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KLM: Dublin -San Francisco via Amsterdam

  • 07-09-2012 8:01pm
    #1
    Etnospace
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    Hello.
    I have this flyght from Dublin to S.F via Amsterdam,maybe somebody sure exactly,that is is possible to get my plane directly in Amsterdam,becouse i live in Amsterdam,and absolutely dont want to go to Dublin and then back to Amsterdam and wait here some time.
    Thanx u for any iformations about this.


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  • #2
    MRG77
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    I don't think you will. As far as I am aware if you don't get on your flight from Dublin to Amsterdam then your 2nd half of your ticket (AMS-SFO) is invalidated.
    I would suggest calling your airline/travel agent and see if they can change your ticket so your starting point is AMS


  • #3
    si_guru
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    I say yes... as DUB to AMS will be AerLingus - a non refundable ticket.

    AMS to SFO will be a seperate boarding card you can get by checking in at AMS on the day.


  • #4
    Rascasse
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    Assuming this is all on one booking, absolutely not. If you try to get on in Amsterdam without taking the flight from Dublin you will be refused travel. If you want to fly AMS > SFO buy a ticket from AMS > SFO.

    You can, of course, get off the return leg at Amsterdam so you only have to make the trip to Dublin once.


  • #5
    Yamanoto
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    si_guru wrote: »
    I say yes... as DUB to AMS will be AerLingus - a non refundable ticket.

    AMS to SFO will be a seperate boarding card you can get by checking in at AMS on the day.

    Bad advice methinks.


  • #6
    MRG77
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    Yamanoto wrote: »
    Bad advice methinks.

    I second that!


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  • #7
    nompere
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    Rascasse wrote: »

    You can, of course, get off the return leg at Amsterdam so you only have to make the trip to Dublin once.

    Though any checked bags will go to Dublin!


  • #8
    BuffyBot
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    Hello.
    I have this flyght from Dublin to S.F via Amsterdam,maybe somebody sure exactly,that is is possible to get my plane directly in Amsterdam,becouse i live in Amsterdam,and absolutely dont want to go to Dublin and then back to Amsterdam and wait here some time.
    Thanx u for any iformations about this.
    Indeed, you can't do what you're thinking. When you fail to show in Dublin, your remaining flights will be cancelled.


  • #9
    si_guru
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    BuffyBot wrote: »
    Indeed, you can't do what you're thinking. When you fail to show in Dublin, your remaining flights will be cancelled.

    I would do it and have done it. Believe who you like.

    Your ticket is with KLM - they already paid EI for the DUB sector. EI don't care if you turn up or not. You have a KLM ticket from AMS to SFO which will remain valid.


  • #10
    Rascasse
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    si_guru wrote: »
    BuffyBot wrote: »
    Indeed, you can't do what you're thinking. When you fail to show in Dublin, your remaining flights will be cancelled.

    I would do it and have done it. Believe who you like.

    Your ticket is with KLM - they already paid EI for the DUB sector. EI don't care if you turn up or not. You have a KLM ticket from AMS to SFO which will remain valid.

    This is impossible on flights to the US (and most anywhere else really). All your reservation data is tied to the bookings PNR and you will be pulled before take off (if you get as far as the plane - likely at the gate assuming you printed your boarding card at home).

    Also the fact that the first flight is Aer Lingus is irrelevant as its a KLM codeshare and KLM ticket. KLM rules, therefore, apply. If the Op tries this they will be be going nowhere, though why one would by a ticket from Dublin when you live in Amsterdam is beyond me.


  • #11
    BuffyBot
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    Cheaper pricing. Airlines often offer cheaper tickets outside their home markets to attract traffic. For example a flight from Amsterdam to San Francisco might cost 700 euro, but from Dublin 600. The reason they cancel if you don't turn up for the first flight is to stop people from doing what the OP is proposing.

    I would do it and have done it. Believe who you like.

    Your ticket is with KLM - they already paid EI for the DUB sector. EI don't care if you turn up or not. You have a KLM ticket from AMS to SFO which will remain valid.

    I'm not sure what your experience is on this but most legacy airlines fare rules require that the full sequence of flights are used as booked, and if not the remaining are cancelled. Ryanair and Aer Lingus have broken away from this model (ie book a return journey and skip the first leg but using the second is fine) however in the case of Aer Lungus that is on their bookings only.


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  • #12
    Yamanoto
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    si_guru wrote: »
    Your ticket is with KLM - they already paid EI for the DUB sector. EI don't care if you turn up or not. You have a KLM ticket from AMS to SFO which will remain valid.

    The ticket will remain valid ONLY if you advise KLM you will miss the 1st segment in advance (subject to an additional fee) and ONLY then if you pay the difference between the original fare and the fare on the day.

    The e-ticket for the entire trip (DUB-SFO) will be issued under a single KLM number, beginning with 074.

    Unless the OP has a fetish for frittering money away, I'd suggest forking out a meagre sum for a one-way to Dublin would be by far the more rational decision.


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