The oddity of SAS Scandinavian: at Linate it participates in face boarding, but then has no lounge
In recent days I flew from Milan Linate to Stockholm on an SAS flight. The carrier from the end of 2024 is [...]
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In recent days I flew from Milan Linate to Stockholm on an SAS flight. The carrier from the end of 2024 changed to Skyteam as a result of Air France KLM becoming a shareholder.
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SAS is, along with ITA, the only carrier offering Face Boarding at Milan Linate, A new feature introduced in 2021 and that today continues to be virtually unused and, at least by me, unusable.
As I know I have Silver status in Eurobonus fruit of my hunt for last year's million miles, my level in SAS frequent flyer. would not give me Élite Skyteam+ privileges., but in any case I accumulate all ST flights on my Flying Blue card where I have the Platinum level.
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After taking advantage of fast track, but not faceboarding because it would not open the gates for me, I went to the Leonardo Hall, the ITA's runway lounge was not yet open, and in any case would be inaccessible with a Skyteam ticket,
I arrived at the front desk and scanned my boarding pass and was told: "we have no arrangement with SAS, we can't let you in unless you have other cards like priority pass."
Of course, I used my PP to get in, fortunately without restrictions, although the hall was really at capacity.
Really strange that SAS has no agreements, virtually the only premium carrier on Linate that does not have a lounge for its passengers.
