SAS or KLM?
Oct 8th, 2004, 08:07 AM
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I usually don't respond to these posts and I'll tell you "why"...because all the answers you get, including mine are totally biased and I am not convinced that hearing about a bunch of bad and good airline "experiences" will do much to actually predict your own.
However, hearing such may make you feel better about your final choice so here goes:
the only time I have ever flown SAS (because in this particular case it was the cheapest fare I could get) they had a "problem" with seats and gave mine to someone else...unfortunately for the "someone else" who happened to be this lovely "grandmother type" from Denmark, I was already IN the seat.
Flight attendant insisted I give up the seat for her; I refused because I knew they had assigned the seat to her after i had checked in.
I didn't like the way the whole situation was handled..with that smirkiness from the flight attendant...like I was some sort of troll, etc., or stupid American who didn't understand, etc.
So, I would probably pick KLM..but based on that story, WOULD YOU?????
However, hearing such may make you feel better about your final choice so here goes:
the only time I have ever flown SAS (because in this particular case it was the cheapest fare I could get) they had a "problem" with seats and gave mine to someone else...unfortunately for the "someone else" who happened to be this lovely "grandmother type" from Denmark, I was already IN the seat.
Flight attendant insisted I give up the seat for her; I refused because I knew they had assigned the seat to her after i had checked in.
I didn't like the way the whole situation was handled..with that smirkiness from the flight attendant...like I was some sort of troll, etc., or stupid American who didn't understand, etc.
So, I would probably pick KLM..but based on that story, WOULD YOU?????
Oct 8th, 2004, 08:35 AM
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I presume you're evaluating your options for Seattle-Bergen.
So my take is that SAS flies much newer A340s between Seattle and CPH, while KLM uses Northwest's (KLM and NW are the same now) aging DC-10s on SEA-AMS route. The seats on the NW/KL plane are narrower, closer together, and most pax will tell you that the best thing about NW/KL longhaul service is that the food at Schiphol is worth waiting for. SAS may have the occasional surly FA (but KL can too) but it's a crapshoot with most carriers on that score. Underpaid, overtaxed, worried about their jobs, many of them, and nobody in coach is very happy with the in-flight comfort - what's that - a recipe for giggling?
Kastrup airport (CPH) is a nice, smallish facility, whilst Schiphol (AMS) is very big. I like them both, but for ease of connection to Bergen, coupled with - probably - somewhat more pleasant coach travel transatlantic, I'd go with SAS.
So my take is that SAS flies much newer A340s between Seattle and CPH, while KLM uses Northwest's (KLM and NW are the same now) aging DC-10s on SEA-AMS route. The seats on the NW/KL plane are narrower, closer together, and most pax will tell you that the best thing about NW/KL longhaul service is that the food at Schiphol is worth waiting for. SAS may have the occasional surly FA (but KL can too) but it's a crapshoot with most carriers on that score. Underpaid, overtaxed, worried about their jobs, many of them, and nobody in coach is very happy with the in-flight comfort - what's that - a recipe for giggling?
Kastrup airport (CPH) is a nice, smallish facility, whilst Schiphol (AMS) is very big. I like them both, but for ease of connection to Bergen, coupled with - probably - somewhat more pleasant coach travel transatlantic, I'd go with SAS.
Oct 8th, 2004, 08:46 AM
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I like Lufthansa! But you didn't ask that.
1. Go for the best price
2. Copenhagen airport is quite nice, very well designed with lots of shops and restaurants. Amsterdam is also nice and very modern.
3. I like SAS, I agree they have newer jets.
Truthfully i am sure whichever you take you will be sandwiched in like a sardine. Lufthansa is a lot of fun because the flight attendants are so efficient, yet abusive!
1. Go for the best price
2. Copenhagen airport is quite nice, very well designed with lots of shops and restaurants. Amsterdam is also nice and very modern.
3. I like SAS, I agree they have newer jets.
Truthfully i am sure whichever you take you will be sandwiched in like a sardine. Lufthansa is a lot of fun because the flight attendants are so efficient, yet abusive!
Oct 16th, 2004, 02:38 AM
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If you really are flying out of seattle i would go for SAS because of the reasons stated in the other posts.
Brand new aircraft, seat back tv at every seat( klm/nw only has seat back tv on some of their aircraft, not all )
Copenhagen Airport is nicer, smaller and easier than schiphol.
SAS is generally ok, you can run in to the wrong FA on the wrong day, but that could happen on any airline
Brand new aircraft, seat back tv at every seat( klm/nw only has seat back tv on some of their aircraft, not all )
Copenhagen Airport is nicer, smaller and easier than schiphol.
SAS is generally ok, you can run in to the wrong FA on the wrong day, but that could happen on any airline
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