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Rookie mistake… help!

Rookie mistake… help!

  1. chancepress Member

    I made a rookie mistake and am wondering what you (whoever you may be) would do in my shoes. My plan was:
    LAX – AMS on KLM via Flying Blue, 8/28/2016 (62,500 miles)
    CPH – ORD on SAS via Aeroplan, 9/14/2016 (45,000 miles)

    I found availability for both, and bought the return leg first. Then when I went to buy the outbound, I realized that there was actually no saver availability on KLM despite it showing up on Flying Blue’s calendar. So now I have to figure out a way to get to Amsterdam. Plus, I really had my heart set on KLM for this trip.

    So, would you…
    a) go ahead and book the “plan B” award I found on Delta for 80,000 skymiles (but no fuel surcharge) so that I have a complete itinerary…
    -or-
    b) wait and see if availability opens up on KLM closer to the date I want to travel. And if you choose B, do you happen to know if KLM does tend to release more award seats closer to the actual date of the flight?

  2. Gaurav Community Ambassador

    [USER=7]@Tiffany[/USER] can probably speak better to award trends but I’m guessing summer is not a great time to find award seats. I would lock down the DL flight.and try KLM some other time.

  3. Anonymous Guest

    It’s not a rookie mistake; Delta doesn’t have access to all the same space as FlyingBlue does natively.

    If you want to spend fewer miles, look at connecting. Virgin Atlantic has a great product, so LAX-LHR-AMS would be a strong option, and would only be 62,500 miles. VS is also likely to release space closer to departure, but KL probably won’t.

    Alitalia and Aeroflot also have lie-flat seats out of LAX, and would be good choices as well.

  4. Anonymous Guest

    Oh — If you’re using FlyingBlue miles look at Aeromexico as well. You might have to organize the leg to AMS separately, but LAX-MEX-LHR/CDG would be on lie-flat seats, with very low surcharges.

  5. chancepress Member

    Thanks all… I went ahead and booked the Delta flight for 80,000 skymiles. Not a great redemption, but KLM would have been 62,500 + $250, so at least I can save some cash.

    The phantom award space showing on FlyingBlue is what threw me, although I should have known that FB would be a headache. The flights I booked are on DL metal, but at least it’s an A330 with reverse herringbone and not the 767 product that Lucky hated.

    Edited to add: One cool thing about this trip is that I’ll be flying two products that (to my knowledge) OMAAT has never reviewed: SAS new business class and Atlantic Airways.

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