Compare 13 loyalty programs for San Francisco to Copenhagen award flights, with economy seats from 15,000 points.
San Francisco to Copenhagen is a long-haul transatlantic corridor, and nonstop award space shows up on Scandinavian Airlines. Award pricing spans 13 programs, and economy starts at 15,000 points on a routing that includes KLM. That price runs through Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, another airline's program, so KLM's own points aren't automatically the cheapest way on. Every SFO–CPH award below is broken out program by program.
Best one-way award prices per airline over the next 12 months.
| Airline | Economy | Premium economy | Business | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 KLMKL | 15,000Lowest | 60,500pts | 129,000pts | Not available |
 Scandinavian AirlinesSK | 16,000pts | 45,000pts | 145,500pts | Not available |
 Virgin AtlanticVS | 16,000pts | 56,219pts | 145,500pts | Not available |
 TAP Air PortugalTP | 19,000pts | Not available | 88,000pts | Not available |
 American AirlinesAA | 21,000pts | 106,500pts | 133,600pts | 110,000pts |
 Alaska AirlinesAS | 22,500pts | Not available | 139,500pts | 85,000Lowest |
 FinnairAY | 22,500pts | 100,000pts | 57,500Lowest | Not available |
 British AirwaysBA | 22,500pts | 40,000Lowest | 57,500Lowest | 85,000Lowest |
 Air FranceAF | 25,000pts | 56,375pts | 139,999pts | Not available |
 DeltaDL | 28,900pts | 75,000pts | 125,000pts | 499,900pts |
When award seats between San Francisco and Copenhagen price cheapest over the next year.
| Month | Cheapest award (points) |
|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 15,000 |
| Dec 2026 | 19,000 |
| Jan 2027 | No award data |
| Feb 2027 | 22,500 |
| Mar 2027 | 27,500 |
| Apr 2027 | 19,000 |
| May 2027 | 16,000 |
| Jun 2027 | 21,000 |
| Jul 2027 | 19,000 |
| Aug 2027 | No award data |
| Sep 2027 | No award data |
| Oct 2027 | No award data |
17 airlines with award seats between San Francisco and Copenhagen, nonstop or connecting.
American AirlinesAA
Air CanadaACAlaska AirlinesASFinnairAY
JetBlueB6British AirwaysBADeltaDL
EmiratesEK
IberiaIB
LufthansaLH
Qatar AirwaysQRScandinavian AirlinesSK
Singapore AirlinesSQ
Turkish AirlinesTKTAP Air PortugalTP
United AirlinesUAVirgin AtlanticVSWhat to know before booking San Francisco to Copenhagen with points.
About 5,470 miles, roughly 11h30 nonstop. Copenhagen runs 9 hours ahead of San Francisco (8 for a few weeks around the spring and autumn clock changes). Data covers November 2026–October 2027, with calendar prices for eight months. Counting well-covered months only, November 2026 is the cheapest (15,000 points); pricier months include March 2027 (27,500) and June 2027 (21,000).
San Francisco to Copenhagen is served by Eurowings Discover, American Airlines, Air Canada and 28 more, offering multiple options for award travelers. Compare 13 loyalty programs to find the best value for your points. Award prices start from 15,000 points in economy. Use our search tool to check real-time award availability on this route.
Roughly 5,470 miles separate San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Copenhagen Airport (CPH), so a nonstop spends about 11h30 in the air, a little more or less depending on winds and direction. Scandinavian Airlines carries all of the nonstop award space in the data. The Airbus A350-900 shows up on those nonstop award segments. Expect mostly connecting results: less than 1% of the award options in the data are nonstop.
Settle the cabin before the program: on a long-haul trip like San Francisco–Copenhagen, it moves the price most. The cheapest economy seat connects once; skipping the connection means an economy nonstop on Scandinavian Airlines at a higher price. Watch the cash on the economy floor: about $191 in taxes and fees, well above the route's typical economy taxes, so more points and less cash can win. Premium economy runs about 2.7 times the economy price and business about 3.8 times.
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is cheapest in economy at 15,000 points. American AAdvantage wins premium economy at 40,000 points and business class at 57,500. Its first-class fare from 85,000 points connects, which usually means first on one leg only; read every segment. Among the remaining 11 programs, United MileagePlus, Air Canada Aeroplan, and Air France-KLM Flying Blue are good places to cross-check.
The data has one nonstop award carrier on San Francisco–Copenhagen: Scandinavian Airlines. Its SkyTeam membership means alliance partners can sell that seat too, not only SAS EuroBonus. The cheaper connecting awards in the data change planes in London, Frankfurt, and Los Angeles. The business-class floor is a oneworld partner award: American AAdvantage prices British Airways seats.
On the San Francisco end, San Jose (SJC) starts at 22,500 points in economy, above the route's 15,000-point economy floor, and works as a backup when SFO space is gone. Flexible on where you land? San Francisco to Amsterdam starts from 13,000 points at last check.
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Common questions travelers ask about the San Francisco to Copenhagen route.
