klm and aer lingus

expatin africa

does anyone know whats going with klm and aer lingus tried to book klm from nigeria to cork but they say they are not codesharing at the moment, any one know whats going on

expatin africa

no they are honouring tickets purchased but you cant buy new ones, so when i go home in three weeks had to book a ticket with klm to amsterdam then another ticket with aerlingus to cork so cant bring checked in bags home or bag, was just wondering if it will last long or else will have to change airlines and lose all my miles

goingnowhere

Just tried to book Cork to Tokyo with KLM for August and it offered the EI codeshare as expected online

Possibly a issue that the booking it too far in the future and EI haven't loaded a timetable or there is no valid connection due fight times

This is KLM's problem as they are the marketing carrier, EI just give KLM a block of seats on each AMS flight

expatin africa

just an update, it seems as i am flying from nigeria home and the company is booking the tickets in nigeria, klm are paid in nigeria and at the moment all the airlines are struggling to get the money out of nigeria they were slow paying aer lingus so aer lingus are not taking people from klm who are coming from nigeria till they are paid up, does this sound legit, have heard on the news hear alright that the airlines cant get there money out

goingnowhere

Sounds like rubbish really

KLM have bought a block of seats from EI at a fixed price, KLM pay up pretty much regardless of if they sell 1 or all

Question really is are you booking a KLM ticket i.e both flights under KLM codes or is it KLM + Aer Lingus on a single ticket (which is possible)

Foggy43

Appears airlines are having issues in Nigeria at the moment.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c86493f6-2d83-11e6-a18d-a96ab29e3c95.html

J.pilkington

goingnowhere wrote: »

Sounds like rubbish really

KLM have bought a block of seats from EI at a fixed price, KLM pay up pretty much regardless of if they sell 1 or all

Question really is are you booking a KLM ticket i.e both flights under KLM codes or is it KLM + Aer Lingus on a single ticket (which is possible)

May not be rubbish.

Something similar going on with Venezuela where majority of international airlines have pulled out of the country because they can't get their cash out of there, they are made sell tickets in Venezuelan peso and can't exchange it for their home / functional currency (currency controls) and due to huge inflation their cash is dwindling versus their home / functional currency

We don't know the ins and outs of the KLM / EI agreement

LXFlyer

There are most definitely issues with booking airline tickets out of Nigeria - it was covered by BBC World News this morning.

Same problem as Venezuela - currency effectively devalued and airlines not getting paid in $.

expatin africa

looks like all my air miles are gone to waste then, with the next two trips home could have got two business class tickets at christmas, the horrow

endofrainbow

did you try the Air France website?

expatin africa

i did but it is easrier for me to fly in to cork than dublin as live in kerry and am going back to work on the 31/07/2016 so if flew air france would have to stay in dublin on the saturday of the august bank holiday weekend and the hotels are very expensive for a few hours sleep, the company booked a ticket to amsterdam with klm in our nigerian office and had to book a ticket from amsterdam to cork with aer lingus from our irish base,
on the way back i get in to amsterdam at 8.40 and the next flight with klm is at 1.30 would that be enough time to leave security and collect a bag and drop it off at the klm desk and get back in to the departures or would it be too tight

endofrainbow

no what I meant was since KLM and Air France are effectively the same company, I thought it might have been possible to book a through ticket on Air France if you couldn't on KLM.

I think just under 5 hours would work with separate tickets in Schipol.

expatin africa

i could book with air france but would have to fly to dublin as they dont fly to cork

JCX BXC

expatin africa wrote: »

i could book with air france but would have to fly to dublin as they dont fly to cork

No, you don't understand.

Air France and KLM are the same company, so Air France may sell you a ticket to cork through Amsterdam.

expatin africa

sorry get you now, tried it, didnt work only to dublin

JCX BXC

expatin africa wrote: »

sorry get you now, tried it, didnt work only to dublin

Fair enough.

Have you tried British Airways to Cork via London Heathrow?