Booking SkyTeam partner award flights with EuroBonus
Spending EuroBonus points on a SAS flight is straightforward. Spending them on a partner airline like Air France or KLM is where it gets interesting, and a little more complicated. Since SAS joined SkyTeam in 2024, the partner network is the part of the program with the most untapped potential, especially for long-haul. It is also the part most members have not figured out yet.
Why bother with partners
Two reasons. First, reach. Air France and KLM fly almost everywhere out of Paris and Amsterdam, both easy hops from the Nordics, so a partner award can take you to places SAS does not serve directly. Delta covers the US, Korean Air covers Asia, Virgin Atlantic covers the UK and transatlantic. Second, availability. When SAS has no award space on a route, a partner sometimes does. The partner network roughly doubles your chances of finding a seat.
How partner awards work
You still spend EuroBonus points, and you still pay a points price plus fees. A few things specific to partner bookings are worth knowing:
- Partner award fees were restructured in 2026 and are now refundable, which makes booking a partner award far less of a gamble than it used to be.
- Premium Economy on partner awards became bookable online in 2026, so you no longer have to phone in for it.
- Availability is set by the partner airline, not SAS, so it follows the partner’s own release patterns.
The catch: finding partner space
Here is the honest difficulty. Partner award availability is not always shown clearly, and checking each airline by hand across many dates is a slog. This is the single biggest reason members stick to SAS flights even when a partner would serve them better. The seats are there, they are just hard to see.
How to actually find it
This is exactly the problem a dedicated tool solves. Bonussøk has a SkyTeam search built specifically for partner award seats, so you can check Air France, KLM, Delta and the rest without bouncing between websites. If you are not even sure where you want to go, the SkyTeam map shows the whole network visually and lights up where you can actually get to on points. It is the easiest way to turn the vague idea of “somewhere on a partner” into a concrete destination.
For inspiration, the ready-made SkyTeam trips surface roundtrips that already have seats, which saves you building one from scratch.
Common questions
Which partners can I fly on EuroBonus points? The SkyTeam alliance, including Air France, KLM, Delta, Virgin Atlantic and Korean Air. After SAS left Star Alliance in 2024, these are the ones that apply.
Does a partner award cost more points than SAS? It varies by route and airline. You pay a points price plus fees, and partner award fees became refundable in 2026, so booking early is less of a gamble.
Why can’t I find partner space on SAS’s own site? Partner availability is often shown poorly, and you have to check each airline separately. A dedicated SkyTeam search gathers them in one place.
Worth learning
Partner awards take a bit more effort than a plain SAS booking, but they are where the program quietly got better. If you only ever search SAS, you are seeing half the picture. Learn to check SkyTeam space and a lot more of the world opens up on the same balance of points.