KL coded trains
 

KL have codeshares on two railroutes that I can see:
NS AMS to RTM (e.g. KL241)
Thalys AMS to ZYZ (Antwerp train station - e.g. KL2661)

If you book something like LCY-AMS-RTM will you earn FB miles on the AMS-RTM segment (500 for domestic + 1 segment)? If so are miles supposed to be credited automatically?

The Thalys should be the international 750 miles from what I understand. Anyone had any problems claiming these miles?

I got miles from ams to antwerp on the train but they weren't credited automatically. I had to send in a miles claim + tickets.

As for ams - rtm, I seriously doubt you'd get a mile for that. Anyway how can you book a journey with an ams-rtm rail segment?

THrough my corporate travel agent they offered me one of those tickets including train from AMS to RTM. However beware that KLM told me that it was a ticket applicable for a fixed train only, ie. if your flight is late you have to go through the hassle of getting the train ticket changed. They couldn't tell me whether I'd get miles so I opted for the low hassle option of the flight to AMS then buying my own train ticket.

Not a bad deal, just booked LCY-AMS-ZYZ and it was only £11 dearer than the LCY-AMS fare for the same times (and they didn't try to charge taxes for the train leg!) - dreaded 25% fare bucket though, but worked out cheaper than I could find with Eurostar (connecting via Brussels) so I thought I'd give it a go.

There's not much online about the Thalys and KLM, the Air France Thalys codeshare between CDG and Brussels is listed on the Air France web site and they offer an AF lounge at Brussels station and a first class compartment on the train regardless of fare paid. KLM is not mentioning anything like that so I assume no lounge in Antwerp and second class seating.

Anybody remember the days when any pax in possession of a KL ticket could travel for free by train from any station in the Netherlands to and from AMS on the days of departure and arrival?

Johan

KL2661 Brussels or Antwerp?
 

Trying to book SIN-AMS-BRU on KLM website. The cheapest alternative has the AMS-BRU segment listed as KL2661 train to "Brussels (Antwerp Berchem Station)".

Would this train actually take me to Brussels or does it end in Antwerp?

KL2661 seems to be an KLM codeshare on the 7:13AM Thalys train Amsterdam-Paris, but only on the Schiphol-Antwerp segment. After Antwerp the train continues to Brussels-South (ZYR) and to Paris.

KLM have airplanes to Brussels, they don't codeshare on trains for Brussels. If they really mark Antwerp-Berchem station as "Brussels", it's definitely bizarre, Antwerp is a completely, proudly separate city, 50km north of Brussels, with its own Antwerp International Airport ; the station is actually labeled as "Antwerpen-Berchem", in dutch.
If your ticket is marked as you wrote, it might be valid until Brussels proper, given that the train actually stops in Brussels. If not, a railway ticket from Antwerp-Berchem to Brussels (any station) would cost you 6.10€ (you'd need to change to a normal train, no problem, but you'd have to buy a ticket and need to take your luggage down a short flight of stairs, escalators are only for going up). It would be no more of a hassle than flying to Brussels Airport and taking the train from there. It also depends which part of Brussels you want to go to ; all regular trains stop at 2 other stations before Brussels South. You could even ask to include one-day use of public transportation in Brussels in your rail ticket (costs a bit extra, saves hassle).

Taking lessons from Ryanair maybe???

(Many of Ryanair's destinations are completely, proudly separate cities from the places Ryanair claims to fly to - such as the ancient Hanseatic City of Lübeck which they call "Hamburg")

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I am doing 2/3 times a month BCN / ZYR (railway station) or BRU ... with AF or AZ or KL. With AF you will arrive to ZYR. Just for info, a return ticket bought yesterday for monday departure and back on thursday cost taxes included 200 euros.
It counts as 4 status flights, 750 miles each plus bonus elite + since booking class is E(100% miles)
You can even have a fare for 175 euros if bought much ealier (I guess for 25% miles for class N)

With AZ and KL arrival at BRU. Note that with KL, the leg AMS / BRU is done by city hopper on small Fokker 70 or 100.

I have never tried ZYZ since antwerp is indeed far from Brussels (50 km).

If you don't have lots of luggage, ZYR with AF or BRU with KL on fokker 70 is fine. I would just add that AF doesn't propose any OLCI for ZYR because it seems this airport code (railway station code) is not recognized :td:

As Miles are concerned ... you get them credited within 2/3 working days.

Yes! I made use of that several times. But when they stopped I found flying the MST-AMS v.v. sector much more fun :) Of course, the 750 miles helped too!

A flew train "flights": (It seems to be a halve hour between flights.)

KL202 RTM-AMS
KL206 RTM-AMS
KL210 RTM-AMS
KL214 RTM-AMS
KL218 RTM-AMS
KL220 RTM-AMS

(Those trains leave .28/.58 train runs to Amsterdam Centraal and stops between Rotterdam Centraal and Schiphol at Den Haag HS and Leiden Centraal. They teak 50 min.)

KL205 AMS-RTM
KL209 AMS-RTM

(Those trains leave .15/.45 train runs to Vlissingen or Dordrecht and stops between Schiphol and Rotterdam Centraal at Leiden Centraal and Den Haag HS. They teak 50 min.)

Ryanair sometimes even list destinations that are in a different country to what's intended (e.g. Vienna (Bratislava)).

Anyway, listing Antwerp as Brussels only occurred after the switch to amadeus so I suspect it is a bug rather than an attempt to copy ryanair (also I suspect they'd rather sell you a flight to BRU than a rail ticket to ANR).

Brussels also is listed as Antwerp some times (try to book ANR-SYD).

Yeah, those were the good old days when KLM still had pride and remembered - knew even - what customer service was and the Dutch trains ran on time!! Wouldn't risk it now.

Any chance one would earn NW miles for booking (and traveling) on these KL '
flight' numbers (AMS-RTM trains?)