UK 'taxes and other charges'...again, sorry
Mar 27, 2011, 11:22 am
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UK 'taxes and other charges'...again, sorry
To beat the high charges involved from the UK with Premium travel longhaul, my wife and I are off to S America from AMS with KL. I'm going to book seperately, two KL 'down the back' seats to connect from LHR. Will KL at check in be able to combine both so that our bags are checked all the way through ?
The longhaul flight is two Award seats in WBC and from LHR to AMS I'm paying cash for the two cheap seats form LHR to AMS. Ideally it would be good to combine both on one ticket in the event that iif our outbound flight is delayed/cancelled, whatever, then at least KL would not leave us stranded, but I imagine that this is not possible.
(Trust this makes sense.)
The longhaul flight is two Award seats in WBC and from LHR to AMS I'm paying cash for the two cheap seats form LHR to AMS. Ideally it would be good to combine both on one ticket in the event that iif our outbound flight is delayed/cancelled, whatever, then at least KL would not leave us stranded, but I imagine that this is not possible.
(Trust this makes sense.)
Mar 27, 2011, 11:25 am
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To beat the high charges involved from the UK with Premium travel longhaul, my wife and I are off to S America from AMS with KL. I'm going to book seperately, two KL 'down the back' seats to connect from LHR. Will KL at check in be able to combine both so that our bags are checked all the way through ?
The longhaul flight is two Award seats in WBC and from LHR to AMS I'm paying cash for the two cheap seats form LHR to AMS. Ideally it would be good to combine both on one ticket in the event that iif our outbound flight is delayed/cancelled, whatever, then at least KL would not leave us stranded, but I imagine that this is not possible.
(Trust this makes sense.)
The longhaul flight is two Award seats in WBC and from LHR to AMS I'm paying cash for the two cheap seats form LHR to AMS. Ideally it would be good to combine both on one ticket in the event that iif our outbound flight is delayed/cancelled, whatever, then at least KL would not leave us stranded, but I imagine that this is not possible.
(Trust this makes sense.)
Regarding your two tickets if something goes wrong, they might be lenient as your travelling on the same airline but do not expect anything.
Mar 27, 2011, 1:38 pm
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As mentioned by Gajan, checking the bags through will be absolutely no problem.
Mar 27, 2011, 2:47 pm
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Thanks.
Thanks for that....do I assume that if I applied for 2 reward tickets to AMS instead of purchasing, that this would make no difference either ? (To 'protection'.)
Mar 27, 2011, 3:29 pm
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No difference whatsoever. The difference is between one ticket and two tickets, regardless of how it/they are paid (miles or cash).
Mar 27, 2011, 11:23 pm
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And as for luggage, remember that you'll be accorded allowance based on your outbound ie LHR-AMS flight ie 1 piece per person @ 23kg (+1 more if you're Elite and above) and not your higher allowable allowance for the WBC flight which is 3 pieces per person @ 23kg each (+1 more if you're Elite and above).. For the return, as you'll be checking in WBC, you'll be checked through so no problem there.
Mar 28, 2011, 1:56 am
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I did a similar thing in Feb. on LH to South Africa.
Used LH for the connection to FRA from EDI and had about a 6 hour connection time.
For KLM most of the times I look at doing this the flight leaving AMS tends to be in the morning, if that is the case I consider the first flight out of EDI to "connect" but then realise I don't have enough time if the flight is delayed.
I then look at the option of flying in the night before & staying in a hotel which sometimes works out about the same cost as the fkight would have been with the UK APD.
Used LH for the connection to FRA from EDI and had about a 6 hour connection time.
For KLM most of the times I look at doing this the flight leaving AMS tends to be in the morning, if that is the case I consider the first flight out of EDI to "connect" but then realise I don't have enough time if the flight is delayed.
I then look at the option of flying in the night before & staying in a hotel which sometimes works out about the same cost as the fkight would have been with the UK APD.
Mar 28, 2011, 7:07 am
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I'm looking at this for a future trip. It would have to be booked by phone (that Paris number) as online doesn't work.
Mike's suggestion of using awards for both UK-AMS and AMS-South America means using up more miles (20,000 more p.p.?) as well as paying UK APD, albeit reduced based on UK-AMS rather than the whole trip.
Mar 28, 2011, 8:45 am
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Why doesn't it work online? Can't this be done using the Multiple Destinations feature on the KLM website, or similarly on a third party travel website (Expedia, etc)?
Mar 30, 2011, 3:53 am
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... or similarly on a third party travel website (Expedia, etc)?
