August 31 will be the last day when one of the five founding members of the Star Alliance, SAS, will be a member of the latter – before joining SkyTeam on the following day. What this exactly means for its EuroBonus members remains to be seen as the information available at this point remains limited. Of course, status and points will be honoured, but there will certainly be more details to be considered.

So for now, just take it as good news that the EuroBonus program will survive as independent program although SAS is now partially owned by Air France KLM. And you consider whether you’d rather fly on Lufthansa or Air France, on Korean Air or ANA, on United or Delta etc. and choose like that to redeem any points over the next few months or wait until September to start doing so!