The SkyTeam search in Bonussøk: find partner award seats with EuroBonus

After SAS joined SkyTeam, the partner network became the part of EuroBonus with the most untapped potential. The catch is that partner availability is hard to see and tedious to check by hand. The SkyTeam search was built to fix that.

What it does

The SkyTeam search looks for award seats with SAS’s partners, names like Air France, KLM, Delta, Virgin Atlantic and Korean Air. There are roughly eighteen airlines in the alliance altogether. You still use your EuroBonus points, but now across a far bigger network of routes than SAS covers on its own. Instead of jumping between different airline websites, you check them all in one place.

You enter a starting point and a destination. The from and to fields accept more than one airport: you can type a city, a whole region like “Europe” or “Asia”, or a specific IATA code. That makes it easy to search broadly when you’re flexible about where you want to go.

How to use it

Below the search field you’ll find the most recent results. They come from a quick store, a kind of cache, so you see something right away instead of waiting on a fresh search. Each hit shows the airline, the number of stops, the layover and the points price.

The filters above the list let you narrow down on most things:

• Cabin class, so you only see Economy, Premium or Business.
• Number of stops and the layover, if you want to avoid long detours.
• Which airlines you want to fly with.
• Aircraft type.
• A separate option to hide departures with a double points price, so you only see the cheapest partners.

Two details are worth knowing. Live search confirms availability in real time: the cache shows what was free recently, and a live search checks whether the seat still exists right now. And “Suggest route” lets you ask for a route we don’t track yet. Type in the IATA codes and we’ll consider adding it.

Why it’s worth it

Two reasons. The first is reach. Air France and KLM fly almost everywhere out of Paris and Amsterdam, both easy to reach from the Nordics, so you get to places SAS doesn’t serve directly. Delta covers the US, Korean Air covers Asia, Virgin Atlantic covers the UK and transatlantic routes. The second reason is availability. When SAS has no seats on a route, a partner sometimes does. In practice the partners double your chances of finding a seat.

Coverage is best out of the big European hubs, names like CDG, LHR, AMS, CPH and OSL. If you live somewhere else, count on a feeder flight into one of them. More on how partner awards work in the guide on SkyTeam partner awards.

Who it’s for

The SkyTeam search is for anyone who wants to go further than SAS reaches, especially on long-haul. It’s part of the Pro tier, alongside the other SkyTeam tools. See the current plans and pricing for what’s included.

If you’re new to partner awards and not sure where you want to go, the SkyTeam map is a good place to start, since it shows the whole network visually. If you’d rather have ready-made suggestions, take a look at ready-made SkyTeam trips. And if you find nothing right now, set up the Award Alerter so you get a heads-up when a seat appears.

Common questions

Which airlines does the SkyTeam search cover? The SkyTeam alliance, around eighteen carriers, among them Air France, KLM, Delta, Virgin Atlantic, Korean Air and ITA Airways.

What does live search mean? The results you see first come from a quick store. A live search confirms in real time that the seat is still free before you try to book.

Can I avoid airlines that charge a double points price? Yes. There’s a separate filter to hide departures with a double points price, so you only see the cheapest partners.

Try the SkyTeam search and find partner seats on your points.