Since September 1 of last year, SAS Scandinavian Airlines has been a member of the SkyTeam alliance. To celebrate this, a unique promotion was launched shortly afterwards: SAS promised anyone who flew with 15 different SkyTeam airlines between October and December a credit of one million EuroBonus award miles.
That’s the short version. There were a few additional conditions to consider, such as eligible airlines (no MEA, no ITA), booking classes and so on. In principle, flight tickets costing €2,500 were sufficient to meet the requirements with one trip.
Those who have successfully completed the challenge should be notified in January. And now the time has come: the first users received their points this week. So, if all flights have been credited, the points account should now look like this:
SAS had already sent out some winning notifications by email in December. I hadn’t received any emails yet, but today I had the following email in my inbox:
Many credits are still outstanding
SAS has recently had some problems with the mileage credit. Flights with China Airlines, Garuda Indonesia and Kenya Airways in particular were often not automatically credited to the account. In addition, the form for the subsequent credit did not work – and SAS is still processing the emails from November.
If you haven’t received the notification of your win yet, there’s no reason to despair. SAS has set the deadline for the application for a subsequent credit to be the end of February 2025. The million points will then be awarded accordingly later.
SAS had alternatively promised 10,000 points for 5 different airlines and 100,000 for 10 SkyTeam airlines. These will also only be credited later.
My path to the EuroBonus million
Personally, I took it a little easier and didn’t fly with all 15 airlines in one trip. Instead, I checked out all the airlines in Asia first and then checked off the North American part on a later trip.
In total, I spent just under €1,500 on the flights and used 130,000 EuroBonus points. But some of the flights were in business class, otherwise, it would have been even cheaper. And of course, there are hotel costs and so on.
With the exception of China Airlines and Air Europa, all flights were credited automatically. For both airlines, I had to use the retro credit form. With a trick (no longer necessary), the points were then credited after just a few seconds.
Did you also take part in the challenge? If so, what is your current status regarding the credit? Feel free to leave a comment.
Cover Picture: Ditmar Lange