Originally Posted by
Zembla
I've heared of KLM bumping people who booked nested flights because KLM thought they were 'frauding' with flight fares. Its even been in the papers a couple of years ago. However, it seems they somehow made this topic cool down again.
A story:
Over 4-6 months in early 2000 I commuted weekly between OSL and AMS together with about 6-8 colleagues. Down on Monday morning, back on Friday afternoon.
The entire time while this project lasted, our corporate travel agent routinely booked us with nested tickets for these trips.
- Ticket A: OSL-AMS on Monday, AMS-OSL Friday the following week.
- Ticket B: AMS-OSL on Friday, OSL-AMS on Monday three days later.
Obviously with the aim to save cost by booking every tickets with a Saturday night stay.
I don't know what provisions an airline has under the law to strike down on such ticketing, but it's obviously something they do not like. I believe they will, and are probably within their rights to, go after the passengers FF account up to and including removing the account and any miles.
AFAIK nobody in my group ever receveid any notes or comments from KL, neither when travelling nor when crediting miles to their FF programs.
Maybe the policies, written and unwritten, were different in 2000 than they are today?