Scandic Friends: Points, Levels and Benefits

Scandic Friends is the loyalty programme of Scandic Hotels, the Nordic hotel chain, and the company presents it as a seven-level membership that pairs member room rates with points that can be spent on hotel stays, restaurant meals and gift cards. [1] [2] Scandic describes itself as the biggest hotel chain in the Nordics, with hotels across the Nordics, Germany and Poland. [1]

Facts checked: 18 October 2026

Scandic Friends
Programme type	Hotel loyalty programme
Owner	Scandic Hotels
Levels	7, from 0 to 400,000 points
Points earned on	Stays, restaurant dining, partners
Points spent on	Stays, restaurant meals, gift cards
Named partners	SAS EuroBonus; Scandic Friends Mastercard
Hotel network	Nordics, Germany and Poland
Data source	Official programme pages

Hotel programme checklist

Key takeaways

Scandic Friends has seven levels, beginning at 0 points for Level 1 and reaching 400,000 points for Level 7. [2]
Members earn points on hotel stays, restaurant dining and through partners, and can spend them on stays at 280+ hotels, meals or gift cards. [2]
Price is the headline promise: Scandic says members always get the best room prices. [1]
Points can be earned, used and exchanged with SAS EuroBonus, and Scandic also points members to a Scandic Friends Mastercard; neither is documented in detail on the Scandic pages cited here. [2]

Seven levels and their thresholds

Scandic Friends is built as a seven-step journey, and the programme page gives a points figure for each level. [2] Level 1 sits at 0 points, then the thresholds rise through 5,000, 10,000, 25,000, 100,000 and 250,000 points, with Level 7 at 400,000 points. [2] Scandic says the perks collected at one level either follow the member to the next level or are upgraded to something better. [2]

Qualification is expressed in points, not in nights stayed. [2] The Scandic pages cited here do not say whether those points are counted over a lifetime, on a rolling balance or within a fixed earning period, and they do not say whether a member can drop back a level; for the nights-based approach used by other chains, see elite qualifying nights. [2]

Level 1 (0 points): friendly room rates, flexible booking terms, 10% off food at weekends and a free mocktail for children during the stay. [2]
Level 2 (5,000 points): the weekend food discount rises to 15%. [2]
Level 3 (10,000 points): late checkout of one hour when available, plus an extra benefit shown as a 5 EUR voucher or 350 p. [2]
Level 4 (25,000 points): early check-in when available, a 7.5 EUR voucher or 500 p, and a 25% earn rate. [2]
Level 5 (100,000 points): room upgrade priority, 2-for-1 breakfast and a 10 EUR voucher or 650 p. [2]
Level 6 (250,000 points): a 48h room guarantee, always free breakfast, a 15 EUR voucher or 1000 p, and a 50% earn rate. [2]
Level 7 (400,000 points): a kid's boost, a yearly gift and a 20 EUR voucher or 1250 p. [2]

In the benefits table, each voucher amount is paired with an alternative such as "350 p"; the Scandic pages cited here do not expand that abbreviation. [2]

Earning points

Scandic says members start collecting points from the moment they join, by booking stays, eating in the group's restaurants and other activity, and that points can also be collected through programme partners. [2] Two levels carry a stated earn-rate increase: the benefit list shows a 25% earn rate at Level 4 and a 50% earn rate at Level 6. [2]

The base earning rate is not published on the Scandic pages cited here: neither page states how many points a stay, a night or a euro of spending produces, so the percentage uplift cannot be converted into a points figure. [1] [2]

The programme page also promotes earning, using and exchanging points with SAS EuroBonus, and links separately to information about a Scandic Friends Mastercard. [2] The exchange rate, eligibility conditions and card terms are not set out on the pages cited here. [2]

Spending points and partners

Points are presented as something to turn into experiences rather than rooms alone: Scandic lists stays at 280+ hotels, meals in its restaurants and gift cards as ways to spend them. [2] The programme page links to a separate explanation of redeeming points for free nights, but the pages cited here give no points price for a night, no award calendar and no cash-plus-points option. [2]

Alongside points, Scandic advertises member-only partner deals and discounts, described on the homepage as exclusive offers from selected partners. [1] [2] Which partners participate, and what each deal includes, is not listed on the pages cited here. [2]

Exceptions and limits

Availability conditions. Late checkout at Level 3 and early check-in at Level 4 are listed "when available", so the property's situation on the day is part of the benefit. [2]
Upgrades are worded as priority. The Level 5 benefit is a room upgrade priority; the pages cited here do not explain how that priority is applied or which room categories it covers. [2]
An undefined guarantee. Level 6 lists a "48h room guarantee", but the pages cited here do not say what is guaranteed or at which hotels. [2]
Geographic reach. Scandic places its hotels across the Nordics, Germany and Poland, and presents Scandic Friends for that network; the pages cited here do not set out country-by-country variations in the benefits. [1] [2]
Unpublished terms. The pages cited here state no joining fee, no points expiry rule, no blackout or minimum-stay rule and no method for measuring the level thresholds. [1] [2]
Named partners without detail. SAS EuroBonus and the Scandic Friends Mastercard are named, but their rules are not published on the pages cited here. [2]

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026. Other hotel programmes, including Radisson Rewards and Best Western Rewards, are not covered here.

Scandic Hotels homepage, checked 18 October 2026
Scandic Friends programme page, checked 18 October 2026