Helsinki - Stockholm
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)
I have a lot to criticize about the SAS. First of all, I dont want to watch advertising at back of the next person's seat. I want to relax on the flight since it is consuming, not watch the advertising...
Secondly, I feel akward about the inequal treatment in the airplane. The SAS plane had three sections, namedly the first class, the economy express and the economy. In the first class they served lunch that sounds cool, in the economy express they serve the normal boring flight food for those who pay higher ticket rates. I'd imagine the corporate flyers reserve the more expensive seat in the economy express to get the lunch... since those ones in the plain economy class didn't receive anything to eat or drink during the flight.
Thirdly, I'd really want to know before hand if the flight is even serving the vegetarian food. I don't want to find out in the airplane, that they don't actually even have special diets on board. Luckily I didn't pay for the flight, as I'd be so angry now. I reserved the vegetarian food from Suomen matkatoimisto travel agency, but I was not informed that they don't even serve such a thing.
Okay, so what about the food?
I step in the plane and ask the hostess and the steward if I can get / have the vegetarian meal for sure. They reply that they don't serve vegetarian meals on this flight. We discuss a bit and they ask for my seat number. They say they'll see what they can do.
I totally wonder why are there two economy classes. My place is in the other section than my traveling mates, and I shrug. But when they start serving the food, it becomes clear: the economy class won't receive any food at all. Blah! The inequality feels akward.
But I must thank the steward a lot since they manage to bring me a vegetarian sandwich! Even they don't serve those on this flight. Thanks, made my (early) morning! The lady next to me looks at me in an oddly fashion during the whole flight. I don't know if it is my bag, or if it is the vegetarian sandwich that is different from her meat sandwich, or if she feels I shouldn't be in the "semi-corporate class" or something. I find her behaviour odd and disturbing.
My travel mates reserved tickets the previous week for 95 or so euros. My plane ticket's pricetag was 310 euros or more. Even though it was reserved a few days before the flight, I could say this 200 euros breakfast was the far most expensive breakfast I've ever had, and definately one of the worst, too.
What does a 200 euros breakfast look like?
- 0,3 dl of orangejuice
- very dry "health" bisquit
- and a rye bread with 2 cheese slices, paprika slice and green salad leaf
- tea or coffee serving, but no free soft drinks, juice or water like usually
That's it. Sucks if you don't drink coffee or tea, since the 0,3 dl juice is not too much for a dry bread and a dry health bisquit. yarghh...
If I had bought the same breakfast from the airport, the price tag had been around 7 euros, and I had received thrice the amount of juice and I could have chosen it from three varieties.
I must say, I will try to avoid SAS from now on. This left a very bad taste to my mouth, despite the kind and helpful flight staff.
