Caribbean: KLM Flights Starting at £316 / €367 From the UK (w/o Luggage)

Bottom Bay Barbados

SkyTeam member KLM is selling cheap tickets for its new route to the Caribbean, flying to Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago. Prices start at only £316 (~€370), and you can fly from either Southampton, Manchester, or London for similar prices. Luggage is only included for SkyTeam status holders. Otherwise, you’ll have to pay £60 (~€70) more.

Info

All Air France and KLM tickets issued for flights until December 2021 are fully refundable. You’d receive a voucher which can be refunded to your bank account. You can read more about this here. Flights in 2022 are not refundable.

To Bridgetown, Barbados:

To Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago:

After flying to Amsterdam, you’ll get on an Airbus A330, which flies to Bridgetown, then continues to Port of Spain, and then returns to Amsterdam. This means that, depending on your destination, you will either have a short stop on your outbound or inbound flight. You won’t have to leave the plane, though.

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This deal expires on October 3, 2021. You can fly between September 1 and December 14, 2021, or in 2022. You need to respect a minimum stay requirement of 4 days (or a Sunday), though.

Google Flights shows all available dates, as does our own calendar above, which will redirect you to KLM’s website.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Mileage

The flights between the UK and Amsterdam are issued in booking class L, while the long-haul flights are issued in booking class G. Starting in London, you can expect the following number of miles:

  • 5,432 Award Miles + 80 Tier Points on Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
  • 4,062 Miles on CSA OK Plus
  • 3,012 Miles on Aeromexico Club Premier
  • 2,548 Miles on MEA Cedar Miles
  • 2,548 RDM + 534 MQD on Delta SkyMiles
  • 2,412 Miles on Aerolíneas Argentinas AerolíneasPlus
  • 2,412 Miles on GOL Aéreos Smiles
  • 2,084 Miles on Saudia Alfursan
  • 2,084 Miles on Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles
  • 2,084 Points on Malaysia Airlines Enrich
  • 2,084 Miles on Korean Air Skypass
  • 2,084 Miles on Garuda Indonesia GarudaMiles
  • 2,084 Miles on Air Europa Suma
  • 1,970 Award Miles on Etihad Guest
  • 564 Award Miles + 35 XP on Flying Blue
Data provided by miles.travel-dealz.com. Without guarantee on correctness.

As usual, Delta SkyMiles and Flying Blue are probably the best options to credit these flights, though the number of miles is not exactly impressive.

Cover Picture: © Simon Dannhauer

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