Q:Possible to upgrade/get better seats on KL209/KL210 China Airlines Codeshare
Jan 16, 2017, 2:32 am
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Q:Possible to upgrade/get better seats on KL209/KL210 China Airlines Codeshare
I know that there are many ways to make a long haul economy flight more pleasant, if it is operated by KLM (exit row for 70 or 80 euros, bidding, buying upgrades at OLCI, with miles (even Skymiles) at bording...)
Now KL op flights TPE-AMS seem to be full or for some reason overprised on my travel date, so unless I go via HKG/PAR with AF, I need to fly China Airlines...
Is it possible to upgrade/get better seats on KL209/KL210 China Airlines Codeshare. All I found is the family couch, but for a single traveller that would be 1000 Euros each way, a bit too steep for my taste.
Now KL op flights TPE-AMS seem to be full or for some reason overprised on my travel date, so unless I go via HKG/PAR with AF, I need to fly China Airlines...
Is it possible to upgrade/get better seats on KL209/KL210 China Airlines Codeshare. All I found is the family couch, but for a single traveller that would be 1000 Euros each way, a bit too steep for my taste.
Jan 16, 2017, 7:49 am
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Are you sure KL209/210 are CI operated? If not, no family couch, but Economy Comfort.
For CI operated flights, you either look for slightly better Economy seats on Seat Guru, or you upgrade to Business (expensive, for a miles upgrade with FB you need full fare, makes only sense wben employer pays for high fare class).
Alternatively, maybe AF Premium Eco would be a solution for you?
For CI operated flights, you either look for slightly better Economy seats on Seat Guru, or you upgrade to Business (expensive, for a miles upgrade with FB you need full fare, makes only sense wben employer pays for high fare class).
Alternatively, maybe AF Premium Eco would be a solution for you?
Jan 16, 2017, 7:56 am
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Taipei (TPE) to Amsterdam (AMS) — Sat, Mar 18
KLM 210
Dep: 12:30 am
Arr: 7:15 am
13h 45m
Airbus A350
Economy (R)
[Meal]
OPERATED BY CHINA AIRLINES
KLM 210
Dep: 12:30 am
Arr: 7:15 am
13h 45m
Airbus A350
Economy (R)
[Meal]
OPERATED BY CHINA AIRLINES
Jan 17, 2017, 5:50 am
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Thank you all.
I do have elite+ with alitalia, but according to what I read here, it is hard to secure an exit row seat ahead of time - not before check in. And then I read that almost all Taiwanese folks are elite+ flyers, so I will end up squeezed up for 13 hours with my 6'5 in a normal 31'' seat while all the exit rows are occupied by people a foot shorter than me... Booking KLM metal would at least guarantee the exit row for 63 Euros per leg plus the chance to upgrade to C for a few hundreds of E's or skymiles. Company does not allow C-tickets.
If I buy an open jaw (back from HKG or PVG), CI would check my luggage thru all the way, if I show them the KLM ticket to Europe, so I would not have to recheck it, right?
I do have elite+ with alitalia, but according to what I read here, it is hard to secure an exit row seat ahead of time - not before check in. And then I read that almost all Taiwanese folks are elite+ flyers, so I will end up squeezed up for 13 hours with my 6'5 in a normal 31'' seat while all the exit rows are occupied by people a foot shorter than me... Booking KLM metal would at least guarantee the exit row for 63 Euros per leg plus the chance to upgrade to C for a few hundreds of E's or skymiles. Company does not allow C-tickets.
If I buy an open jaw (back from HKG or PVG), CI would check my luggage thru all the way, if I show them the KLM ticket to Europe, so I would not have to recheck it, right?