Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K (MM), DL, AA, AS, HHonors, SPG, Kimpton, Hyatt, IC PC, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), Hertz PC
Posts: 7,231
I think your choice here comes down to:
1) Fly to BRU with your luggage and pay for a 1-way train ticket home.
2) Get off at AMS while your luggage continues on to BRU, and pay for a round trip train ticket to go get it.
You can ask at YVR whether it's possible to collect your bag at Schiphol and then "re-check" it (with no intention of doing so). Not sure whether that's possible.
And KL likely would not ship your bag to NL for you, since they delivered it exactly to where you wanted it to go (BRU) on time.