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EuroBonus for families: the Companion Ticket and pooling points

By Torstein Vikse Olsen · · 3 min read

Using points for one person is fiddly enough. Doing it for a family of four turns the difficulty up, because now you need several award seats on the same flight, and award seats are scarce by design. It is very doable, but it rewards planning more than any other kind of redemption.

Here is how families can get the most out of EuroBonus.

Companion Ticket

Some EuroBonus credit cards come with a Companion Ticket each year, SAS’s own 2-for-1 voucher. The idea is that you book an award ticket for two but only pay points for one. For a couple or a family, one of these a year can cover a big chunk of a trip, especially if you save it for an expensive Business seat.

The details depend on the specific card and its current terms, so read what your card actually offers, or see the full explainer on the Companion Ticket. But if you hold a card with this perk and you are not using it, you are leaving real value unclaimed.

Pooling and sharing points

A common family question is whether everyone can throw their points into one pot. The mechanics of sharing or transferring points between members vary and the program adjusts them over time, so check the current rules in your account. The broader point is to plan as a household rather than as separate individuals. If one parent earns most of the points through a card, the family’s strategy should be built around that account rather than scattering small balances no one can use.

The real challenge: multiple seats

The hard part of family award travel is not points, it is availability. A flight might have two award seats when you need four. This is the single most common reason family redemptions fall through, and it catches people off guard.

What helps:

  • Book early. The further ahead you look, the better your odds of finding several seats released on the same flight.
  • Be flexible on dates. Travelling a day either side of the obvious holiday weekend can be the difference between four seats and one.
  • Split across cabins if you must. Sometimes you can get the whole family on a flight by mixing cabins, which is not glamorous but gets everyone there together.
  • Watch the route. Set an alert and let seats come to you rather than checking manually every evening.

Tools for finding four seats

Searching for multiple award seats by hand is where families give up. The Bonussøk search lets you check availability for the number of travellers you actually have, so you are not finding one seat and then discovering there is no second. For holiday planning, the summer search and weekend search are built around the dates families actually travel. And because award seats for a group are rare, Bonusvarsleren can email you when enough seats open on your route.

The family takeaway

Plan as one household, use the Companion Ticket if your card has one, book early, and stay flexible on dates. Family award travel is less about having enough points and more about catching the moment when several seats line up.