Norwegian is back at it again, but not with a new route this time. While the general trend in the industry is going toward decreasing loyalty program returns, Norwegian is going against the grain. They're one of the only low-cost carriers to offer a rewards program, and it's actually decent. I've written about some of…
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We are not swedish Daniel - it's called kroner, not krona.
Best regards,
A Norwegian reader
Your screenshot of the LGW-Nice flight shows the total travel time is 12 hours and 35 minutes !
Seriously?
I just checked Google Flights for that route, and a randomly selected R/T only 17 days from now on easyJet is $242 for a 2 hour and 5 minute flight. Yes, I'm sure easyJet has more add on fees, but I'd have to be really desperate to put up with an additional 21 hours of travel time.
Some people in Norway and Sweden are "commuters" that fly for example Stockholm-Gothenburg every week or even twice a week, so for those FF:s its not so hard to get this done.
Writing from Denmark...
All of my friends that travel for work purposes, fly with SAS or a non-low cost carrier. It's rare that I talk to someone that books Norwegian flights for work. I have a few American friends that have switched to Norwegian Long Haul to travel to the U.S., but I still fly SAS, even though I need to connect in Arlanda to get to LAX, since I want to get the perks for flying often on SAS. I haven't been won over by Norwegian yet, and still prefer to fly with a stop, compared to direct because of this (also, CPH-LAX is only 3x weekly).
I wonder how this will do for Norwegian -- keep us updated Daniel 😉
and LOL @Ole -- it's so easy to offend a Norwegian (and kind of fun too). I just went to Alaska, and told a Norwegian that the coastline reminded me of Norway, and he got so offended. Like, how can you even compare anything to dear Norway!? 🙂