Review of Jet Time flight from Oslo to Copenhagen in Premium Eco

introduction

Welcome to the 6th part in this long Scandinavian series of reviews. On this flight, we'll be heading back to Copenhangen for a day prior to catching our British Airways flights home to the U.S.

It was a nice quick visit to Oslo, where we met up with an old friend I hadn't seen in ages. It was nice to be back in Oslo after so many years. It's such a clean and safe city with so much culture in a beautiful natural setting. 

Routing

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pre-flight & check-in

As we were staying at the Scandic Oslo City, it was easy to get to the Central Train Station as we were just across the street. 

We hopped the "Flytoget" airport express train go Gardermoen. It's a bit on the expensive side at 240 NOK (~ $22) a ticket, but it's fast and comfortable. There are less expensive options on suburban trains, which can be crowded and make frequent stops. 

Nice to be back to this beautiful terminal. It was a bit busier than the last 2 times we were through OSL. 

With our SAS Plus premium economy tickets, we had access to the Business class check-in lanes, for which there was no wait. 

We'd already checked in on the app the evening prior so we just had to drop off checked baggage. 

SAS Plus also gives access to the Fast Track security lanes. This was a great perk, as the queue for standard security lanes was very long. 

Security agents were very friendly and helpful, and we were airside in a few minutes.

We headed straight for the international zone for our flight to Denmark. 

SAS lounge

Another nice perk of SAS Plus is lounge access on departure. The benefits are essentially the same as Business class, except that SAS don't have blocked middle seats. Accordingly, they categorise the higher cabin product on regional routes as Premium Economy. 

The lounge is located in the central hall of the international zone on the upper level. 

The lounge is one level up on the lift. 

The standard Business lounge is located to the right of the entrance, with the Star Alliance Gold lounge to the left.

The lounge was pretty busy that day but we had no issues finding seating in the rear section.

There are no views to the outside, just into the central hall of the international zone. 

Food was pretty basic, mostly salads, pasta, and soup. Still nice than most lounges in the U.S., however. Beer, wine, soft drinks, and juices are also available. 

I checked the flight status as we waited in the lounge. There's lots of good information in the SAS app. 

It even should you the past flights of your inbound aircraft, similar to Flightradar24, which certainly appeals to my AvGeekiness. 

Looks like there were still a few open seats in the SAS Plus section. 

boarding

We left the lounge about 10 minutes before boarding to find the gate. 

Boarding hadn't yet started as we arrived at the gate. 

SAS Plus also comes with priority boarding, so we were able to board through the automated gates as soon as Group 1 was called. 

As with our previous flight from Copenhagen earlier in the week, our SAS flight was operated by a leased Jet Time 737-800.

Configured to the maximum capacity of 189 seats, the Jet Time 737-800s are less spacious than standard SAS narrow-body cabins. 

Seat pitch is 29" (74 cm), which is less than SAS, who have 30" (76cm) seat pitch or more in SAS Plus rows on the narrow-body fleet. The cabin on this Jet Time 737 had newer slimline seats than the previous CPH-OSL flight, which allowed for slightly better knee clearance than on the plane with older seats. 

the flight

Boarding wrapped up early–it turned out there were quite a few empty seats in SAS Plus. 

We pushed back on time and were off after a short taxi. 

Still a faint glow on sunlight on the horizon as we got above the clouds. 

This 12 year old 737 had the modern Boeing Sky Interior with pleasant mood-lighting. The newer slimline seats had seat-back pockets at eye level, which carves out more leg space at knee level. 

The safety card had seen better days.

Also in the seat pocket was an SAS buy-on-board menu. On the previous Jet Time-operated SAS flight, I'd only seen a Jet Time buy-on-board menu. 

A small wrap and drink were served in the SAS Plus cabin. 

A bit disappointing compared to the boxed meal with multiple items we'd recently received on CPH-OSL, especially considering it was dinnertime. But it's barely a 50 minute flight, so not a big deal. 

The cabin crew were very nice and offered my 4-year-old son some fruit snacks in addition to the wrap. 

Before we knew it, we'd landed in CPH and arrived at the gate after a quick taxi. 

Again, no passport checks as we were coming from within the Schengen area, even if Norway is not part of the European Union. 

Baggage was delivered quickly and we were off to the hotel.