EuroBonus open jaw: fly home from another city
An EuroBonus open jaw lets you fly into one city and home from another. Learn the SAS and SkyTeam booking rules, points cost and gap risks.
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An EuroBonus open jaw is a round trip that flies into one city and home from another. Transport between the cities is not included. This works when an award seat is available to New York, but the return is only available from Los Angeles.
What is an EuroBonus open jaw?
An open jaw has a gap between the outbound arrival airport and the return departure airport. You arrange your own train, car or separate flight across that gap.
Check the latest observed award seats on Oslo–New York and Oslo–Los Angeles. The route pages are a starting point; SAS decides whether the selected journey can be ticketed.
How do open jaws, stopovers and two one-ways differ?
Open jaw describes the shape of an itinerary. Stopover describes a longer break en route, while two one-ways describes how the tickets are issued and priced.
| Term | What happens? | What should you check? |
|---|---|---|
| Open jaw | You arrive at one airport and fly home from another | Whether both directions can be issued in one booking |
| Stopover | You have a longer break during one direction | Whether the ticket type permits the break |
| Two one-ways | Outbound and return are issued separately | Points price and terms for each booking |
SAS' partner award rules state that a stop longer than 24 hours is not allowed on such a trip. That is a partner award rule, not evidence that every SAS-operated award follows the same stopover rule.
How do you book an open jaw on SAS awards?
Search each direction separately in SAS' points search first. If you find SAS-operated award seats into one city and home from another, check whether the booking flow can combine them. Otherwise, SAS must confirm whether the trip can be issued together or as separate bookings.
The general EuroBonus terms refer travellers to the rules in effect when an award is booked. They do not promise one universal online procedure for SAS-operated open jaws. Do not treat the partner award procedure as a general SAS rule.
How do you book a SkyTeam partner open jaw?
SAS expressly states that partner awards may use different outbound and return airports, and that customer service must be contacted to book them. Find both directions first, note the dates, flight numbers, cabins and operating airlines, then ask SAS to check the complete combination.
Bonusinsider finds and displays availability; Bonusinsider does not book the ticket.
What do separate SkyTeam partner one-ways cost?
A separate one-way on a SkyTeam partner costs 60 percent of the published round-trip price. Two separate one-way bookings therefore cost 120 percent when both directions use the same partner award chart.
This is not a general open-jaw surcharge. An open jaw issued by SAS as one partner round trip follows the round-trip price for its regions and cabins. The surcharge appears when the solution is split into separate one-way bookings. The one-way versus round-trip calculation shows the difference.
Which risks do you own in the gap?
The traveller owns the transport and time margin between the open-jaw cities. The award does not cover the gap, and a separate ticket across it is not automatically part of the same booking.
- Allow enough time for delays, cancellations and timetable changes affecting your own transport.
- Check baggage rules and where baggage must be collected and checked again.
- Check entry, transit and document requirements for the countries crossed in the gap.
- Consider what happens if the outbound or gap transport changes after the return has been booked.
Frequently asked questions about EuroBonus open jaws
What does open jaw mean with SAS EuroBonus?
An EuroBonus open jaw means the outbound ends at one airport while the return starts at another. The traveller arranges transport across the gap. The trip may be issued together or as separate one-way bookings, depending on the flights and SAS' ticket rules.
Can a SkyTeam open jaw be booked online?
No, not under SAS' published procedure for partner awards with different return airports. SAS asks members to contact customer service. Find both directions first and have the dates, flight numbers, cabins and operating airlines ready when SAS checks the combination.
Is an open jaw the same as a stopover?
No. An open jaw is a gap between the outbound arrival city and the return departure city. A stopover is a longer break en route in one direction. SAS does not permit stops over 24 hours on partner awards, but that limit does not define an open jaw.
Do two partner one-ways cost more than round trip?
Yes. One SkyTeam partner award one-way costs 60 percent of the round-trip price. Two separate one-ways therefore cost 120 percent when both use the same partner chart. An open jaw issued as one round trip should not automatically be treated as two one-ways.
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