Photo Review: SAS Plus, Rome to Stockholm

 

SAS Plus from Rome to Stockholm

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• Exploring Vienna
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• Photo Review: Trenitalia Business Class, Venice to Florence
• Photo Review: Anglo American Hotel Florence, Curio Collection by Hilton
• Photo Review: Hilton Florence Metropole
• Exploring Florence & Pisa
• Photo Review: Hilton Rome EUR La Lama
• Exploring Rome
• Photo Review: SAS Plus, Rome to Stockholm
• Video: 7 Days Traveling in Austria & Italy

Flight: SK1842

Departure time in Rome (FCO): 11:25

Arrival time in Stockholm (ARN): 14:35

Aircraft: Airbus A320

Seat: 5E

Duration: 3h 10m

Date of flight: July 3, 2024

*This is an economy ticket upgraded to SAS Plus for 375 SEK, Business Class flight #263

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SAS Bid Upgrade

The minimum bid per person for the Rome-Stockholm flight was 350 SEK. I thought I´d bid 375 SEK and one day before the flight, got an email confirmation that we won the bid. We already have Star Alliance gold benefits (extra check-in bags, fast track and priority boarding) so the only thing we paid for the 375 SEK was the meal on board 👍

Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) Check-in

The SAS check-in desks being used were desks 116-125. Using our Star Alliance gold status, we used the priority desk and were done within a few minutes.

Fast Track

As expected, there was fast track which was very helpful as it was quite busy in the general security.

Duty Free

Fiat car

This kit had a good price which Mike could not resist 👍

Aircraft, A320 (LN-RGN)

The Airbus A320 flying us to Stockholm.

Boarding, Gate A23

Priority boarding for us!!

Boarding began at 10:30am but we had to take a bus first to get to the plane.

SAS Plus Cabin

The cabin consisted of seats from rows 1-7 in a 3-3 configuration.

Seat, 5E

Seat 5E

Not so much of a legroom

Safety card, inflight menu, Wifi card and air-sickness bag

Inflight menu card

Wifi card (wifi is complimentary for SAS Diamond and Gold members).

Wifi prices

Take Off

Around 11:45am, we were airborne.

Meal

On this flight, they had roast beef with potato salad. For drinks, I asked for apple juice.

Mike had some Ramlösa (water with gas).

And a small bottle of Cava 👍

We also asked for some muffins to go with the coffee.

Lastly, the SAS pralines were offered 👍

Lavatory

There was a long queue in the SAS Plus lavatory so I went to the one at the back.

Landing in Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Around 2:12pm, the captain gave us some updated flight informations and that we would be landing in 15 minutes. We landed at 2:27pm and reached our gate 14 minutes later.

CONCLUSION

I´ve won upgrade bids in the past including the Royal Jordanian business class from Istanbul to Amman for 75USD,  Malaysia Airlines business class from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok for 538 MYR and Iberia business class from Madrid to Stockholm for 633 SEK. I thought this SAS Plus bid for upgrade was a good price. As we already have all the other benefits for being Star Alliance gold members, the price we paid was basically for the meal on board which we thought was good. The crew were friendly so overall, it was a nice flight.