SAS A320neo Seat Selection Guide (2026)

One cabin, one seat, a curtain that moves

SAS has 58 A320neos and exactly one layout for them, which makes this one of the few narrowbody fleets where the seat map you see when you book is the seat map you will actually fly. There is no retrofit programme splitting the fleet, no high-density sub-variant, no ex-lease aircraft with someone else's cabin in it.

What there is instead is a moving boundary. Every one of the 180 seats is the same 3-3 economy chair. SAS Business, at the front, is that seat with the middle position left unsold, behind a dividing curtain that is repositioned forward or aft according to how many business fares have been sold. That zone reaches its maximum at rows 1 to 8 — 48 physical seats, of which at most two-thirds are ever occupied when the rows are sold as Business.

The trap: three rows that look roomy, one that is

The overwing exits sit behind rows 11 and 12, and the effect ripples forward across three rows. On a booking map they can look interchangeable. They are not.

Row 10 is the one to understand. It gains four or five centimetres over the standard rows, which is enough to make it look like a legroom row on a map — and because the first exit sits directly behind it, 10A, 10B, 10E and 10F have to keep the escape path clear and cannot fully recline. On a 28-inch cabin, an extra 4cm of knee room bought with the loss of your recline is a bad trade. The two aisle seats, 10C and 10D, keep theirs, which makes them the only part of row 10 worth taking.

Row 11 has the genuine exit-row space, but the second exit behind it restricts 11A, 11B, 11E and 11F in the same way. Row 12 is behind both exits with nothing to keep clear, so it takes the space and keeps everything.

The front rows: what SAS Business actually gets you

Rows 1 to 8 are the Business zone at its maximum extent. The seat is unchanged from the back of the aircraft — the product is the empty middle, the curtain, the service and the bin space, not the chair.

• Row 1 has the tray tables in the armrests rather than in a seatback, which narrows the seat you sit in by a couple of centimetres. 1D, 1E and 1F also sit against the forward galley, so expect light and noise during the service. If you want the front row for the legroom, 1A, 1B and 1C are the better half.
• 1C is the pick of row 1: the bulkhead ahead of it covers only about 60% of the seat, leaving open floor on the aisle side that the rest of the row does not get.
• 5A, 5F, 7A and 7F are the best-aligned windows in the forward cabin.
• Row 8 is the last row the curtain reaches. Booked as Business it is the furthest from the galley; booked as SAS Go it is an ordinary row.

SAS Go, row by row

The seats worth going out of your way for

• 12A and 12F — exit-row legroom, full recline, a window. The best seats in SAS Go.
• 12C and 12D — the same row on the aisle, for anyone who wants to be first off.
• Row 9, any seat — about 30 inches of pitch with no restriction attached, and all six seats rate well. The cheapest good seat on the aircraft.
• 11C and 11D — exit-row space with the recline intact, unlike the windows and middles in the same row.
• 23A, 23F, 26A, 26F, 29A and 29F — the best-aligned windows in the rear cabin, and all far enough forward to be clear of the galley.
• 20A — a well-aligned window in the middle of an otherwise unremarkable stretch.

The seats to leave

• Row 31 — the last row, immediately against the rear lavatories and galley. 31A and 31F are narrower than a standard seat and have windows that sit forward of the seat. Almost the whole row rates at the bottom of the cabin. If the aircraft is full and this is what is left, 31E is the least bad of them.
• 10A, 10B, 10E, 10F — the trap described above.
• 30C, 30D, 30E, 30F — galley immediately behind. 30A is also slightly narrower than standard.
• 22A, 22F, 25A, 25F and 28F — window seats where the window sits behind you; you lean back to see out.
• 1D, 1E, 1F — forward galley, plus the narrower effective width from the armrest trays.

Quick-pick summary

Comparable guides

• SAS A350-900 — the long-haul counterpart, and SAS’s only other guide on the site
• British Airways A320neo — the same aircraft with the same moving Business curtain, and a different trap
• Air France A320 — another euro-business cabin where the curtain decides the cabin size
• easyJet A320neo — the low-cost version of the same airframe, without the curtain
• easyJet A321neo — what the stretched airframe does to the exit rows

Frequently asked questions

Does SAS Business on the A320neo have a different seat?

No. It is the same 3-3 economy seat with the middle position left unsold, which is the standard European short-haul arrangement. What you are buying is the empty seat next to you, the service, and a position at the front of the aircraft — not a wider or deeper chair. The curtain that separates the cabins is moved forward or aft according to how many Business fares sell, so the size of the cabin changes flight to flight.

Which SAS A320neo row has the most legroom?

Rows 11 and 12 — the two overwing exit rows — have the most, and row 12 is the better of the two because all six of its seats keep a full recline. Row 11 restricts A, B, E and F. Row 9 and row 10 both carry about 30 inches, a few centimetres more than the standard rows, but four of row 10's six seats cannot recline.

Is the Wi-Fi free on SAS?

The A320neo fleet carries Viasat Ka-band, with complimentary access for EuroBonus status holders. There are no seatback screens anywhere on this aircraft, so a device and something downloaded before you board is worth planning for.

Are all SAS A320neos the same inside?

Yes. There is a single 180-seat configuration across the type, which is unusual for a fleet of 58 aircraft and makes SAS one of the more predictable narrowbody operators to book. The variable is the Business curtain position, not the hardware.

Which seats should I avoid on the SAS A320neo?

Row 31 above all — it backs onto the rear lavatories and galley, and 31A and 31F are both narrower than a standard seat and have misaligned windows. After that, 10A, 10B, 10E and 10F, which give up their recline for very little extra space, and 30C to 30F for the galley noise.

How tight is 28 to 29 inches, really?

It is at the tight end of European short-haul and noticeably less than the 30 to 31 inches common on legacy narrowbodies. On a 90-minute Copenhagen–Oslo hop it is unremarkable; on a four-hour run to the Canaries it is the reason row 12 sells out. If you are over about six foot, the extra spend on row 12 does more for you here than the same money would on a roomier cabin.