ANA First Class Suite (NH 212) London to Tokyo review

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Booking two seats in ANA First Class suites can be a challenge. Flight NH 212 is one out of only 3 daily flights from Europe to Japan, which is operated by ANA B777-300ER with First Class Suites installed.

It took me approximately 3 months to get these seats, as ANA usually releases just 1 First Class award seat on their long-haul flights.  Was it worth the trouble and time spent? Absolutely!

All Nippon Airways (ANA) NH 212 London to Tokyo First Class review

  • Flight: All Nippon Airways NH 212
  • London Heathrow (LHR) – Tokyo Haneda (HND)
  • Direct flight: duration 11h50m
  • First Class Suite
  • Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
  • Seats: 1D, 1G

ANA operates B777 with First Class Suites only on their flights between Tokyo to London/Frankfurt. It’s been next to impossible to find more than 1 award seat available on any of ANA European flights, especially from such a busy destination as London. However, by luck and checking the availability during 3 months, I managed to book one seat all the way back in August 2017, and second seat somewhere in the beginning of December, for departing on December 25th, 2017.

I had mixed expectations about the flight, awaiting the most to try Krug champagne, but was not very attracted to the cabin itself. Overall, my expectations were met.

If you have extra time before departure, it’s better spent in United Global First Lounge, rather than Singaporean First Class Lounge. Boarding First Class cabin was very fast, and I was welcomed by polite and smiley ANA flight attendants, who helped me to my seat, offered help with the carry-on and offered a drink (Krug :)).

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ANA First Class Suite Cabin and Seats

ANA First Class B777-300ER features 8 Suites in 1-2-1 configuration. I liked the design and colors of the cabin. The wooden design was looking clean and relaxing, while seats were big and comfortable, as it shall be in First Class cabins. Overhead bins provided enough storage for all passengers, especially given that the cabin was half empty.

The screen is reasonably-sized and entertainment system is working properly. During the sleeping time, the seat transforms into a full bed, ANA also provides nice, soft and comfortable bedding, in comparison to Asiana Airlines First Class Suites, where the pillow was just laughable.

The only negative thing about ANA First Class Suites is annoying privacy separator, which cannot be removed. If you’re traveling with someone, you have to constantly bend to be able to talk and see each other. Other airlines install separators which can be lifted up and down, but in ANA it’s impossible.

ANA First Class Dining and Drinking

Personally, my interest in flying ANA First Class was focused on trying Krug champagne and western menu, which features supposedly “one of the best steaks you can get in the skies”.

ANA Champagne

ANA First Class Krug Champagne

ANA First Class Krug Champagne

ANA First Class offers Krug Grande Cuvee and Louis Roederer Brut Millesime 2009 champagnes to First Class passenger. In my opinion, Louis Roederer is a better option for travelers who enjoy less sweet champagne, meanwhile, Krug is surely nothing to complain about.

Wine selection is also quite nice, and Sake and Shochu options are wider than in most of European bars and pubs! If they wouldn’t be that strong in alcohol, you can spend entire ANA flight just trying different Sake.

ANA Cuisine

When it comes to food, you have to be a seafood enthusiast to really appreciate ANA First Class Japanese cuisine. It wasn’t my case, as I had no idea about what are the 90% of the ingredients in Japanese dishes.

However, it didn’t stop me from asking for Oscietra black caviar, which is not officially advertised on the menu. And here’s a weird thing, ANA was carrying only 1 jar of black caviar for the entire first class cabin… My friend asked for it as well but was told I got the last portion. I find it extremely odd that one passenger gets black caviar, meanwhile another not. From my experience with Lufthansa, Asiana, and Thai Airways first class cabins, there is always enough black caviar for ALL the passengers, and even more, if someone doesn’t want it, but never a shortage.

For the main course, I decided to try ANA famous wagyu beef.  It was definitely a delicious cut of meat, especially with my previous experiences of getting steaks up in the air.

I’m also including “vegetarian Hindu” food served during the flight, which was pre-ordered by my friend. Overall, the friend was happy and satisfied with his vegetarian option, but I always find it of worse quality and presentation compared to standard menu meals.

Just before breakfast, I tried IPPUDO Daichi ramen (as I love ramen soups), which was very tasty and filling, making me pass on the breakfast itself, but there are photos of vegetarian breakfast instead.

ANA First Class Amenity Kit / Pajamas

ANA First Class Samsonite amenity kit

I LOVE collecting different airline’s amenity kits (well, if it’s not Lufthansa terribly designed one).

ANA is providing luggage-looking Samsonite cases, with The Ginza cosmetics and toothpaste/brush. For me, Lufthansa’s Amenity Kit features much better La Prairie cosmetics, but ANA is definitely not a bad option. It’s clearly miles ahead of the sad Thai Airways Amenity Kit.

ANA offers different “goodies” to First Class passengers, including standard socks, sleeping masks, earplugs, but also some truly fun ones, like beauty masks, refreshing towels and legs cooling pads (highly recommended for everyone to try, they are amazing!).

Pajamas were provided in different sizes. I found them to be a good quality and decent looking. When we were leaving the plane in Haneda airport, one of the flight attendants saw us packing our pajamas and offered us fresh and clean ones to take, and leave the used ones. This has never happened to us with any other airline.

ANA First Class Toilets

I was expecting ANA B777-300ER to be equipped with slightly bigger toilets. It was simply not big enough to comfortably change cloth in it. Restroom cosmetics are simpler than in Lufthansa but sufficient enough. Surely, which Japanese airline comes without a toilet, which has all those crazy washing/blowing options?

During the entire flight, toilets were clean and well maintained, nothing to complain about.

Overall:

I really liked my experience in ANA First Class Suite flying from London to Tokyo. Everything was close to being perfect, apart from the god damned seat separator. I would choose London over Frankfurt due to United First Class lounge, instead of waiting for the flight in Lufthansa Senator’s lounge.

ANA has very limited award seats availability, so if you manage to find a seat and it fits your travel plan, I wouldn’t wait and try to book it immediately.