Originally Posted by
Rock72
I booked a ticket on KLM from TXL-AMS-CDG a week from today.
I'm being called into a last minute meeting so I need to change the TXL-AMS portion of this ticket.
My original flight for this leg leaves at around noon but the flight afterwards leaves at around 2pm so I just need to take the next flight.
I tried changing online but it said that I need to contact them. I tried calling them but they said that this ticket is non-refundable and non-changeable so I can't change it (can't pay a change fee + fare difference, etc.).
I may end up just canceling the ticket and buying a new one but I'd prefer not to do that.
I know that with most airlines there's kind of an unwritten "flat tire" rule if you miss your flight but I'd rather not count on it as I have a dinner that I need to attend in AMS at 6pm that I can't miss and with this they may end up putting me on a later flight or no flight, etc.
Any thoughts from FT wisdom?
I would try and change the meeting🤔
While the ticket desk might agree to put you on the next flight if you missed the flight by a matter of *minutes* and you had, for example, checked in online and got caught up in a lengthy security queue, there is absolutely no guarantee they would do this... and then of course you might end up being on standby for the later flights, which would be stressful.
So my advice would be to look for another solution than "missing" the flight.