Review: SAS A321neo Business Class, Copenhagen to Toronto

 

SAS A321neo business class, Copenhagen to Toronto

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Flight: SK 949

Departure time in Copenhagen (CPH): 13:00

Arrival time in Toronto (YYZ): 15:40

Aircraft: Airbus A321neo (SE-DMO)

Seat: 6F

Duration: 8h 40m

Date of flight: April 19, 2025

*This is a reward ticket using SAS points, Business Class flight #281

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SAS Gold Lounge, Copenhagen Airport

We had more than 3 hours in Copenhagen Airport before our flight to Toronto so we spent about an hour or so at the SAS Gold Lounge.

Boarding, Gate E136

The boarding gate is in the E area, the other non-schengen area separate from the Emirates and Qatar Airways flights.

Aircraft, Airbus A321neo (SE-DMO)

Airbus A321 neo

Business Class Cabin

The cabin is arranged in 2-2 and 1-1 alternating where odd numbers get 2-2 and 1-1 configuration known as throne seats are even numbers. On this flight, only 10 seats in business class were occupied.

Seat 6F

Seat 6F throne seat 👍

Personal screen

Storage, foot well

Literature pocket with the safety card, air sickness bag and wifi card.

Large bottle of water, AC power outlet, USB power outlet, seat controls, headphones

IFE controller

More storage

Inflight Entertainment

From the movie selection, I ended up watching Coco Avant Chanel which I thought was a nice film.

Amenity Kit

The amenity kit is from DUX which was a laundry bag containing eye mask, socks, dental kit, ear plugs and a facial moisturizer and lip balm from Verso Skincare. This was the same amenity kit we got from Atlanta to Copenhagen last month.

Wifi

Wifi onboard was complimentary for us, and the connection was fairly fast and was available most of the time so were happy 👍

Pre-departure Beverage

Moments after settling in, we were offered some drinks with a choice of champagne, water or orange juice.

I settled with a glass of water.

Dining

Menu card

Menu card

The champagne on board was the usual Charles Heidsieck, Brut Reserve MV.

Drinks list

As usual, the lunch service began with a hot towel.

It was followed by some warm nuts. For drinks, I had apple juice.

My sister on the other hand has Coke Zero and the cocktail named Polar Pioneer 👍It was too strong for her though.

To go with my meal, I had Ginger Ale.

The beef tartare was good (I had it as appetizer on another flight last month).

For my main course, I had the grilled chicken breast with biryani sauce. It was very tasty 😋

I had the organic Ice cream lolly from Hansens for dessert.

My sister had the cheese and the red currant panna cotta on the other hand.

To end the meal, I had the organic white tea.

From the Snacks Bar

In between lunch and pre-landing service, there is a snacks bar located in front of the cabin. I had some cashew nuts, gluten free and lactose free chocolate ball and protein bar plus a glass of apple juice.

Pre-landing Service

As usual, they had the gravad lax which was very good, together with some fresh cut fruit.

I also had a glass of ginger tea.

Lavatory

There is only one lavatory which is located in front of the cabin. This is enough if the cabin is not full. On our return flight from New York JFK to Oslo, the cabin was full so there was a bit of queue from time to time.

Arrival in Toronto

We landed in Toronto about 30 minutes early although we had to park in the smaller terminal which meant waiting for the bus, then taking the bus to the main terminal which in the end was the same as arriving on time.

CONCLUSION

This was my first time flying business class on the Airbus A321neo. First, I did not notice much difference if flying on a larger aircraft like a B787 or A330 since we were able to secure the throne seats for us. I think it would have been a different story if we were seated in the 2-2 configuration as there is not much space there. There is only 1 lavatory and with only 10 passengers in the cabin, it went well. Wifi was complimentary and was working most of the time so we were satisfied. The movie selection was okay although the offerings of airlines like Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways were much better. Although the food and amenity kit were okay, it could have been better (Qatar Airways offers an impressive dining experience as well as lovely amenity kits). The crew were friendly on this flight which made our flight special. Since I used 30K SAS points plus taxes on this flight, I can never complain as it is one of the best uses of my 1M SAS miles. To all the crew on this flight, tack så mycket!