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Transfers of under an hour with AF/KLM are a complete crapshoot; if you actually need to get to your destination on time (as opposed to somewhere within half a
by mananaysiempre 3y ago
Transfers of under an hour with AF/KLM are a complete crapshoot; if you actually need to get to your destination on time (as opposed to somewhere within half a day of that), don’t use them (otherwise, go for it).
For several years pre-Covid, AF/KLM would sell you evening tickets from Moscow SVO to Paris CDG with a transfer of IIRC half an hour to an hour and a half in AMS, and they virtually never made it, putting you up in the airport hotel until the next flight in the morning. It wasn’t a bad deal if you expected the delay (I still carry around one of the very nice foldable hairbrushes they gave out in the hotel), but I don’t understand how that could ever be a sensible business decision.
- sprite 3y agoI just had a delayed flight out of ATL and missed my 2pm connection at CDG, next flight was 9pm. Delta gave me 15k sky miles, better than nothing I guess.
- sebii 3y agoShould have booked with an EU airline and you would have gotten 600 Euro...
- Scoundreller 3y agoThey might still be able to if they were sold a codeshare by an EU airline: https://simpleflying.com/eu-261-applied-to-non-eu-carriers/ https://simpleflying.com/eu-261-applied-to-non-eu-carriers/
- sprite 3y agoThe connecting flight was AF, but the delayed flight out of ATL was DL.
- Aeolun 3y agoI’ve never had issues with KLM (aside from the one time when there was a warzone in flux directly beneath their flight path, I can kind of forgive them for that). AF and especially CDG though. That whole place is a shitshow. At least Schiphol allows you to run to wherever you need to be instead of cooling your heels waiting for the shuttle to arrive.
- FL33TW00D 3y agoI've got a 1 hour transfer with KLM at AMS (LCY -> NRT). Not sure if it's worth cancelling it.
- odiroot 3y agoTransferring in these EU mega-airports like Schiphol and Frankfurt is always a nightmare.