How to Book SAS EuroBonus Awards

Points, validity and who can fly

EuroBonus is owned and operated by SAS EuroBonus AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAS AB. [4] The programme uses three categories of points: Level points, which count towards reaching or renewing a membership level but cannot be used for award trips; Bonus points, which can be used for award trips and other products but do not count towards a higher level; and Qualifying flights. [4] In practice, an award booking draws on Bonus points only. [4]

Bonus points stay valid for four years after the qualification period in which they were earned, and after that deadline they become null and void. [4] If a member earns no points at all for 24 months and holds no valid, usable points, EuroBonus reserves the right to terminate the membership. [4] Points and benefits are personal and cannot be sold, transferred, combined or inherited, subject to what the programme states otherwise. [4] Award trips and benefits may be used only by the member or by their closest family unless the programme says otherwise. [4]

Ordinary booking rules for flight tickets apply to every member regardless of membership level. [4] Travel agencies are not entitled to issue tickets, vouchers or similar in exchange for points, so an award has to be issued through the programme's own channels. [4] Full booking, cancellation, rebooking and fee rules for award tickets sit in SAS's separate Fly with points terms, which the member terms refer to. [4]

Searching and pricing an award

On SAS's own award search, award flights are marked with a gold dot, and the number of points needed depends on the destination and the travel class chosen. [7] Award seats are limited and are released up to 330 days before departure. [7] Point prices are fixed by destination and travel class. [5] [7] The partner tables quote round-trip prices by region, excluding taxes and carrier-imposed fees, and a one-way trip costs 60% of the round-trip price. [5]

SAS lists three award travel classes: Economy with Economy Bonus, Premium with Premium Bonus, and Business with Business Bonus. [7] Economy Bonus is available on all SAS flights, subject to availability; Premium Bonus is offered within Scandinavia and Finland and to destinations outside Europe; and Business Bonus is offered to and from Scandinavia and Finland to destinations in Europe and beyond. [7] Each of these fares is rebookable and refundable for a fee, subject to valid points. [7]

You pay the full fare in points and settle taxes and fees by card; the taxes and fees vary by trip and are added at booking. [5] [7] There is also a second route: a Regular ticket paid wholly or partly with points follows the fare rules of that Regular ticket. [4] For SAS-only award bookings, SAS says better deals are available on its regular booking site by choosing "Pay with points". [5] Phone bookings attract a service fee unless you cannot book online. [5]

Partner and SkyTeam bookings

EuroBonus points can be used for award flights with SAS and with partner airlines, and the programme describes access to a partner network reaching more than 1,000 destinations on all continents. [5] On the Aerolíneas Argentinas partner page, EuroBonus points can be used for award flights except charter flights. [6] On a single partner booking you can mix SAS and other SkyTeam airlines, and you can mix travel classes between the outbound and return, but not within one direction. [5] A return trip starting from a different airport has to be arranged through SAS Customer Service. [5]

A booking fee applies to partner airlines: 250–950 SEK or NOK, 175–665 DKK, or from 25 EUR per traveller, depending on the trip and the travel class. [5] Some airlines cost more in points than others — Air Europa, China Airlines and Vietnam Airlines charge double points. [5] Partner airlines may also have different products and baggage rules from SAS. [5] Aerolíneas Argentinas is one named SkyTeam partner on which EuroBonus members can both earn and use points. [6]

Changes, cancellations and refunds

A partner award can be cancelled free of charge within 24 hours of booking, with the points refunded. [5] The SAS award-ticket terms on the SAS page allow cancellation or rebooking up to an hour before departure, subject to a fee. [7] After that free-cancellation window, partner bookings can be cancelled or rebooked up to 24 hours before departure. [5] Change and cancellation fees on partner awards are 250 SEK or NOK, 175 DKK, 25 USD per traveller within Europe, and 750 SEK or NOK, 525 DKK, 75 USD per traveller on international trips. [5] On SAS award tickets the same two bands apply, listed for domestic and European flights and for flights to and from Asia and North America respectively. [7]

Booking fees are refundable when you cancel the flight, but expired points and expired Amex 2-for-1 vouchers are not refunded; only valid points and valid vouchers come back. [5] A refund can take up to seven business days to arrive. [5] On rebooking or cancellation only valid points return to the account, and they keep their original expiry date, so expired points cannot be revived this way. [4] Only bookings made online can be cancelled online, and documents for a cancelled offer must be returned to obtain a refund. [4] When an SAS award ticket is combined with a Regular ticket paid with points, the regular fare rules govern rebooking and cancellation. [7]

Award trips do not earn EuroBonus points or qualifying flights. [5] [7] The Amex 2-for-1 voucher and Mastercard Fly Premium can only be applied when you book, not to flights already booked, and one Amex 2-for-1 voucher per booking covers at most two travellers. [5] [7] Connecting flights from the Nordic countries to major hubs can be added for a fee per traveller, and that connecting fee is non-refundable. [5]

Exceptions and limits

• Stopovers. The partner award page says no stopovers longer than 24 hours [5], while the SAS award ticket page allows stopovers over 24 hours only on SAS flights to and from Asia or North America, one each way. [7] Check which one applies to the ticket you are pricing.
• Children. The partner award page says there are no child discounts on award tickets [5], whereas the SAS award ticket page says children aged 2–11 pay 50% in points and children under 2 fly free with taxes still applying. [7]
• No points plus cash. Points cannot be used in combination with cash, discount offers, coupons or other special offers unless the programme states otherwise; taxes and fees are a separate charge, not a part-payment of the fare. [4]
• Availability. Award seats are limited and subject to availability, and seats can be open for ordinary purchase even when they are not available for points. [4]
• Rules can change. SAS may update its rules and point prices. [5] [7]
• Misuse. SAS may cancel an award flight at any time if a member misuses the programme's services or otherwise breaches the member terms, the general terms, the conditions of carriage or the Fly with points terms. [4]

Related pages

Programme: SAS EuroBonus. Guides: award search workflow, partner award booking checklist. Terms: award availability, award routing rules, and the full glossary.

Sources

Sources checked on 18 October 2026. The material covers SAS and its SkyTeam partner pages only; Star Alliance partner award rules, other alliances and other frequent flyer programmes are not covered here.

1. EuroBonus member terms and conditions (effective 1 September 2024), checked 18 October 2026
2. SAS EuroBonus partner award flights — point prices, fees and conditions, checked 18 October 2026
3. SAS EuroBonus partner page — Aerolíneas Argentinas, checked 18 October 2026
4. SAS award tickets — booking, travel classes and terms, checked 18 October 2026