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Old Aug 1, 2018, 7:40 am
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I actually travel really often, just never on KLM (rarely in Amsterdam), so I have no status with KLM. Do you think I have a chance of it being even lower at the airport kiosk tomorrow? I’d jump on it at 300 - 400 Euros but 549 is still a bit much for an 8 hour daytime flight
see. So it’s a welcoming offer.
I don’t think it’ll be cheaper than this on a high density flight like AMS-JFK
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Old Aug 1, 2018, 8:57 am
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On KL641 I've had offers from €250 up to €460. No status. You just have to be lucky.
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Old Aug 1, 2018, 9:11 am
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On KL641 I've had offers from €250 up to €460. No status. You just have to be lucky.
That is a one time offer and offered before 1 June right?
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Old Aug 1, 2018, 9:57 am
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Originally Posted by pennystinkard


I actually travel really often, just never on KLM (rarely in Amsterdam), so I have no status with KLM. Do you think I have a chance of it being even lower at the airport kiosk tomorrow? I’d jump on it at 300 - 400 Euros but 549 is still a bit much for an 8 hour daytime flight
you certainly won’t have a better offer than this one (549).
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Old Aug 1, 2018, 11:05 am
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Originally Posted by Didymis
On KL641 I've had offers from €250 up to €460. No status. You just have to be lucky.
How long ago was this though?
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Old Aug 1, 2018, 12:38 pm
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Originally Posted by BobTL
That is a one time offer and offered before 1 June right?
Originally Posted by pennystinkard
How long ago was this though?
The €260 one was a lucky shot about two years ago, most recent offer was €458 last February.
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Old Aug 2, 2018, 11:01 am
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Just a quick update on this - I moved my flight to a day later due to weather, and upon checking in for this new, later flight, I got an even lower offer than I did the previous day: 499 EUR for a biz upgrade!
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Old Aug 2, 2018, 11:09 am
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Originally Posted by pennystinkard
Just a quick update on this - I moved my flight to a day later due to weather, and upon checking in for this new, later flight, I got an even lower offer than I did the previous day: 499 EUR for a biz upgrade!
that’s a fantastic deal...go for it
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Old Apr 8, 2019, 6:26 pm
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anybody have recent data on how much to updgrad on a SLC-AMS segment on KLM?
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Old Jun 15, 2021, 10:44 am
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Any recent data points on check in upgrade offers on JFK-AMS/AMS-JFK given the current travel environment? I have a Monday trip booked in late July in coach, which is fine, but if there is a decent price offered I'd probably grab it.

Since I booked it fully on delta.com (with DL flight numbers), but it's all KLM metal - does it matter if I check in on DL? Or should I only check in on KL to see potential upgrade offer?
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Old Jun 17, 2021, 8:36 pm
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Any recent data points on check in upgrade offers on JFK-AMS/AMS-JFK given the current travel environment? I have a Monday trip booked in late July in coach, which is fine, but if there is a decent price offered I'd probably grab it.

Since I booked it fully on delta.com (with DL flight numbers), but it's all KLM metal - does it matter if I check in on DL? Or should I only check in on KL to see potential upgrade offer?
I flew AMS-JFK in early May on the DL codeshare flight number but KL metal, on a one-way L fare (DL inventory) and the upgrade supplement was about EUR533 or USD 635 at online check-in time on the KL app. If you try to check in on DL, they will direct you to the KL app/website anyway. Don't know if the J load affects pricing but before I purchased the upgrade, there was nobody booked in Business; I ended up being the only J pax on that flight...
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Old Jun 18, 2021, 12:46 am
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Flights are startign to get pretty full so I expect around $650 - which is what I have seen over the past 4 months.
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