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May 17, 2017 | 9:31 am

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berliner5000

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Originally Posted by hsvflyer

Trying to do my due diligence just in case.....

Flying next week through AMS on DL 70 arriving at 0550. Connecting KLM to PRG at 0650. Tight to start with, but doable. Traveling on award tickets.

The last 10 days or so, looks like DL 70 is arriving late, 7 times, anywhere from 10-20 minutues up to an hour.

Looking at possibilities in case of a misconnect, OK has a flight at 0925, and the next KLM flight isn't until 1210.

I guess my question, is with an award ticket, if we misconnect, will KLM put us on OK(skyteam member), or wait until the 1210 KLM flight?

Thanks

I flew this at the end of April... you should make it. AMS passport control opened up a lane to allow people with tight connections to get through. I think it took us about 30 minutes in total: plane to boarding gate. But yes, KLM will rebook you on the next available flight if you miss your connection. That being said, if you are late, they may hold the plane because there were a bunch (at least 15) of people doing that same ATL-AMS-PRG routing -- re-accommodating 1 or 2 people is fine but 10/15 is not as easy.

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