SAS was a founding Star Alliance member, but they jumped ship to SkyTeam last month.
That’s a pretty cool promotion.
I did my share of mileage runs back in the day.
In 2004 I earned 8 AA AVNYC free systemwide flight vouchers for flying twice between NYC and Florida or California during a price war with JetBlue.
In 2006 I flew home from yeshiva in LA with a dozen connections, thanks to AA offering 10K miles with each flight segment.
Just 8 years ago, I took the family on 2 JetBlue flights, just to earn 300,000 bonus JetBlue points.
I certainly miss the era of creative mileage promotions like Wendy’s Cups to rack up decades worth of flight credits.
For the SAS promotion, you can book paid flights with miles credited to SAS, use SAS miles for flights, or a combination of paid and award flights, as long as they’re credited to SAS or from SAS miles.
You have to fly on 15 of the 17 SkyTeam airlines found here, which lists SAS, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, AirEuropa, Air France, China Airlines, China Eastern, Delta, Garuda Indonesia, Kenya, KLM, Korean, Saudia, Tamon, Vietnam, Virgin Atlantic, and Xiamen.
Notably, Aeroflot, Czech, ITA, and MEA do not qualify for this promotion.
A flight with multiple segments on multiple airlines counts as flying each of those airlines.
5th freedom routes may make this easier or more interesting. For example, Kenya Airways flies from Bangkok to Guangzhou and from Victoria Falls or Livingstone to Cape Town. KLM flies from Singapore to Bali and Buenos Aires to Santiago. China Airlines flies from Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney to Auckland. Virgin Atlantic flies from Bridgetown to Grenada and S. Vincent. They’re not 5th freedom routes, but Air France flies from Miami to Pointe-Ć -Pitre, Montreal to Pointe-Ć -Pitre, Pointe-Ć -Pitre to Fort-de-France, Fort-de-France to Cayenne, and Los Angeles to Papeete.
Here is the SAS award chart for SAS flights.
And here is the SAS award chart for partner award flights.
Points expire 4 years after the year in which they are earned. If you enroll now, points earned in the next year would expire in 5 years from now. The exact date can be found in your SAS profile.
There was certainly a time when I would have creatively figured out how to best take advantage of this to earn a million miles. But my problem these days is finding the time to burn through the miles I keep racking up through opening credit cards!
Will you take advantage of this promotion?
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Can someone put together a group and an itinerary? Let’s do this
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Try here:
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=137656
Whatās the tax liability on this?
None.
“There was certainly a time when I would have creatively figured out how to best take advantage of this to earn a million miles. But my problem these days is finding the time to burn through the miles I keep racking up through opening credit cards!” If you need help using those miles. I’ll gladly take some off your hands š
If you don’t have the same problem, you’re not playing the game hard enough. š
I’m playing tee-ball, you’re in the majors
Not that much time left till the end of 2024
But would be so much fun to work this out!!
“There was certainly a time when I would have creatively figured out how to best take advantage of this to earn a million miles. But my problem these days is finding the time to burn through the miles I keep racking up through opening credit cards!”
what a good problem to have š
Indeed, BH.
paging zalmy silver …..
Not safe.
Alol
Im a little confused, do I have to fly 15 in different airlines or could it all be in the same airline
Not sure how what I wrote could be confusing. Read it again?
The Title of the post answers that question. No
I want to confirm in order to get these miles. I need a book through SAS?
Not for paid flights. You just need to credit the miles earned to SAS.
How?
Do I earn s a s point?
AI:
Hereās a 15-flight itinerary with SkyTeam airlines to complete the EuroBonus challenge starting from New York on November 9th, late PM. The goal is to finish in the shortest possible time, aiming for around 12-15 days.
Day 1: November 9, 2024
Flight 1: Delta Airlines (DL)
Route: New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG)
Departure: 10:00 PM
Duration: 7h 30m
Arrival: November 10, 5:30 AM (local time)
Day 2: November 10, 2024
Flight 2: Air France (AF)
Route: Paris (CDG) to Amsterdam (AMS)
Departure: 8:30 AM
Duration: 1h 20m
Arrival: 9:50 AM
Flight 3: KLM (KL)
Route: Amsterdam (AMS) to Rome (FCO)
Departure: 2:30 PM
Duration: 2h 20m
Arrival: 4:50 PM
Day 3: November 11, 2024
Flight 4: ITA Airways (AZ)
Route: Rome (FCO) to Milan (MXP)
Departure: 7:00 AM
Duration: 1h 10m
Arrival: 8:10 AM
Flight 5: TAROM (RO)
Route: Milan (MXP) to Bucharest (OTP)
Departure: 11:30 AM
Duration: 2h 10m
Arrival: 2:40 PM
Day 4: November 12, 2024
Flight 6: Aeroflot (SU)
Route: Bucharest (OTP) to Moscow (SVO)
Departure: 6:00 AM
Duration: 3h 20m
Arrival: 9:20 AM
Flight 7: Air Serbia (JU)
Route: Moscow (SVO) to Belgrade (BEG)
Departure: 1:30 PM
Duration: 3h 10m
Arrival: 3:40 PM
Day 5: November 13, 2024
Flight 8: China Eastern Airlines (MU)
Route: Belgrade (BEG) to Shanghai (PVG)
Departure: 7:00 AM
Duration: 11h 30m
Arrival: November 14, 12:30 AM
Day 6: November 14, 2024
Flight 9: China Southern Airlines (CZ)
Route: Shanghai (PVG) to Guangzhou (CAN)
Departure: 3:00 PM
Duration: 2h 20m
Arrival: 5:20 PM
Flight 10: Vietnam Airlines (VN)
Route: Guangzhou (CAN) to Hanoi (HAN)
Departure: 7:30 PM
Duration: 2h 0m
Arrival: 9:30 PM
Day 7: November 15, 2024
Flight 11: Korean Air (KE)
Route: Hanoi (HAN) to Seoul (ICN)
Departure: 8:00 AM
Duration: 4h 0m
Arrival: 12:00 PM
Day 8: November 16, 2024
Flight 12: Garuda Indonesia (GA)
Route: Seoul (ICN) to Jakarta (CGK)
Departure: 1:30 PM
Duration: 7h 20m
Arrival: 8:50 PM
Day 9: November 17, 2024
Flight 13: Xiamen Air (MF)
Route: Jakarta (CGK) to Xiamen (XMN)
Departure: 9:30 AM
Duration: 5h 10m
Arrival: 2:40 PM
Day 10: November 18, 2024
Flight 14: Saudia Airlines (SV)
Route: Xiamen (XMN) to Riyadh (RUH)
Departure: 8:00 AM
Duration: 9h 30m
Arrival: 3:30 PM
Day 11: November 19, 2024
Flight 15: Delta Airlines (DL)
Route: Riyadh (RUH) to New York (JFK)
Departure: 11:00 AM
Duration: 13h 0m
Arrival: 4:00 PM
This itinerary allows you to complete the challenge in 11 days with 2-3 flights per day in some legs, ensuring a quick but manageable pace. I recommend reviewing the airlines’ schedules for exact timings as some flights could shift slightly. You could also optimize layovers for shorter times depending on availability
Nice, but go back to the drawing board.
2 of those airlines don’t count for this promotion, as noted in the post.