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KLM Introduces Taking An Option On Flight And Fare

kl911 From Ireland, joined Jul 2003, 4977 posts, RR: 14
Posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4444 times:

About time i would say, travelagents already offered this since the beginning, but the limit of 14 days surprises me.

Quote KLM.com:

By taking an option on a ticket, we save the ticket and fare for 14 days - depending on the departure date - for you. The price is guaranteed for that period. So you can decide about your purchase in your own time.

Taking an option does not oblige you to anything, and is available for almost all fare types.

Source:

http://www.klm.com/travel/nl_en/abou...ews/Take_an_option_on_a_flight.htm

" The European consumer would crawl naked over broken glass to get low fares." Michael O'Leary

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MPDPilot From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 935 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4351 times:

This is a great feature, I wish more airlines would do this. If you think about it, even if the person doesn't by the ticket if they put that fare back out for sale after 14 days it is almost sure to sell as it would likely be far less than other fares (assuming we are somewhat close to departure date).

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9252fly From Canada, joined Sep 2005, 1343 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4301 times:

Thought I saw another recent thread that may have been deleted suggesting CO were also offering the same thing.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1...customers-pay-to-lock-in-fare.html

kl911 From Ireland, joined Jul 2003, 4977 posts, RR: 14
Reply 3, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 4301 times:

Does anyone know what other airlines are doing this besides KLM and UA?

" The European consumer would crawl naked over broken glass to get low fares." Michael O'Leary

Aesma From France, joined Nov 2009, 4789 posts, RR: 9
Reply 4, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4184 times:

I booked an AF flight end of November and there was also this feature, I didn't remember it from my previous flight so it must have been new (maybe from the same date as KLM).

Quoting MPDPilot (Reply 1):
This is a great feature, I wish more airlines would do this. If you think about it, even if the person doesn't by the ticket if they put that fare back out for sale after 14 days it is almost sure to sell as it would likely be far less than other fares (assuming we are somewhat close to departure date).

Well, that doesn't make economic sense. Rather, the yield management system would adjust to a "cancellation" and that's all.

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BasilFawlty From Netherlands, joined Jun 2009, 1254 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4136 times:

I would be happier if KL introduces affordable one-way fares in stead of useless features like this.

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Aesma From France, joined Nov 2009, 4789 posts, RR: 9
Reply 6, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 3637 times:

Yeah that could be nice too (for AF it's the same), when I bought my ticket I took a return flight with the intention of not using the return leg because of this. In the end I'll take the return, but that's because my brother can't afford the one way ticket in the other direction so he'll ride the car I was gonna use. I can understand a higher price for one way, but here the one way was three times the return, it doesn't make sense !

New Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work yet. Douglas Adams

kl911 From Ireland, joined Jul 2003, 4977 posts, RR: 14
Reply 7, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 3513 times:

Quoting BasilFawlty (Reply 5):
I would be happier if KL introduces affordable one-way fares in stead of useless features like this

So true! I almost never consider KLM for this reason alone. BA, SK, BD, MA and many others have oneway fare structures, why doesnt KLM?

Anyone with a list of EU airlines with oneway fares? Skip the LCC's they all have oneways.

" The European consumer would crawl naked over broken glass to get low fares." Michael O'Leary

CXA330300 From South Africa, joined May 2004, 1500 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3434 times:

I vaguely remember seeing a "hold" option with AA although I think that only lasts seventy-two hours.

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tsugambler From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 302 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3242 times:

Quoting CXA330300 (Reply 8):
I vaguely remember seeing a "hold" option with AA although I think that only lasts seventy-two hours.

There is indeed a "hold" option on AA.com, although the hold is only 24 hours after midnight on the day you hold the ticket. I've used that option many times.

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