![]() ![]() Everything outside the Nordic and Baltic countries is now considered Europe. Europe is no longer divided into several point earning zones.Business is now divided between Business Saver and Business.Plus is now divided between Plus Saver and Plus,.Economy is now divided between Economy Go and Go Flex,.Booking classes became decisive in point earnings, instead of seating class:.Strongly reduced point earnings on all flights, on average around 50%.SAS carried out some major restructuring of its point earning tables. Diamond now requires 90 legs or 90,000 points instead of 100 legs or 100,000 points.Gold now requires 45 legs or 45,000 points instead of 50 legs or 50,000 points.The requirements for reaching both Gold and Diamond level were lowered by 10%. These changes affect both the thresholds for reaching elite status and earning tables. On 1 January 2015, SAS again made some significant changes to the EuroBonus program. ![]() Diamond level will be awarded by flying 90 one-way trips or collecting 90,000 points during one year. Diamond members will be able to give away Gold card and their points will not expire. ![]() Additionally, a new level was introduced - Diamond. Notable changes included access to most SAS lounges for Silver members during the summer and Christmas season, the ability for Gold members to give away Silver card and lower requirements to reach Silver level. SAS changed the program's membership levels in April 2014. Gold/Diamond benefits include all Silver benefits, plus priority security at certain airports, access to SAS and Star Alliance lounges and a 25% bonus on points on SAS Group flights. Since 2010 it is also possible to achieve Silver and Gold status by taking a certain number of SAS and Widerøe flights: 10/45/90 individual flights for Silver/Gold/Diamond. So if someone joins in April, the qualifying year for that member will be from April to March the next year.īefore 2010, qualification for a next level was only possible with meeting point thresholds. A qualifying year is determined by the data a member joined Eurobonus, instead. Unlike many other programs, the EuroBonus qualification year is individual and not aligned with calendar years. Īll statuses are obtained for one year, plus for the remainder of the qualifying year in which the member qualifies for the specific level. Benefits include guaranteed seats on SAS flights, even on fully booked flights, and "exclusive" service. In practise membership is awarded according to revenue created for SAS by a single flyer rather than the number of EuroBonus points earned. Each Pandion membership is reevaluated yearly, and they have to "fly more than the pilots and crew of SAS" in order to be eligible. ![]() Above these levels is "Pandion" which is awarded personally to 1,500 selected customers by the CEO of SAS.It offers benefits like free drinks on flights, higher standby priority, get to give away a gold card to a friend and a number of free upgrades per year, even if this is not formalized or publicly provided information. The final tier which can be obtained via flights or points is "Diamond", which requires 90 qualifying flights or 90,000 basic points.Benefits include, but are not limited to, access to SAS and StarAlliance lounges when traveling on a StarAlliance ticket, priority check in, additional check in luggage allowance on some tickets, 25% bonus point earnings on flights. Following that is "Gold", which requires 45,000 Basic points or 45 qualifying flights.Benefits include business class check-in and extra baggage allowance on some flights and during some periods. The Next level is "Silver", which is attained by earning 20,000 Basic points or by flying 10 qualifying flights in a year.There are no requirements for this level, it is obtained at registration. Stockholms Restauranger & Wärdshus (Nine restaurants).PresentkortTorget (Gift cards available in Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden).Gothia Restaurants (Three restaurants at Gothia Towers in Gothenburg).Flygets Långtidsparkering (Airport parking in Stockholm).Flygbussarna (Airport transfer in Sweden).Flybussen (Airport transfer in Oslo, Norway).American Express (Transfer Amex points plus combined card in Norway, Sweden).Atlantic Airways (partnership ended 25 March 2017).airBaltic (partnership ended 25 March 2017).Air Greenland (partnership ended 1 January 2010).It was launched by SAS in 1992.Īirline partners SAS Group EuroBonus is the frequent flyer program of Scandinavian Airlines and Widerøe. ![]()
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