Kids Fly (Almost) Free With SAS for a Limited Time
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Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is once again offering its awesome, but admittedly strange, kids-fly-free promotion. If you book a round-trip ticket between the US and Scandinavia including Finland, you can take along up to 8 kids between the ages of 2 and 11 with you for only the cost of the taxes and fees associated with each extra ticket. This means that you can take the whole family along with you on a trip to Northern Europe for essentially the cost of just one (expensive) adult ticket.
In order to take advantage of this deal, you must book your tickets by October 5, 2017 and travel between November 1 and May 31, 2018. You can book a reservation with two adults on it as well, but the total number of people on the reservation can't exceed 9. In theory, a family with two parents can bring up to 16 children for free if each parent was booked on a separate reservation. Talk about the ultimate field trip!
Here are a few examples of what you can book:
Newark (EWR) to Oslo (OSL) for $1,110 round-trip for 1 adult and 8 kids:
Chicago (ORD) to Stockholm for $1,279 round-trip for 1 adult and 8 kids:
Miami (MIA) to Helsinki (HEL) for $1,312 round-trip for 1 adult and 8 kids:
Los Angeles (LAX) to Copenhagen (CPH) for $1,318 round-trip for 1 adult and 8 kids:
Maximize Your Purchase
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If you’re able to score one of these tickets, please share the good news in the comments below!
H/T: Dan's Deals
