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title: "One-way award ticket? SkyTeam adds 20% per direction"
description: "A one-way award ticket on SkyTeam partners costs 60% of the round-trip price, a 20% surcharge per direction. On SAS-operated flights the price is flat."
canonical: https://bonusinsider.no/en/artikler/enveis-vs-tur-retur-eurobonus
language: en-GB
published: 2026-08-01
modified: 2026-08-07
author: "Bonusinsider"
tags: ["SAS", "EuroBonus", "SkyTeam", "one-way", "round trip"]
source: "Bonusinsider"
citation: "One-way award ticket? SkyTeam adds 20% per direction — Bonusinsider (https://bonusinsider.no/en/artikler/enveis-vs-tur-retur-eurobonus)"
---
A one-way award ticket on SkyTeam partners costs 60% of the round-trip price, not half of it. That makes each direction 20% more expensive (×1.2) when you book one-way instead of round trip. SAS-operated flights carry no such mark-up: one direction costs the same however you book it.

- **60%** — of the round-trip price for a one-way (SkyTeam partners)
- **+20%** — mark-up per direction on one-ways
- **0%** — mark-up on SAS-operated flights

## How are one-way tickets priced on SkyTeam partners?

SAS prices SkyTeam partner tickets from a round-trip chart, and a one-way ticket costs 60% of the round-trip price. Since one direction of a round trip effectively costs half (50%), you pay 60/50 = 1.2 times as much per direction when you split the journey into one-way tickets.

The arithmetic looks like this:

**How the 60% rule works out per direction**

| Booking | Price per direction | Mark-up |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Round trip | 50% of the round-trip price | — |
| One-way | 60% of the round-trip price | +20% |

*The rule applies to every cabin: economy, premium and business.*

With real chart prices: business to North America costs 140,000 points round trip, or 70,000 per direction. Book that same direction as a one-way and it costs 84,000 points. Within Europe in business, the round-trip price is 80,000, while a one-way costs 48,000. The pattern is identical in every cabin: 60% of the round-trip price, without exception.

## What does it cost to book two one-ways instead of a round trip?

Book both directions as separate one-way tickets and you pay the mark-up twice: the whole round trip becomes 20% more expensive.

**Worked example: Europe–North America in business, two ways to book**

- **Round trip in one booking**: 140 000 points (best) — Outbound (business) 70 000 (Business) + Return (business) 70 000 (Business)
- **Two one-way tickets**: 168 000 points — Outbound (business) 84 000 (Business) + Return (business) 84 000 (Business)

Chart prices for SkyTeam partners after 1 December 2025 (round trip 140,000, one-way 84,000). Always check the price for your own route and date in the search.

28,000 points for exactly the same seats, a bigger difference than a whole [domestic round trip](/sok).

## Why are SAS-operated flights different?

SAS-operated award tickets are priced from a separate, flat chart where one direction costs the same whether you book it one-way or as part of a round trip. If you only need to travel one way, SAS metal is therefore often the best place to start.

**SAS-operated flights: flat price per direction (chart from 1 December 2025)**

| Route | Economy | Business |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Domestic DK/NO/SE | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| Between Nordic+ countries | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| Nordic+ – Europe | 15,000 | 35,000 |
| Within Europe | 25,000 | 40,000 |
| Long-haul (USA/Asia) | 30,000 | 60,000 |

*Nordic+ = Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltics, Germany and Poland. Premium: 45,000 on long-haul. Domestic business is SAS Plus. Verified on sas.no in August 2026.*

The flat SAS price applies when **the entire journey** is on SAS-operated flights. Add a partner segment to the same booking and the journey is priced from the partner chart, including the one-way mark-up if you book one-way. And as always after the December 2025 devaluation, it is worth double-checking the points price before planning around old numbers.

> **Did you know?**
>
> Bonusinsider always shows the price per direction on a round-trip basis, so the same flight is priced the same way no matter how you found it. If you are booking a pure one-way on a partner, add 20%. The search works it out for you.

## When is a one-way worth it anyway?

A 20% mark-up is not always decisive. Sometimes a one-way is the right choice:

- **You genuinely only need to travel one way.** A one-way at 60% is cheaper than a round trip whose return leg you never use.
- **The return is going on a different programme.** Outbound with EuroBonus, home with another loyalty programme. The one-way mark-up is then the price of that flexibility, and often worth paying.
- **The journey is entirely SAS metal.** The flat chart applies, and a one-way costs nothing extra.
- **The seats only exist in one direction.** Award seats come and go per direction, and a one-way now can beat a round trip that never opens up. Set up an [alert](/verktoy/varsler) for the return leg so you do not have to keep checking manually.

> **Tip**
>
> Always compare both directions before splitting a trip: the [search](/sok) shows the points price per direction and cabin, and the [map](/kart) shows where round trips with seats in both directions exist.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much extra does a one-way award ticket cost on SkyTeam partners?

A one-way ticket costs 60% of the round-trip price, against 50% for one direction of a round trip. That is a mark-up of 20%. Business to North America costs 84,000 points one-way, against 70,000 for the same direction inside a round trip.

### Do one-ways cost extra on SAS-operated flights?

No. SAS-operated award tickets are priced from a flat chart where one direction costs the same one-way as it does inside a round trip. That holds only while the whole journey stays on SAS-operated flights. Add a partner leg and the trip is priced from the partner chart.

### Does the one-way mark-up apply to all cabins?

Yes. The rule of 60% of the round-trip price applies to economy, premium and business on SkyTeam partner tickets. Because the mark-up is proportional, it costs most where the price is highest: 14,000 extra points per direction in business to North America, 8,000 within Europe.

### How do I avoid the mark-up?

Book both directions in the same round-trip booking where you can, or keep the journey on SAS-operated flights, where the price is flat. If you only need one direction on a partner, the mark-up is simply part of the price. Factor it in before you compare.