Originally Posted by
Cory6188
Also, I'm not sure how many AMS-OTP flights KL has per day, but if you book through DL, DL reservations will be happy to protect you on the next KL flight if it looks like you won't make your connection before you leave the US. It's happened to me a few times, and they've made the change on the KL connecting flight without skipping a beat.
KL will do this while you are in the air. In fact, we have had reports of people being rebooked onto a later flight, but turning up on time for their original flight but finding their seat has been given to someone else.
If, however, you are travelling on separate tickets, and you miss your KL flight from AMS, you will not be protected, regardless of what any DL agent may have said or done prior to your departure. If you travel on separate tickets, you should be maximising your connection time, not minimising it, as the risk is all yours.