New policy for paid and miles upgrades (AF/KL) - sept 2017
Jun 12, 2018, 4:45 am
#422
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: In between PTY, MEX and CPH
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, SAS Eurobonus Silver, Connect Miles Gold, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hyatt Disc.
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Was offered 299 euros for a CPH-CDG upon check-in. Y full except a few seats, 3 seats empty in J. Noone bought into that offer, thank God...
Jun 12, 2018, 6:10 am
#424
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Jun 15, 2018, 9:15 am
#425
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
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A few questions from a novice here
1) Is there a chart of how many Flying Blue miles it takes to upgrade a paid economy seat to business class sorted by fare class?
2) How do I know what fare class I am buying when I am on the Air France (or KLM) web site?
I am attempting to price out how many miles it would take to upgrade specific coach itineraries from JFK to AMS/CDG. I have miles in an AMEX MR account waiting to be transferred over today (before the bonus expires).
1) Is there a chart of how many Flying Blue miles it takes to upgrade a paid economy seat to business class sorted by fare class?
2) How do I know what fare class I am buying when I am on the Air France (or KLM) web site?
I am attempting to price out how many miles it would take to upgrade specific coach itineraries from JFK to AMS/CDG. I have miles in an AMEX MR account waiting to be transferred over today (before the bonus expires).
Jun 15, 2018, 2:31 pm
#426
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: AMS
Programs: Hilton Diamond, FB Plat
Posts: 312
A few questions from a novice here
1) Is there a chart of how many Flying Blue miles it takes to upgrade a paid economy seat to business class sorted by fare class?
2) How do I know what fare class I am buying when I am on the Air France (or KLM) web site?
I am attempting to price out how many miles it would take to upgrade specific coach itineraries from JFK to AMS/CDG. I have miles in an AMEX MR account waiting to be transferred over today (before the bonus expires).
1) Is there a chart of how many Flying Blue miles it takes to upgrade a paid economy seat to business class sorted by fare class?
2) How do I know what fare class I am buying when I am on the Air France (or KLM) web site?
I am attempting to price out how many miles it would take to upgrade specific coach itineraries from JFK to AMS/CDG. I have miles in an AMEX MR account waiting to be transferred over today (before the bonus expires).
2. On KLM you should be able to click 'Show all ticket conditions' after selecting your flights, but this doesn't always seem to show on the site with economy tickets. Otherwise it will be mailed to you as a PDF once it's ticketed/bought.
Jun 19, 2018, 3:54 pm
#427
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CDG-GVA or return : 289 EUR or 59,000 miles 
Note : this is from a Light (MiNi) ticket, but still...
Note : this is from a Light (MiNi) ticket, but still...
Jun 22, 2018, 11:30 am
#429
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 756
CDG-BLL free op-up
Got 139 euro or 34.500 miles offered at OLCI and politely declined the offer of course.
Very high amount especially because booking class was not low and the J product on an E170 is very underwhelming if you paid for it.
A free upgrade is always welcome of course and I have to say that I frequently get upgraded on this route. I’d say 50/50%.
Got 139 euro or 34.500 miles offered at OLCI and politely declined the offer of course.
Very high amount especially because booking class was not low and the J product on an E170 is very underwhelming if you paid for it.
A free upgrade is always welcome of course and I have to say that I frequently get upgraded on this route. I’d say 50/50%.
Jun 23, 2018, 1:13 pm
#431
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Was that from a MiNi (light) ticket ? I am asking because I was proposed 289€ from GVA on such a ticket and I have just been proposed 249€ for LHR-CDG also on a MiNi ticket. While on “more expensive” tickets (I mean non-MiNi), the paid upgrades options for medium-haul are usually cheaper. And this would be logical in the context of dynamic pricing.
Jun 24, 2018, 1:17 am
#432
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Paris
Programs: FB Platinum, All Accor Platinum
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Was that from a MiNi (light) ticket ? I am asking because I was proposed 289€ from GVA on such a ticket and I have just been proposed 249€ for LHR-CDG also on a MiNi ticket. While on “more expensive” tickets (I mean non-MiNi), the paid upgrades options for medium-haul are usually cheaper. And this would be logical in the context of dynamic pricing.
Jun 24, 2018, 3:07 am
#433
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Jun 25, 2018, 7:59 am
#434
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: In between PTY, MEX and CPH
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, SAS Eurobonus Silver, Connect Miles Gold, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hyatt Disc.
Posts: 585
Was that from a MiNi (light) ticket ? I am asking because I was proposed 289€ from GVA on such a ticket and I have just been proposed 249€ for LHR-CDG also on a MiNi ticket. While on “more expensive” tickets (I mean non-MiNi), the paid upgrades options for medium-haul are usually cheaper. And this would be logical in the context of dynamic pricing.
Jun 25, 2018, 1:09 pm
#435
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