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Old Sep 14, 2017, 5:56 am
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KL887 AMS-HKG today. Was offered an upgrade at check-in ZRH of CHF 802.00, declined. Booking in V-class.
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Old Sep 14, 2017, 7:48 am
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AMS-CPH €79.--. 10/16 available. Flight went out with 9 pax in EB. Y not overbooked, even had empty seats. They probably didn't know what to expect, what with yesterday's windy weather.

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Old Sep 14, 2017, 8:00 am
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AMS-LHR 129€, 8/16 available at T-24, all gone by T-12 or so
LHR-AMS (KLC) 69€, 7/8 available at T-30, both Y and J were full (some were opups at the gate)
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Old Sep 18, 2017, 6:18 am
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AMS-OTP, 149 €. About 50% load in both J/Y.
OTP-AMS, 99€. One seat in J and one seat in Y free.
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Old Sep 18, 2017, 10:00 am
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On 12/9 I was offered AMS-STR for €44 , I went for it
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Old Sep 18, 2017, 11:44 am
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Originally Posted by ninjalad
On 12/9 I was offered AMS-STR for €44 , I went for it
That's KLC, right?

What did you get for your €44? Do they offer the same meal options as mainline?

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Old Sep 18, 2017, 5:54 pm
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It was a 9pm flight so meal was a smoked salmon salad, small starter and desert. Thankfully got an empty seat next to me on the E190 and an extra 1000 miles. They mostly want between €79 and €129 for this which I would never pay.
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Old Sep 20, 2017, 5:16 am
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Originally Posted by ninjalad
It was a 9pm flight so meal was a smoked salmon salad, small starter and desert. Thankfully got an empty seat next to me on the E190 and an extra 1000 miles. They mostly want between €79 and €129 for this which I would never pay.
An extra 1,000 miles? I thought that paid upgrades did not earn extra miles (at least, whenever I've bought them, I've received only the miles for the original booking class).

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Old Sep 20, 2017, 7:14 am
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Originally Posted by Ditto
AMS-PRG, 119€, someone really ought to tell KL that there is no middle seat
if you scroll far enough back, there was a time when they advertised all shorthaul upgrades as being to World Business Class - including fully reclinging seats, in-flight entertainment, etc etc etc
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Old Sep 21, 2017, 9:46 am
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Today offered GLA-AMS (B-739) for GBŁ62 (declined) and ... wait for it ... AMS-LUX (F-70) for GBŁ88!

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Old Sep 21, 2017, 11:44 am
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Yes I as pleasantly surprised by the extra miles , I also understood that they didn't give them for OLCI upgrades.
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Old Sep 21, 2017, 12:20 pm
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Originally Posted by ninjalad
Yes I as pleasantly surprised by the extra miles , I also understood that they didn't give them for OLCI upgrades.
As per policy they do not, but DoD / OLCI upgrades often glitch out and give you extra miles anyway. A rare time where the weirdness of the KL/AF computer systems works in our favor for once.
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Old Sep 22, 2017, 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by caliform
As per policy they do not, but DoD / OLCI upgrades often glitch out and give you extra miles anyway. A rare time where the weirdness of the KL/AF computer systems works in our favor for once.
This is very funny indeed, I upgraded my AF flight from Premium Economy to Business for 16 000 miles. I was pleasantly suprised to see that I received the miles for business class and thus earned back the miles for the upgrade

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Old Sep 22, 2017, 11:33 am
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Originally Posted by irishguy28
if you scroll far enough back, there was a time when they advertised all shorthaul upgrades as being to World Business Class - including fully reclinging seats, in-flight entertainment, etc etc etc
Yes and quoted €649 for that on AMS-PRG in E190 (I remember posting that sometime around early January 2016) ...
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Old Sep 22, 2017, 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Xizm
This is very funny indeed, I upgraded my AF flight from Premium Economy to Business for 16 000 miles. I was pleasantly suprised to see that I received the miles for business class and thus earned back the miles for the upgrade

Ah, this almost makes upgrading a sustainable thing
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