SAS Airlines? Good/bad?

[librarygirl]

Sorry for posting another airlines question-but what have people's experiences been with SAS if you flew them transatlantic? For reference, I'm looking at flights coming from either Newark or Dulles to Copenhagen.

As I mentioned in a post from yesterday, I'm looking at either traveling on Air Canada or SAS to Denmark in June as those are our only two options (times on Delta out of JFK don't work, and I don't want to connect 2x just to get to Western Europe when coming from the East Coast). I've only flown on Air Canada to Montreal so basically just a hop and a skip coming from Pittsburgh i.e. not too much to go on.

Thanks again for any feedback!

[Whitecaps]

In 2009 I traveled to Europe on SAS; in 2013 I traveled to Europe on AirCanada.
SAS was heads and tails above AC in terms of service and flight amenities - not to mention much better planes. I thoroughly enjoyed my SAS experience, even with a crying baby a row away (which wasn't their fault!).

[Deleted]

Heard good things about it.

[GilliC]

I've flown them long-haul between Europe and Asia, and I think they're fine. The on-board service is on par or slightly above most European carriers, and the rebooking after a missed connection was one of the smoothest and most painless I've experienced.

Short-haul, I'm less of a fan. Usually it's for-fee drinks beyond tea/coffee, and while occasionally there's a complimentary snack or beverage service, I've never figured out the pattern to this, and it seems to be less common these days. While it's no big deal on a one-hour flight, three hours on a plane without something to drink seems a bit stingy for a national European carrier. But if you're flying directly to Copenhagen, this is pretty much a non-issue.

(Surprisingly, I haven't flown them trans-Atlantic, because the Oslo flight is at nearly the exact time as the United flight, and the United flight is usually cheaper.)

[Norticprincess]

Dulles return flights in 2012 were fine.

[Wanderista]

I flew SAS between Copenhagen and Dulles in 2013 and I liked it pretty well. I would fly it again. I thought the on-board snacks/food were good for airplane food. I also thought the seats were comfortable enough. I liked that if you pulled the armrests up then the economy seats were flat like a bed. I got lucky and got an entire middle row to myself which basically converted into a flat bed. That was really nice.

I will warn that most of the in-flight entertainment was not working on my flight at all. So, there were no movies or shows. Also, the plane seemed kind of old compared to some carriers I have flown. I ended up watching the in-flight camera (very awesome when we skimmed over Greenland), playing 80's style computer games and watching the map when not asleep because there wasn't anything else to do.

[gt7301b]

I flew SAS to Europe last fall and the service was nothing special, but I'd fly them again. Then again, I have pretty low expectations when it comes to air travel these days.