Flying Blue 50% promo award tickets new destinations out now
The latest round of discounted destinations for Flying Blue’s promo awards is out now, and the list is pretty long. Most of the advertised tickets are in economy class however.
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8000 free Membership Rewards points for Netherlands residents — American Express Gold
So having lived off a debit card in the Netherlands (shock horror!!) I’ve finally managed to get an American Express Gold charge card. You get 8000 Membership Rewards points upon sign-up without spending a single penny. (Yes this is far less than other countries, but at least it’s completely free)
Quicktip: Avoiding KLM booking fees on all flights…but with a big caveat
Two months ago I posted a quicktip on how to avoid KLM’s booking fees on transatlantic flights by booking on Delta. Thanks to reader Ralph who commented in the post to provide the missing information I needed — how to extend this to all flights.
Flying Blue’s “Catch him and fly” giveaway
You might have received an email from Flying Blue about their most recent prize draw “Catch him and fly”. If not, here’s the link to the competition.
Quicktip: Avoid KLM booking fees on transatlantic flights by using Delta.
I’m sure this won’t be news for most of you, but I discovered this trick by accident. I’d noticed that KLM (KL) imposes a €10 “booking fee” on all online transactions. You can avoid this simply by performing your online booking on Delta (DL) instead as they have codeshare ventures between them.
Introducing Lufthansa’s Oil and Energy Club and Flying Blue’s Petroleum Club
I briefly mentioned the existence of the Flying Blue Petrolum club in passing in this post, but reader Damon’s comment in that post inspired me to do this write this new one.
Has anyone else had problems with Flying Blue’s mileage crediting?
A reader emailed me for help yesterday saying that Flying Blue were incorrectly crediting mileage or none at all on a few flights, but perhaps more annoyingly weren’t responsive or forthcoming when trying she tried to ask them to amend it. The issues were:
Don’t forget KLM’s new baggage fees, and how to avoid them.
This is a last chance notice for those who are going to fly KLM on intra-Europe journeys. After this weekend, starting Monday 22nd April 2013, [Edit: Reader Mike has identified that it now been postponed until 14th May 2013.] KLM will introduce a new checked baggage fee.
Quick tip: Avoiding KLM’s upcoming checked baggage fees
KLM will be introducing checked-in baggage fees starting 14th May 2013. I mentioned in my post that there’s a possibility that even the lowest level Flying Blue members might be able to avoid the charge. Well, one of my friends emailed me to have a rant about the change, but inadvertently provided the conclusive proof…
Flying Blue Status Match completed
I mentioned in a post a couple of weeks back that Flying Blue were honouring their misguided status match.
KLM to start charging for check-in luggage
Ghetto IFE points out that KLM is adopting a low-cost carrier approach to checked luggage. Whilst that’s true I wouldn’t go as far as calling them LCC, just negatively influenced by the USA model.
Flying Blue are honouring their misguided status match!
Flying Blue recently ran a status match promotion for anyone wanting to get a fast-track gold status. News spread pretty damn quickly! Then they decided to restrict it to Scandinavian residents, which is what was they intended all along, and also bring the closing date forward, then ending the promotion outright. Well according to this…