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I wrote yesterday about a new Klook Amex Offer that can save you up to 20% on activities booked through the site.
In the comments, Kevin shared an extremely interesting piece of information. Activities aren’t the only travel-related things you can book through Klook. You can also book flights, car rentals, trains, airport transfers and more.
You can access the Klook travel portal here. As you can see, the following types of travel are bookable through the site:
- Trains
- Rail passes
- Car rentals
- Airport transfers
- Airport trains & buses
- Flights
In Kevin’s comment, he shared the following:
Was able to get a one-way United flight in January for $300 cheaper on Klook vs. United directly, booked into regular economy, and stacked the Amex offer with Klook promo code ‘TRAVELLOVER’ for an additional $50 off the booking.
Amex offer posted yesterday. Only thing with flight bookings is that it’s not instant ticketing. It took about 6 hours (and lots of nail biting) but it came through ticketed and with all the details to easily port into the United app and handle seats, etc.
Being able to use a promo code to deduct $50 from the cost of a flight is awesome; being able to then stack the Amex Offer for an additional $80 is even better.
It was also fantastic that he confirmed that the Amex Offer statement credit has already posted. When I first started reading his comment, I was dubious about whether a flight booking would be processed as a Klook purchase rather than one processed by the airline itself. However, it clearly does work to trigger the Amex Offer which is great news as that makes it much easier to hit the $400 spending threshold for the offer.
I’m curious if flight (and other non-activity) bookings are also eligible for rewards after clicking through from a shopping portal. Considering the sometimes generous cashback rates available through portals, a case could be made that it’s worth booking flights via Klook despite the potential extra layer of complexity involved in the event of irregular operations on your day of travel.
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Not sure if this is better than what portals are offering (or might even be stackable??) but they have the option to earn 5x Turkish miles if you book through this page: https://www.klook.com/tetris/promo/turkish-airlines/
I just bought an Alaska Airlines flight through Klook. I thought it was normal economy, but when I added the reservation into my Alaska account, it shows that the ticket is Saver (Basic Economy). Is there a way to upgrade a basic economy ticket to regular economy on Alaska?
I chatted with Klook CS and asked if they could change the fare class for my ticket, but they said no. So I went ahead and cancelled the ticket. I would have gladly paid for a standard economy ticket if those fare classes were available.
I checked and they sell Southwest tix too, though they are nonrefundable. However, for a trip I’m not going to cancel it’s worth it. Question: am I assured of being able to use my SW companion pass if I buy the ticket through Klook (or any other OTA)? I guess the question is whether it will take my RR# and show up in the SW app.
How did it go?
Since it’s not refundable thro Klook I won’t book it until I know for sure that companion pass will work. Too risky otherwise.
Honestly I don’t think WN is sophisticated enough to block it
[…] This is a good offer that seems to be widely available for most cardholders. You can book trains, rail passes, Car rentals Airport transfers, and flights through Kook Travel as reported by Frequent Miler. […]
Just checked out Klook based on this post. Noticed, first, that Klook was a seriously glitchy website. Second, they have no Delta flights in their system.
Me again 🙂 Appreciate the hat tip and hope everyone can find value in this great Amex offer!
Note: I did my purchase on Klook after clicking through via TopCashback, and it registered and now shows as pending cashback in my dashboard, so there’s a datapoint.
My flight booking also came through on my Amex account as a charge from ‘KLOOK TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE SG’ which is helpful since it’s not coded as the airline you booked via their site as the charge, so it triggers the Amex offer.