10 hours in SAS A330 Economy | Stockholm to Miami trip report with the family

Today I'm doing a longhaul family trip from Stockholm to Miami in SAS Go Economy on the A330. We’re in the front row of the cabin, row 30, where there’s lot of extra legroom. Normally these seats need to be paid extra for (as do almost all of the seats in advance), but as a SAS Diamond I could select them for free. Come along with us on this 10-hour transatlantic flight to Florida and get a look at the cabins and seating configuration, the drinks and meal service, the inflight entertainment and the beautiful views as we chase the sunset across the Atlantic. I’ll give you my verdict as to whether Scandinavian Airlines economy class is any good or not. Bonus points if you stick around right to the end for some epic pelican footage.
Flight information:
Feb 11, 2024 | SK957 ARN-MIA
A330-300 LN-RKO [age: 21 years]
Flight time: 10:26
How I booked it:
Simple paid roundtrip ticket booked 11 months out during a fare sale. $266/person.
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Shot on: Sony FX3 & iPhone 15 Pro Max & DJI Action 2
Music: Epidemic Sound
SECTIONS:
00:00 Intro
00:48 SAS Gold Lounge Arlanda
02:10 Boarding
04:00 Taxi & takeoff
06:14 Economy cabin
07:31 Entertainment
08:00 Drinks service
08:35 Iceland & Greenland views
09:55 Meal service
10:41 Pre-arrival meal
11:03 My verdict
11:39 Landing
13:02 Florida highlights (bonus)
#economyclass #sas #Florida

[@orighomisandediare4990]

Your kids are a joy. Every parents dream when travelling is to have well mannered children. Precious moments seeing a child light up. Bless you all

[@airedition]

Thank you!

[@madaboutsnooker147]

Was about to post I've never seen such wellbehaved and content kids going traveling. Kudos. But then you're complaining about maybe 30bucks extra for a few sodas for the kids considering you paid less than 299usd per head. But I get it. Totally. SAS is supposed to act as a legacy carrier and give at least Lufthansa kinda service in economy. Drinks wise at least. Be glad though, that you didn't go via Frankfurt and took LH in Y class. I've never ever had one satisfying meal on hansa. My pasta in economy to Mexico was so crap I didn't get any food going there. Sas has room for improvement but overall their food usually doesn't fail unless ur vegan. And that cabin looked fresh 😮

[@b10rn]

To be fair, every person's dream when traveling is for other passengers to have well mannered children 😌

[@detailsmw5995]

Cute kids. Enjoy every moment as they will grow up before you know it!

[@airedition]

Thank you! Yes I’m sure you’re right about that 🙂

[@brucelee3839]

Gorgeous kids, extra leg room, alligators and pelicans; what more is there to say? Terrific video!

The footage from Miami BTW with all those flowers and birds almost made it feel like watching something produced by National Geographic. Top notch quality and editing!

[@airedition]

Thanks a lot!

[@niklasgermann]

1:21 Hahah that was an amazing description of what is going on: „Miami time“ 😍

[@airedition]

😁

[@halitosis75]

Thank you gabe for introducing your family. Now SAS get yourself together and provide decent catering to your customers. Love your videos. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[@airedition]

Thanks so much!

[@xnyrage]

OMG Gabe! You are doomed! First, your kids are an 11 out of 10. Such great travelers with great attitudes and disposition. Your oldest is funny. Next your Player 2 deserves a medal and a Nobel Prize! I stopped traveling when my girls were this age as the mayhem at home would have led to jail-time for someone. Hope you had a great winter break. Was hoping to run into you at ARN two weeks ago. Fly safely!

[@airedition]

Haha thanks so much, this comment made me laugh a lot! You fly safe too!

[@luisbabicek1169]

OMG...Cuteness factor: off the charts. Congratulations!!!!

[@airedition]

Thank you!

[@kingwacky184]

Adorable family. This video made me very happy to watch, not only because I am Swedish but the amazing images from the flight and the great review he gave even his daughters review at the lounge before the flight was great, the food apparently wasn't great there haha. This family seems like the perfect family. An awesome dad and 3 beautiful children. I will subscribe this video was great to watch.

[@airedition]

Thank you so much!

[@muhammadnimji4626]

Beautiful family, Gabriel! Peace be upon you and your family

[@airedition]

Thank you very much!

[@migueljorgefurtado]

You have a lovely family! Great vídeo like always. Cheers from Portugal

[@airedition]

Thank you so much!

[@MMSaabChannel]

Great video thx! Great editing!

[@airedition]

Thank you too!

[@theretiredcoupletravelsthe5603]

Once again a nice review, thanks Gabe! We fly quite a lot of long haul in economy class and it is only with SAS we get the low cost airline vibes having to pay for everything. As you said , I think it cost more (in bad will) than it saves. All other airlines we have flown long haul recently have included premeal drink plus wine and beer with your meals. We also often had the possibility to get extra drinks and snacks for free. Usually we get two choices of meals in economy but not with SAS, here one dish fits all But besides this the SAS crews usually are service minded and do nice a job Airlines flown are LOT, Suisse, United, Thai, Asiana, Lufthansa, Air India.

[@airedition]

Interesting to hear your experiences, thanks!

[@random1883]

Your middle kid is a trip. So funny !

[@airedition]

Yeah she stole the show on this occasion 😁

[@JohnLadda]

Lovely family you have Gabe and a great video. SAS looks pretty much like those 14-15 y old finnairs 330 i take every month to Doha from Cph. Old planes yes but the interior is really fresh and clean.

[@airedition]

Right, very similar vintage 😁. Thanks for the kind words!

[@071949]

Hi Gabe, I enjoyed the flight, and the bonus FL highlights. And it was cool seeing your kids, nice that you could travel as a family at such a low cost per person. RogerC 4/6/24

[@airedition]

Thank you very much!

[@gunvaldsandhaland7757]

2-4-2 Is That I Preferred In Economy.Great Video

[@airedition]

Thanks!

[@lallain7016]

Really fun video! And a heck of a good deal!

[@airedition]

Thanks for watching!

[@CristianAlt-df7zd]

Excellent report. Thank you for that. You have really cool kids. And kudos to the mother as she is probably well occupied with them when you are on your different travels.

[@airedition]

Thank you!

[@RatedVideos]

266 dollar per person round trip?! Thats a steal!

[@airedition]

Yeah!

[@pigedehekkan]

Would love to see the plus trip as well

[@airedition]

Plus review coming soon!

[@oluwafemiadelusi2529]

Great video!❤

[@airedition]

Thank you!!

[@heikomaier2540]

From Stuttgart to Tallahassee via Atlanta we flow over Greenland and had an fantastic view of Greenland, i did make pic of it, it was realy realy wonderfull.

[@airedition]

Nice! Yeah it’s always amazing to see.

Great video as always and nice to see your family again even when it's evident your kids are more interested in being on camera than Mrs 😉 You said you used to live in Miami and I really struggle to understand how one would be willing to leave that for Sweden 😅 Have a great weekend Gabe!

[@airedition]

Thanks! Yeah that’s worthy of a whole conversation re Miami versus Sweden but for us Sweden is a far better place with small kids, even if I miss the weather!

[@user-uw7yb6xf7d]

Good to see you with the family. Your traveling a lot by yourself. Enjoy... Kai

[@airedition]

Yeah it’s nice for a change!

[@NathanColmenero]

9:47 "I need to throw up" lol xD

[@airedition]

😁

[@bagelsquare]

i wish SAS was not leaving Star Alliance! Their basic economy sales are pretty nuts. Hopefully they're able to get the finances sorted so that they can operate more A350s again.

[@airedition]

Yeah I want to see more 350s for sure!

[@gorannilsson8319]

Hej Gabe! I like your videos and the way you show off! The flight info above is from an other flight, CX939 HKG-MNL not ARN-MIA...

[@airedition]

Ah yes thanks for catching that. Errant copy and paste. Thanks for watching also!

[@Oduck22]

17:04 he had his parking brake set and then 3 seconds later he was airborne and retracting the gear 🛫🦅😂

[@christianeduardo1]

Arepas with la familia…!!! Getting them ready to love Venezuela as well? 😊

[@airedition]

Hehe yep!

[@avianlook]

Wow what a fare?! sub-300 per person for a cross continental is truly amazing! What you paid for 5 is often paid for single economy tickets on similar routes! Out of curiousity, assuming you're an American that moved to Sweden, how are you enjoying the Scandinavian lifestyle? Don't you miss the miami beaches and weather at times? 😅

[@airedition]

There’s lots that’s great in Scandinavia especially if you have small kids. The weather is not one of them 😁, and yes I do miss the Miami weather and beaches but its drawbacks (for us) outweigh its attractiveness!

[@wrcfan2024]

wow

[@paniccia2947]

Shout out to the Arepa bar

[@airedition]

🥳🇻🇪

[@zaiivonhest]

Is the paying for softdrink thing new? I think we drank about 3-4 sprite's on our trip to japan last year without paying

[@airedition]

Maybe Japan is an exception from this policy? Not sure!

[@Oduck22]

12:54 More of a car question than aviation but I like both. That looked like a hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xE. What were your main opinions on this Jeep if you don’t mind answering? Thanks Gabe! Great price on those economy seats 👍

[@airedition]

Yeah that’s correct! I loved that it was a plug-in because those Wranglers usually get terrible gas mileage and this meant we could mostly cruise around on electric only (30 miles range). Also the electric motor was nothing special but still much better and smoother than the usual dinky engines you get in the Wrangler. I would never buy one, but it was a fun choice for vacation.

[@Oduck22]

@@airedition that’s good to hear 👍 They have a Wrangler 392 V8 but mostly unattainable by price and rarity. Definitely agree they are better on vacation but even that small EV range makes it intriguing. Thank you! I really do enjoy the vacation clips at the end of the flight reviews 😎

[@airedition]

Oh wow, I feel like that thing would be sliding all over the road with a V8 in it 😅. But would be curious to try it!

[@PilotImadKhan]

I think beautiful trip your life ❤

[@airedition]

Thank you!

[@MrChrlau]

So you are an American living in Sweden ? And nice video as always 😊

[@airedition]

Correct!

[@zup688]

Hi

[@pluttis97]

[@mrmysticman1954]

can you do an q and a video in the near future?

[@airedition]

Yeah good idea. Any questions you want answered in particular?

[@user-uw7yb6xf7d]

I flew many years ago from NRT with SAS. It was okay but not impressive... To pay for softdrinks is so poor from them

[@airedition]

I feel as if they’ve improved over the past year or so.

[@edpyle5429]

That was fun! Your children are beautiful. You? Well, lookin' good...not quite beautiful.

[@airedition]

Hehe thanks 😅

[@jameslovestokyo]

SAS long-haul catering in Economy absolutely sucks. No other airline I've flown on does the drinks service for the entire cabin, then starts again with the meals. By the time you get your meal (no choice, one meat-based dish for everyone), your one soda is gone.

[@airedition]

That’s true, that timing is rubbish!

[@Michael-ru3rt]

Already back in the eighties and nineties when I flew long haul on Lufthansa and KLM they did it like this. It was a new experience around 2000 when I made several flights with Asian carriers that they came along with two trolleys, one for the food and one for the drinks. Sad to see that there are still carriers around which follow that old habit.

[@marcd6897]

Well, to be fair, you got the “bulkhead” road right after Economy Plus, and row 30 definitely doesn’t have “standard” economy seat pitch. Maybe should have been made clearer to the average flyer who now thinks standard SAS economy has this amazing seat pitch.

[@airedition]

How was that not made clear? I state it right at the outset that row 30 is going to be a very different experience from the rest of economy. And other times in the video too. Literally could not have been clearer!

[@marcd6897]

@@aireditionFor a frequent flyer like myself it is crystal clear, I know aerolopa or seatmaestro and able to check out what’s so special about row 30, but IMO not for the average Joe who is on a longhaul flight maybe every 3 or 4 years and is already overwhelmed with different aircraft types.

[@aviationradar461]

Do you live in right now? I always wonderd? Can you talk swedish? Svenska

[@airedition]

Jag kan prata Svenska 🙃

[@aviationradar461]

@@airedition Nice jag trodde du baraq kunde engeska eftersom att du pratade engeska med svenska piloter. You are best!😀 I also have gold flightradar 24 pass!

[@aviationradar461]

Du är crew till flightradar24 va?

[@airedition]

@@aviationradar461ja!