SAS EuroBonus & Scandic Friends Will Soon Launch Account Linking With Tier Match & Points Transfers

SAS and Scandic announced back in October last year (read more here) that they would launch the Friends With Benefits program in the first quarter of 2025 (now already gone).

The Friend with Benefits would allow SAS and Scandic members to link their accounts, match tiers, and move points freely between accounts, and it appears that this is about to go live.

You can access SAS here and Scandic here.

Account Linking

SAS and Scandic will soon allow members to link their accounts (information must match), which will enable:

1. Tier matching between programs
2. Points transfers between SAS and Scandic

Status Match

SAS EuroBonus to Scandic Friends

Eurobonus Silver = Scandic Friends Level 4

Eurobonus Gold = Scandic Friends Level 5

Eurobonus Diamond = Scandic Friends Level 6

Scandic Friends to SAS EuroBonus

Friends Level 4 = Eurobonus Silver

Friends Level 5 = Eurobonus Gold

Friends Level 6 & 7 = Eurobonus Diamond

Points Transfers Between EuroBonus & Friends

1 SAS EuroBonus Point = 2 Scandic Friends Points

2 Scandic Friends Points = 1 SAS EuroBonus Point

Scandic Friends Level Benefits:

Conclusion

This partnership should have gone live already a month ago, but it appears to have been delayed by a month.

These Scandic Friends benefits are extremely weak compared to even Strawberry Hotels’ ones, which are their competitor in the Nordics.

Remember that Scandic used to be part of Hilton, for a brief time, and Scandic still manages Hilton hotels in Finland.

I mean, if you have a partnership between a hotel and an airline, shouldn’t the benefits be meaningful for both parties? I feel that this SAS and Scandic partnership favors Friends over EuroBonus members.

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