When are EuroBonus award seats released?

SAS may release EuroBonus award seats up to 330 days before departure. This is the earliest documented date to start searching for SAS flights, but it does not guarantee an award seat on your preferred route or in your preferred cabin.

When does SAS release EuroBonus award seats?

SAS states that award seats are limited and released up to 330 days before departure. This describes a booking window: SAS may make award seats available from that point.

A booking window indicates how early a booking may become possible. It does not say that SAS releases seats on every flight when the window opens, or that a particular cabin receives a fixed number of award seats. An empty search 330 days before departure does not conflict with the terms.

How do you calculate 330 days backwards?

Subtract 330 calendar days from your intended travel date. The result is the first day you should check SAS flights.

The outbound and return dates become searchable on different days. You can wait until both are within the window or search and book one direction at a time.

Do SkyTeam partners have the same booking window?

No published SkyTeam rule gives all partner awards one common booking window. SkyTeam states that availability and rules may vary between frequent-flyer programmes, and that an award must be booked through the programme holding the miles.

The SAS 330-day window therefore does not document when another SkyTeam airline's flights become available through EuroBonus. Search for partner flights regularly as the travel date approaches, without treating one particular day as a promised release date.

Is an available seat also a bookable award seat?

No. SAS describes award seats as limited. The availability of regular tickets on a flight does not show that the same flight can be booked with EuroBonus points.

Official SAS and SkyTeam sources do not describe a precise, universal timing difference between a partner seat being released, appearing in a search and completing as a EuroBonus booking. The reliable check is to search through EuroBonus and see whether the trip can be selected and booked there. A result in another programme only documents what that programme offers.

What should you do when no award seats appear?

Broaden the search before changing the destination. A few checks produce many more combinations without restarting the trip planning:

1. Search dates around your intended departure and return.
2. Check alternative hubs such as Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm.
3. Search the outbound and return separately.
4. Check both SAS flights and relevant SkyTeam partners.
5. Create an alert for the routes and dates you are still following.

Start by searching for EuroBonus award seats. If the result is empty, an award-seat alert can monitor the route while you explore flexible dates and alternative hubs.

Frequently asked questions about EuroBonus award seats