While I was hoping to fly nonstop to Los Angeles, I was very happy to make the extra stop in San Francisco to secure business class on SAS, this time an 11-hour journey on the A330-300 from Copenhagen.

SAS A330 Business Class Copenhagen – San Francisco: My First Impressions

We dawdled for far too long in the SAS Lounge and then the Lego Store and then had to run to the gate…which was in a gate area I had never been to at CPH (E135). It’s a LONGHAUL just to get to the gate and we were the last to board (“Klint, is that you?”).

I had assigned three window seats, one behind the other, behind the other. We took our seats and shortly after took off.

Lunch was served after takeof. I had air-dried Skagen ham with pickled rhubarb and a fresh green salad for my appetizer. Delicious!

You can always count on excellent catering on SAS out of Copenhagen and I was pleased to see “slow-cooked beef brisket” on the menu, served with red wine sauce with fermented black pepper, mac and cheese, green beans and beets with thyme butter. It was a home run…so good.

For dessert, I had cheese and fruit.

There was also an ice cream bar on the dessert menu, which Claire Marie quite enjoyed.

I tried to sleep and managed a couple of hours, but continue to struggle to sleep on airplanes.

Meanwhile, my kids eventually fell asleep…both leaving the seat upright.

Oh Augustine…I had to help him.

Unable to sleep, I got up and made myself a cappuccino from the onboard pantry, a feature exclusive to the A330 on SAS.

Before landing, another sanck was served and although you could argue it was pretty meager for an 11-hour flight, I really enjoyed the open-faced sandwich with eggs and shrimp.

I had snagged a cinnamon roll from the lounge in CPH and enjoyed it (so, so good…not too sweet, but brimming with flavor) with another cappuccino before landing.

The service on this flight could not have been better. Excellent service from every flight attendant. Friendly and professional. The internet worked well.

However, the flight was not perfect…unfortunately, the aircraft was filthy. There’s just no excuse for such a dirty seat. My duvet also had a suspicious stain on it.

Why is it so hard for airlines to keep their aircraft clean?

We landed on-time in San Francisco, where we headed to the Air Canada Lounge before flying down to Los Angeles on United. The extra stop was 100% worthwhile to secure saver business class (50K miles for me, 25K for each child) from CPH-SFO.

I’ll offer a lot more details and photos from this flight in my full review.