CRAZY: New York & Los Angeles for €155 w/ SAS from Gothenborg (Checked Bags Add €80)

Hollywood Los Angeles, USA

What a surprising offer by Star Alliance member Scandinavian Airlines – the airline sells tickets from Gothenborg to Los Angeles (with a stop on Copenhagen) for as little as €155 (~SEK 1,783). Flights to New York are selling for €166 (~SEK 1,909). A checked bag increases the price by €80 on SAS’ website. This crazy low fare is available for departures in February and March 2022.

Info

Touristic travel to the USA is possible again from November 8, 2021, onwards for fully vaccinated Europeans.

Should you not be able to fly (or not want to fly) later on, you can cancel the flights and get a voucher from SAS worth the amount of money that you spent.

Our availability calendar shows you all flights at the lowest fare for trip up to 28 days. SAS sells tickets for €155, while some online travel agencies in our flight search go as low as €138.

SK GOT LAX 155
Book for €155 on SAS website…
SK GOT LAX 138
…or €138 with online travel agencies.

You have to change planes in Copenhagen both ways. Long haul flights are Airbus A350-900 services, with a 3-3-3 seating in their economy cabin.

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This fare can be booked for departures between January 10 and March 31, 2022. On May 2, 2022, all travel has to be completed. The fare expires on November 28, 2021, but we highly doubt it will be around that long. The minimum stay requirement is of 6 days or one Sunday. It shows up for February and March 2022 departures. While availability is good, we expect this fare to be gone within hours.

Google Flights previews flight dates reliably. After finding additional flight dates there you can proceed to SAS website or our flight search, depending on if you want to save some extra bucks. We recommend the former.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Mileage

SAS issues tickets for all flight segments in booking class T. Star Alliance frequent flyers can earn the following mileage:

  • 5,752 Award Miles + 956 PQP on United MileagePlus
  • 3,306 Award Miles + 50 Tier Points on Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
  • 3,056 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
  • 3,056 Award Miles + 160 Points on Miles&More
  • 730 Extra Points + 680 Basic Points on SAS EuroBonus
Data provided by miles.travel-dealz.com. Without guarantee on correctness.

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