New York: SAS Business Class from All Over Europe Starting at €1,342

Star Alliance (and future SkyTeam) member Scandinavian Airlines is currently having a decent sale for its transatlantic routes. Among the destinations with the most attractive discounts in New York City, where SAS serves both Newark and John F. Kennedy airport. Prices start at €1,342 for departures from Gothenburg. A change of planes in either Copenhagen, Stockholm or Oslo is necessary to get the best price.

You can start your journey to New York from the following airports:

• Gothenburg at €1,342 (~SEK 15,672)
• Gdańsk at €1,465 (~PLN 6,321)
• Warsaw at €1,470 (~SEK 17,167)
• Dublin at €1,589
• Milan at €1,613
• Brussels at €1,629
• Amsterdam at €1,651
• Athens at €1,675

You can also fly from the United Kingdom for similar prices.

Our availability calendar highlights all possible flight dates at the lowest price for trips up to 28 days. It will forward you to SAS with your selected flight dates.

Inner European flights are usually happening in SAS Plus, giving you free food, but regularly economy seating (without the benefit of an empty middle seat). Some flights between Athens and Copenhagen are operated by Aegean Airlines, with a proper European business class on across their A320 family.

SAS uses a mixture of Airbus A321LR, Airbus A330 and Airbus A350 aircraft on their transatlantic routes. All of these planes feature a fairly modern business class section with lie-flat seats.

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Tickets at this price are on sale until October 17, 2023. A minimum stay of three days or at least one night from Saturday to Sunday is necessary to get the lowest fare. Travel is limited to departures between November 2023 and May 2024. You have to complete your journey by May 3, 2024. On this day, your inbound has to arrive back in Europe.

Google Flights will help you find additional flight dates. We recommend purchasing premium tickets directly from the airline.

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 J. You would get the following mileage for a roundtrip from Gothenburg to Newark via Stockholm: