Final Head for Points Summer Party tickets on sale at noon

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• Stan Mullery says:

  23 Jun23 June 06:39

  I’ve never had Amex charges on KLM/Air France as I’ve always booked via their respective UK websites.

  • Yawn says:

    23 Jun23 June 06:57

    They used to charge, but then removed the fee along with everyone else – at least on their UK website.

  • Harry T says:

    23 Jun23 June 10:10

    I have booked KLM flights recently on AMEX and was not charged an extra fee.

• Nick says:

  23 Jun23 June 07:20

  Says £1450 on Seychelles, searched Manchester Birmingham and London, still can’t find one.

  • Nick says:

    23 Jun23 June 07:25

    Same with Johannesburg. I give up.

    • Bariummeal says:

      23 Jun23 June 08:27

      Same. Klm site totally misleading. The 1451 fare does not exist.

  • Kenny says:

    24 Jun24 June 07:20

    same here too.. it’s £1650+ but only on air france website, NOT KLM although they’re the same.. strange

• Steve Shaw says:

  23 Jun23 June 07:33

  The Aruba one is probably good as well, hardly anyone flies there and you certainly can’t go direct with anyone from the UK.

  The flights were sometimes operated by a subsidiary but they seem to be on KLM A330s now.

• Dave says:

  23 Jun23 June 07:50

  Flew KLM business Manchester to Beijing return earlier this year.Excellemt
  product and service far superior to BA.
  Connections were quite tight both ways
  so unable to use either lounge.

• Jamesay says:

  23 Jun23 June 08:06

  The pics of klm biz class seats don’t look fully flat. They look like the hideous Air France tipping seats which have the last 1/3 of the seat tilt down to fit under the seat in front in a cubit hole that restricts your feet movements. I challenged Air France on this under the U.K. Trades Descriptions Act as they advertised these awful seats in the U.K. as “lie flat” totally redefining the definition of “flat”.
  Don’t be fooled you will feel like you’re falling into a chute when trying to sleep on these seats. KLM either needs to advertise his neatly or change the pics if they are out of date!

  • Nick_C says:

    23 Jun23 June 11:56

    It sounds like they are flat. But they are not horizontal.

• Shoestring says:

  23 Jun23 June 08:10

  [it will hopefully be a bit more laid back today]

  yeah – and my cat speaks French 🙂

  • Rob says:

    23 Jun23 June 10:07

    Honestly don’t know. If I knew with 90% certainty we could sell 1,000 tickets I would book a venue for 1,000.

    That’s the problem with quick sell outs – we get no real feel for demand.

    However, the fact that a lot of the same faces appear each party makes me think total demand is not as high as 1,000.

    • BJ says:

      23 Jun23 June 12:34

      I know it is much riskier with the weather but have you thought about organising a picnic with various food and bev vendors for the summer party? Might provide more flexibility and scope for numbers attending.

      • Rob says:

        23 Jun23 June 14:17

        Too risky. Problem is that we need a venue with indoor capacity and outdoor space.

    • Memesweeper says:

      23 Jun23 June 13:14

      1,000 people is too many for a party anyway. 500 may be pushing it! The vibe in the previous events has been very friendly and I hope that is maintained with the bigger venue.

  • Lady London says:

    23 Jun23 June 13:23

    Mine’s multilingual when it comes to food !
    Other than that, she’s deaf and goes her own way.

• Jamesay says:

  23 Jun23 June 08:12

  Again false advertising! Cheapest seat from Glasgow is 1424 to Dubai. Emirates relies directly daily on A380
  . Why the hell anyone unless they’re a posing aspirational would want to go to that cultural desert is a mystery. other prices rise thru 1900 to 2500. Waste of time looking.

  • Lady London says:

    23 Jun23 June 10:15

    If they’re that cheap from the uk I might have a squizz at ex EU in case its operating in more than one market.

    • BJ says:

      23 Jun23 June 12:36

      Try INV, but don’t be surprised if the fare is higher despite lack of APD.

      • Lady London says:

        23 Jun23 June 13:27

        Yes INV ought to be really good but have found it more miss than hit BJ.
        I think the full amount of APD is taken off for some offers only.

        Just like BA is sometimes trying to claim the cost of a ticket is peanuts and the rest is taxes. When it’s them manipulating the base cost of ticket but still taking money for themselves in their so-called “taxes”. Otherwise how could the base cost of a ticket (pre-“taxes”) be less for DUB-LHR-USA, than LHR-USA.

        So of course some airlines will manipulate by not fully taking APD out of the cost of every ticket that starts in INV, JER, or Newquay.

        • Lady London says:

          23 Jun23 June 13:28

          PS BJ will we be seeing you at the Summer Party?

        • Shoestring says:

          23 Jun23 June 13:31

          actually we established that the Newquay APD concession is just on flights to & from Heathrow, not for connecting LH flights unfortunately

        • BJ says:

          23 Jun23 June 15:05

          No, I cannot make it, my parents diamond wedding anniversary. Been out of country at the others too but hopefully I’ll make one soon. Getting from Edinburgh is no big deal for me, just problem with dates so far.

        • Cat says:

          23 Jun23 June 15:54

          Gutted you can’t make it BJ. Hopefully we’ll see you at an event soon!

        • Lady London says:

          24 Jun24 June 00:50

          Awwww BJ best case i’ve heard yet for a mini-HfP Party in Edinburgh. Would make a great autumn event Oct/Nov when weather is getting miserable. Such a pity we’ll miss you.

        • ChrisC says:

          24 Jun24 June 12:51

          There is no APD full stop from INV (and certain other remote Scottish airports).

          Belfast is different (and confusing) in that the exemption is only from direct, long haul flights. So Belfast – Orlando = no APD but Belfast-London-Orlando it is payable.

• Gavin says:

  23 Jun23 June 08:19

  Lack of tickets to Seoul (and US) suggests no sale prices on the routes they have revenue sharing agreements / codeshare

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