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Several everyday items in Norwegian supermarkets from sausages to milk have jumped in price this month. The Consumer Council has said that the rises are a sign of a lack of competition in the Norwegian grocery market.
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Airlines scolded over bonus programs
May 4, 2021
Norway’s Consumer Council
(Forbrukerrådet) has called on airlines SAS and Norwegian Air to extend the expiration dates on points earned by customers through their frequent flyer bonus programs. The pandemic made it difficult if not impossible to use points that are soon set to expire.
“Customers are in danger of losing a lot of value,” Inger Lise Blyverket, director of the consumer council, told news service
E24 in Oslo. “We’re still not free to travel now, so the airlines cannot nullify the value customers have earned but can’t use.” Blyverket noted that some customers were also persuaded to accept points instead of cash refunds for cancelled flights last year.