skip final destination of connecting flight and fly elsewhere
Aug 14, 2017, 10:32 am
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skip final destination of connecting flight and fly elsewhere
I have a flight scheduled ATL-AMS-PRG. I would like to go to MAD instead of PRG. It is cheaper to buy a new AMS-MAD ticket than to pay a change fee for my original itinerary. Assuming I will not be checking bags, can I skip the AMS-PRG leg, and fly AMS-MAD instead? Or will KLM invalidate one of them?
Aug 14, 2017, 10:44 am
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Maybe.
You are the mercy of software designed to catch such ticketing fraud and cancel "impossible" tickets.
Whether the software works in your circumstance and whether KL cancels one or both is not something to be predicted with any certainty.
Best to simply book a separate ticket on IB.
You are the mercy of software designed to catch such ticketing fraud and cancel "impossible" tickets.
Whether the software works in your circumstance and whether KL cancels one or both is not something to be predicted with any certainty.
Best to simply book a separate ticket on IB.
Aug 14, 2017, 11:17 am
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Its up to you and how lucky you are
If your ATL-AMS-PRG is one way or the outbound part of your trip , you can do it . But you will need to checkin for your AMS-MAD online and hope no delays will occur
Then what will happen with KL i dont know , it depends of their policies.
If your ATL-AMS-PRG is one way or the outbound part of your trip , you can do it . But you will need to checkin for your AMS-MAD online and hope no delays will occur
Then what will happen with KL i dont know , it depends of their policies.
Aug 14, 2017, 1:39 pm
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Why not just fly to PRG, and book an IB/OK flight from there to MAD?
Otherwise I would check if you can change your current flight so that it includes a length stop-over in AMS, this will allow you to both check in luggage if you wish, and also be able to fly AMS-MAD without any issues.
Otherwise I would check if you can change your current flight so that it includes a length stop-over in AMS, this will allow you to both check in luggage if you wish, and also be able to fly AMS-MAD without any issues.
Aug 15, 2017, 1:21 am
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Aug 15, 2017, 1:31 am
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It is very bad advice to insert the name or birthdate incorrectly.
Secondly, buying a second ticket on a different airline could *never* allow an automated system to "find" said "duplicate".
Last edited by irishguy28; Aug 15, 2017 at 1:43 am
Aug 15, 2017, 1:48 am
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This is not 'ticketing fraud' and you're more than fine doing this. You can be delayed, however, and when you miss your AMS-MAD you're on your own in finding your way to your final destination.
Aug 16, 2017, 7:05 am
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Needless to say, if any airline cancelled a valid ticket just because it overlaps with another ticket the same passenger has bought, they'd be be owing transportation and EU261 compensation.
