CO/KL code-share ends on 5.31?
May 17, 2003 | 4:37 pm
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CO/KL code-share ends on 5.31?
CO's PDF timetable is showing that it's code-share flight on KLM a/c will end on May 31.
Is CO discontinuing its code-share relationship with KLM?
Is CO discontinuing its code-share relationship with KLM?
May 17, 2003 | 5:30 pm
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i remember this was a short-term agreement when it was signed. maybe the delta agreement (and delta's air france relationship) will make klm/co (continental) kaput. i'm just guessing.
May 17, 2003 | 8:01 pm
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Hmmm...you would think that with two weeks left, something would have been announced by now!
May 17, 2003 | 9:04 pm
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I think what has happened in the past is that it gets renewed every 6 months.
May 18, 2003 | 1:53 pm
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I hope that this does get renewed and/or extended
May 18, 2003 | 2:27 pm
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Maybe KLM's new product that's launched in June in both "business" and coach is so p*sspoor that CO won't stand by it?
May 19, 2003 | 4:19 pm
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If true, then luckily I booked by Venice Flight in August on a NW flight number rather than a KLM Flight number.
But to answer your question, I called yesterday to try to book an awar ticket on KLM using my Onepass miles and they were doing it - so I doubt this is true.
But to answer your question, I called yesterday to try to book an awar ticket on KLM using my Onepass miles and they were doing it - so I doubt this is true.
May 27, 2003 | 11:59 am
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Looks like the termination of the CO/KLM code-share is in effect starting June 1.
The latest KLM PDF timetable is not shwoing the "KL" code on selected CO flights out of Newark.
The latest KLM PDF timetable is not shwoing the "KL" code on selected CO flights out of Newark.
May 27, 2003 | 12:18 pm
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Just a guess, but if NW gets authority to codeshare on all of KLM's flights, maybe CO isn't permitted to/doesn't care to have its code on 'em also?
May 27, 2003 | 8:27 pm
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If you can buy these as NW does this really make a difference?
May 28, 2003 | 11:51 am
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I am going to Rome in October and found an NW flight on KLM metal. Will I still be able to get CO miles?
May 28, 2003 | 11:54 am
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It is my understanding that the codeshare was likely discontinued due to KLM's service modifications on intra-European flights.
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Jun 2, 2003 | 9:46 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by xyzzy:
If you can buy these as NW does this really make a difference?</font>
If you can buy these as NW does this really make a difference?</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by airlinemileswhore:
I am going to Rome in October and found an NW flight on KLM metal. Will I still be able to get CO miles?</font>
I am going to Rome in October and found an NW flight on KLM metal. Will I still be able to get CO miles?</font>
So, if the CO/KL alliance ends, then perhaps NW-coded flights on KL metal after 5-31 won't earn CO miles.
Just my 2 cents. Your mileage may vary.
Jun 2, 2003 | 10:10 am
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Yes - but shouldn't this be announced, somewhere, somehow?
In any case, this codesharing/mileage accrual business really stinks.
If you book a flight on Airline X's site, but it's Airline Y metal, and Airline X and Z have a deep relationship the way that NW and CO have, you should be able to get the darn miles into your Airline Z account.
Same thing annoys me about the CO and Virgin partnership - WP members can't get credit for that.
In any case, this codesharing/mileage accrual business really stinks.
If you book a flight on Airline X's site, but it's Airline Y metal, and Airline X and Z have a deep relationship the way that NW and CO have, you should be able to get the darn miles into your Airline Z account.
Same thing annoys me about the CO and Virgin partnership - WP members can't get credit for that.
Jun 2, 2003 | 12:36 pm
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Still seeing AMS-MUC for instance at the end of June. . . .I guess some codeshares may have disappeared, but some others remain. . . .
I fully expect to get my miles for my NW code/KLM operated flight to VIE later this month. . . . .
I fully expect to get my miles for my NW code/KLM operated flight to VIE later this month. . . . .