Originally Posted by
Solevita
KLM J fares within Europe always seem to start at around €/£ 600. I get the feeling they want to keep the J seats free for longhaul connecting pax, as you say there's not a lot you get extra vs Economy. AF Europe J fares are more reasonable starting maybe €/£ 350 and you can include a KL flight in those.
I've just been having a nosey around AF and they are indeed half the price and in some instances, I've spotted a KLM fare at £300 too but that didn't show up when looking through the KLM site.
Originally Posted by
fifty_two
welcome to free market , everyone is able to set their prices in their systems
Considering the changes due to covid19, flying J on medium/short-haul flights is not even worth the amount of money required
I'm tending to agree that it may not be worth the money, work is paying for most of these flights, the ones I'm paying for will be economy or I'll switch airline entirely.
Originally Posted by
brunos
Airlines are still in Chaos.
Many have started to offer promotional fares to get some cash. Some like KL have not yet done so.
But which flights will operate by year-end is still unclear.
Buying J from LCY on E90 makes little sense given current service unless they block the adjacent seat.
I'm hoping there will be some promotional deals as at the moment it's a little bit too rich for my liking!
As for J from LCY, I'm lucky enough to not being paying for a significant number of these flights so I don't really mind, by and large, it's the ones I'm paying for myself both to AMS and other destinations within Europe that I'm having a hard time digesting
Originally Posted by
UKtravelbear
I posted last year (or the year before) about this very thing and KL fares in J were 2-3 times those of BAs
I'm not sure wanting to keep J seats free for connecting passengers is any sort of reason not to sell for prices closer to BAs especially since the seats are the same pitch and width etc
Don't KL just adust the size of the cabin anyway by just moving the curtain?
KLM have always been on the pricier side, I'm just astounded at how different it is this time post-COVID as well.
I would tend to agree with Solevita that they're keeping them free for long haul as I did a couple of long haul price checks for next year and pricing went down dramatically, I can understand the reasoning behind having a slightly inflated price on European flights but at nearly £600 more than the most expensive BA J flight cost, pull the other one!