Originally Posted by
Xandrios
Having a lower weekly frequency doesn't nessesairely mean that a 0-day pass is not advantageous though. Even with a 3 weekly flight that 0-day Pass would allow to book any of those 3 flights up to the day of departure. The next step up, a 7-day pass, would still require at least a 7-day lead time - while the 0-day pass would allow to only depend on flight frequency (Which is ~2 days for a 3-weekly flight).
Originally Posted by
Xandrios
Even with a 0-day Pass it may be a valid usecase to book a flight earlier (e.g. a few weeks before departure), but decide last minute to extend your stay by 1-2 days. Which the Pass would allow,
Well, with the 7-day pass you can decide 5 days before departure, that you need +2 days there and actually make that re-booking, or to extend your stay by 3 days up to 4 days before departure an so on. You're really only affected if you decide really last minute to extend by a single day or so, or if you.... miss your flight (but you'll need to know at least 30+ minutes in advance that you're going to miss it, in order to make changes). It's all very subjective of course, I'm sure for some the 0-day pass would make perfect sense. However, as I said, if your experience shows, that AMS flights get completely booked the more the departure date is approaching, then you might end up not getting to benefit from the "0-days" at all, since the pass only guarantees "last seat availability" and I even think it was mentioned, that you can't "pull the gold card" and ask that you are granted a seat on a full flight, when booking with the pass (you could get yourself on that plane, but only by paying the full fare, while not using the pass).
Originally Posted by
Xandrios
... but not if you apply a voucher from the moment that you book the flight. I do wonder if flight changes would still be possible if you are merely waitlisted for an upgrade, though I expect that the same applies. The problem is likely that after requesting an upgrade the ticket can no longer be modified online - while these Pass tickets cannot be booked or modified by the CS. Has anyone tried this?
I don't think I've tried this, but if you're "only" wait-listed, what stops you from taking that voucher and using it elsewhere? There's no confirmed upgrade, so their "non-changable" rule shouldn't apply. I believe the text they read you out loud right before applying the upgrade voucher reads something like "After the upgrade gets confirmed, no further changes may be made to the booking".
Originally Posted by
Xandrios
Everybody who purchases an 8-flight bundle would likely be Gold as the miles from only that pass already allow to requalify. With Gold you already get 50% discount on upfront, so does that mean that the discount benefit that one gets on the 8-flight Pass is basically not applicable for Gold members? That'd be.. not very nice. I guess that you could say that the 8-flight Pass therefore in reality requires an 10-euro extra surcharge for that seat selection. While the 12-flight Pass doesn't have that surcharge.
I'd certainly bet this is what that is, unfortunately. It's been mentioned a couple of times, that such benefits from different sources don't stack up, it's just the higher discount that counts, not both (I'm talking about discounts that apply automatically, not via discount codes or vouchers, those should actually work together).
Originally Posted by
Xandrios
Good one. If one's 30-day pass expires August 1st, would it then be possible to book up until August 1st for flights on (exactly?) August 31? Or could you potentially book flights for much later as long as it's booked prior to the pass expiry?
If the 30-day pass expires on August 1st, you'll only be able to initially book as late as July 2nd the very last available flight for August 1st. However the thing is, since you've then basically purchased a fully flex fare, you can rebook to whenever you want, as far in the future as the currently available flight schedule goes, so not just August 31st, but probably even July 25th of the next year! This indirectly prolongues the validity of the passes, which is the only reason I'm now considering buying them for the entire family, however they could close this loop hole at any moment and leave us with basically worthless tickets. So I'll certainly hold off purchasing a pass, until it becomes the last resort for cheap tickets for us (we're always flying during some holiday, so tickets since 2022 have gone considerably up in price).