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Problems booking SEA ->AMS->DUB and return

Posted by (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA) on

I am going to do a RS tour of Ireland in June. Last week I looked at the Delta, KLM and Aer Lingus sites to get a feel for schedule times and to think about options. We are actually flying from Pullman WA so can book on either the Delta or KLM site. (If we book from neighboring Lewiston ID the Delta website defaults to routing thru SLC instead of an Alaska flight to SEA, so we book thru the KLM site if we leave from there). At that time on the DUB/AMS/DUB legs for June it showed multiple Aer Lingus flights per day in both directions...like every 2 hours. Now all I am seeing, even on the Aer Lingus site is a City Jet flight from DUB to AMS via LHR. There are still numerous Aer Lingus flights from AMS to DUB per day showing.

So I am not sure what is up. Does Aer Lingus just not have it's June flights up yet? Do they no longer code share (if that is what it is) with KLM? Should I hold off on trying to book flights for another week or so to see if something changes?

Would appreciate any insight! Thanks!

Posted by
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Have you tried clearing your cookies?

Posted by
20980 posts

Not sure I understand the question. Are you wanting to do a stopover Amsterdam. Using matrix.ita, I'm seeing round trip flights on KLM (actual carriers: Horizon, Delta, and Aer Lingus) for $1068 leaving early June for 7 to 12 nights.

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I will try clearing my cookies, thanks.

Getting to DUB is not a problem. Getting back from DUB to AMS is the problem. It occurred to me during the night that the flights might be sold, so this morning I have tried changing the dates on the DUB -> AMS flights from the 19th to the 20th and 21st and it still shows no flights available from DUB to AMS.

I will do the cookies thing and see if that helps.

Thanks for your input.

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Hi Pam,
I tried searching Delta's site for all their airline partners and couldn't find Aer Lingus anywhere so more than likely it's not a partner. Last June our daughter and friend were able to get a ff round trip ticket, SEA-AMS and purchased the AMS-DUB Aer Lingus flight separately, allowing plenty of connection time of course. Their rolling bags were carry-on so no worry about losing them. They did stay overnight in AMS before catching the AMS-SEA flight just to be on the safe side. Warning: her phone did not adjust to the time change right away so they overslept an hour.....and missed their flight!
PS: If you do decide to leave out of LWS, you can always park at our place and we'll drive you the 4 minutes to the airport.

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Thanks to all! I did clear the cookies. It did not seem to help on the Delta site but the KLM site is now showing the Aer Lingus connections it showed last week!

Thanks Darcy (for everything!), lol. The plus about the Lewiston airport over the Pullman airport is LWS has free parking and you have to pay to park at the Pullman airport!

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I did get everything booked this morning thru the KLM site using my Delta SkyMiles number and the trip was posted to my Delta page right away. Two out of 5 will be laying over in AMS on the way home to travel to Eastern Belgium for a few days and that break in travel was putting a kink in things, so I took Darcy's advice and booked the DUB -> AMS leg separate for those 2 and altho more expensive it worked out better.

Thanks for letting me think out loud here!

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