Routes With SAS New Business Class

YES! Of course I do! 😉 Hopefully I'll be taking a trip to Tokyo or San Francisco on it sometime next year! Reconfiguration should be completed fleet-wide by Q4 2015.

Hi Lucky, I just booked an SAS business class flight from CPH to SFO for next May but the website and expert flyer's seat map still shows the old 2-2-2 configuration. Do you know if this might change closer to departure or is SFO low down on the list for the A340 reconfiguration. Thanks!

@ Daniel -- There's definitely a chance it could change, though I wouldn't count on it.

Hey Ben, just a heads up. It looks like there will be a delay to the first re-configured aircraft, as it is also in Zürich for its C-check. Anywhere from mid- to late-February should be a more realistic launch time.

@ Cecile -- Awesome, thanks for the heads up!

@Lucky

Any more plans on that SK review Ben?

The first review in english is up, curtsy of Cecilie that posted above

http://bonusfeber.no/review-new-sas-business-copenhagen-new-york/

@ No Name -- Would really like to, but never seem to see award space for the dates I need.

Any updates as to when the current A340s will start updating? I am looking to fly SAS from DC in August and the IAD-CPH route is more convenient that connecting via Newark, although the flight to CPH still shows the old Business seat map.

@Chris - My latest information tells me that the first A340 will be sent to Zürich for cabin upgrades in August.

@Lucky @No Name

Yeah, award space on SAS Business is frankly really hard to come by, even for SAS Diamond members unfortunately. I had to use the "best availability" award option when booking the inaugural, which ended up costing 125 000 EB-points one way. On another hand, the cost was brought "down" to 112 500 EB-points, once the elite qualifying and redeemable points were credited to my account afterwards. The flights also counted towards my elite qualifying segments.

I booked a business class seat from SFO to CPH for the end of August 2015. I was told by a sales person at SAS that the new lie flat seats would be in place by then, so I went ahead and booked it through Vayama.
Now I cant get through to SAS or to find out if the seats have been installed. I think their phone system has got stuck somehow.
The old 170 degrees seats feel like sloping ironing boards.

Any news?
Thanks, Karin

@ karin -- I haven't heard it confirmed one way or another for that route yet.

The new business class is really nice, one of the best now in Europe

Hi,
I'm booked on a SAS business class trip Copenhagen to Chicago in late September 2015. The seat map stil shows the 2-2-2 configuaration. Early October I will be flying SAS business class from Washington DC to Copenhagen. Anyone who knows if there is a chance of flying the refreshed cabin on either of the legs? Thanks. 🙂

Just booked EWR - HKG with SAS, both flights show up as the new retrofitted planes. I see plenty of availabilities with Lifemiles. 150k round trip using the 145% buy miles promo.

I am booked on a business class from Stockholm to Chicago on October 10th. (SK 945) Do they have the new seats? I would appreciate a replay. Thanks in advance.
Ursula

Flying to NRT march 2016, will it be the new business class ?

Just flew EWR-ARN-HKG with SAS in the new cabin and I was blown away. The hard product is gorgeous, Scandinavian design elements make it one of the nicest J cabins out there.

The service was shockingly amazing, I've had similar service to that of the big Asian airlines.

If you want to see if you've got the new cabin go to https://scandinaviantraveler.com/en/newcabin the tail numbers are all listed there.