Flying Blue FAQ
Nov 12, 2014, 6:36 am
#586
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Nov 12, 2014, 6:38 am
#587
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Nov 12, 2014, 6:44 am
#588
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For whatever reason, Africa 2 to the Indian Ocean zone is cheaper than Africa 1 to the Indian Ocean zone. It doesn't make sense for those city pairs, but it might for other pairs among the three zones. M&M, for instance, has dealt with this by charging a "three-region award" at a significantly higher price for trips that connect through a third zone, which ensures that this sort of price discrepancy won't happen.
Nov 12, 2014, 6:46 am
#589
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Nov 12, 2014, 3:04 pm
#590
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Nov 14, 2014, 8:36 am
#591
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Account balance is now OK (since this morning). thanks for your info, now I know how it works (for the future)
Nov 15, 2014, 1:16 am
#592
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Indeed and I never understood why there is such a delay between miles posting and balance update. Usually it is max 24hrs, but this week, I had almost 3 days of delay.
Nov 15, 2014, 3:56 am
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Nov 17, 2014, 3:59 pm
#594
Join Date: Nov 2014
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KLM Qualifying class
Hi there, since I'm missing a few segments to keep my status and have a planned trip to Geneva, I'm doing some research to find the cheapest qualifying fare :
I found an AF round-trip (CDG-GVA) sold by KLM under the naming "Economy Restricted" that could apparently work, based on the displayed classes V & R.
From the fact their website tells me I'd earn miles, I'd assume so but I'm still doubtful because the same trip is sold by Air France under the "Mini" fare, meaning no Miles/QF...
Any idea if I should go for it or simply sit on the (small) savings and go for a "Classic" fare directly from Air France, just to be sure ?
I found an AF round-trip (CDG-GVA) sold by KLM under the naming "Economy Restricted" that could apparently work, based on the displayed classes V & R.
From the fact their website tells me I'd earn miles, I'd assume so but I'm still doubtful because the same trip is sold by Air France under the "Mini" fare, meaning no Miles/QF...
Any idea if I should go for it or simply sit on the (small) savings and go for a "Classic" fare directly from Air France, just to be sure ?
Last edited by WrokTravel; Nov 17, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Nov 18, 2014, 12:15 am
#595
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Hi there, since I'm missing a few segments to keep my status and have a planned trip to Geneva, I'm doing some research to find the cheapest qualifying fare :
I found an AF round-trip (CDG-GVA) sold by KLM under the naming "Economy Restricted" that could apparently work, based on the displayed classes V & R.
From the fact their website tells me I'd earn miles, I'd assume so but I'm still doubtful because the same trip is sold by Air France under the "Mini" fare, meaning no Miles/QF...
Any idea if I should go for it or simply sit on the (small) savings and go for a "Classic" fare directly from Air France, just to be sure ?
I found an AF round-trip (CDG-GVA) sold by KLM under the naming "Economy Restricted" that could apparently work, based on the displayed classes V & R.
From the fact their website tells me I'd earn miles, I'd assume so but I'm still doubtful because the same trip is sold by Air France under the "Mini" fare, meaning no Miles/QF...
Any idea if I should go for it or simply sit on the (small) savings and go for a "Classic" fare directly from Air France, just to be sure ?
Nov 18, 2014, 1:28 am
#596
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I just booked the same exact fare (V & R) and I also saw that the price more or less equaled the AF Mini fare. So I booked on KLM.com and did earn miles. It will tell you on the KLM website exactly how many miles you will earn. I think I earned 188 miles per leg so it's really not worth stressing over in any case.
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Nov 18, 2014, 2:07 am
#597
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Hi there, since I'm missing a few segments to keep my status and have a planned trip to Geneva, I'm doing some research to find the cheapest qualifying fare :
I found an AF round-trip (CDG-GVA) sold by KLM under the naming "Economy Restricted" that could apparently work, based on the displayed classes V & R.
From the fact their website tells me I'd earn miles, I'd assume so but I'm still doubtful because the same trip is sold by Air France under the "Mini" fare, meaning no Miles/QF...
Any idea if I should go for it or simply sit on the (small) savings and go for a "Classic" fare directly from Air France, just to be sure ?
I found an AF round-trip (CDG-GVA) sold by KLM under the naming "Economy Restricted" that could apparently work, based on the displayed classes V & R.
From the fact their website tells me I'd earn miles, I'd assume so but I'm still doubtful because the same trip is sold by Air France under the "Mini" fare, meaning no Miles/QF...
Any idea if I should go for it or simply sit on the (small) savings and go for a "Classic" fare directly from Air France, just to be sure ?
-- Henry
Nov 18, 2014, 3:00 am
#598
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Nov 18, 2014, 4:18 am
#599
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You should take note of the experience discussed in this thread regarding KLM now selling "MiNi" fares.
-- Henry
-- Henry
I just booked the same exact fare (V & R) and I also saw that the price more or less equaled the AF Mini fare. So I booked on KLM.com and did earn miles. It will tell you on the KLM website exactly how many miles you will earn. I think I earned 188 miles per leg so it's really not worth stressing over in any case.
Were the ticket conditions also labeled as "Economy Restricted" (no modification/refund) ?
Did you have to request/fight in any way to get qualifying seg/miles ?
In any case, maybe would be useful to report the information in the above mentioned thread, including the exact fare and not only the class ("Classic" priced ticket for the same trip are also under V/R classes) ?
Dec 22, 2014, 7:14 pm
#600
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If I use miles for a Classic Award today US>CDG....and then in a few months, the same city pair goes on Promo Award....am I allowed the get my 25K miles back (each way) and only pay 12.5K miles each way?