Get a fully flat bed and wi-fi to Amsterdam for £139 one way

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• signol says:

  6 Oct6 October 07:25

  I booked one way to AMS for £98 in J. It’s a good way to stop Flying Blue miles from expiring. Though the cheapest Y fares don’t earn.

  • Rob says:

    6 Oct6 October 08:20

    Yes, it was originally £98 and then jumped up to £139 recently, so I believe ….

  • gnarlyoldgoatdude says:

    6 Oct6 October 17:07

    Have Flying Blue changed the rules? I thought you had to fly directly with them to stop their miles expiring? Mine expired for want of a cheap AF/KLM flight.

    • Alan says:

      6 Oct6 October 17:14

      Any SkyTeam flight should do, as long as it accrues points in Flying Blue.

      • signol says:

        6 Oct6 October 18:23

        Exactly. Trying to work what fare bucket the cheapest Y fell in was interesting. The cheapest FB miles earning was about £80, so an additional £20 for J is well worth it. As for AF, there are some CDG-LHR for £60 that earned miles – when there were €39 Miniprix fares that didn’t earn.

• JQ says:

  6 Oct6 October 07:41

  So it’s a 2-stop direct flight to Jakarta then?

• JoshBosh says:

  6 Oct6 October 08:41

  They were still selling for mid-high £90’s last week.
  Lounge is No.1 Traveller in gatwick north. Quite a nice lounge, if somewhat over crowded, especially at this time of day. The flight crew are second to none. Was served 3 glasses of Champagne before take off, and a further 4 in the air. Unfortunately the label was always pointing down, and i neglected to ask what it was.
  Even the snack served on this sort hop was great. http://goo.gl/PJm6Kq this is my own photo, and anyone is free to use it.

  Luggage allowance is 40kg, so could be an attractive alternative to posting a large item to the Netherlands!

  The one negative with this flight, was that it departed from a gate with a rather small holding area. After boarding was advertised i headed to the gate. Further ‘security checks’ were then carried out, and we were delayed for 30 minutes or so. The holding area after boarding pass check was tiny, so the floor was covered in people sitting.

  • Lady London says:

    6 Oct6 October 13:14

    I’ve only flown once on Garuda and the food was great.

• Sam says:

  6 Oct6 October 09:04

  Better value on one ways ex-AMS – First Class only £244 (OK, still a lot for a 1:20 flight, but I bet a lot of you have spent more on a last minute Y on BA!).

• tony says:

  6 Oct6 October 09:32

  I was looking at a Skyteam redemption LON to HKG and this was offered as a connection….

• Tariq says:

  6 Oct6 October 10:56

  Great tip, if only LGW was closer to me! Have to visit our company’s office in Rotterdam soon – £110ish in Y is a very good price and for those that got J for £98 one-way – that’s a steal!

• creampuff says:

  6 Oct6 October 12:53

  Anybody know how much tickets all the way to Jakarta are in J and Y?

  • JoshBosh says:

    6 Oct6 October 13:02

    Business from London was over 4.5k booking with Garuda Indonesia directly, about 3k through the likes of expedia. Just as expensive flying from AMS too. If they have a sale on any time soon, i will seriously consider heading off to Jakarta with them though.

• Chris says:

  6 Oct6 October 13:54

  Is there a way to transfer Garuda miles to Delta miles then to Virgin miles here? Could be a good milage run if so.

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