Who pays for your AC fare and what fare do you buy?
Nov 21, 2015, 8:25 pm
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Who pays for your AC fare and what fare do you buy?
Now, before we begin, this thread has the potential to be a measuring contest, let's try and stay respectful as always, and please, let's leave the micrometer at home 
This is in regards to Air Canada tickets only. So if the money is going to Air Canada, and you want to share, please go ahead!
1) Who pays for the AC fare? E.g. You, your employer, your customer, your mom
? etc.
2) What fare do you usually buy? (Tango, Flex, Latitude, Premium Economy, Discounted Business, Business)
3) What's your Altitude status?
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My response:
1) Employer
2) Lo-flex, sometimes Hi-flex
3) E75K
This is in regards to Air Canada tickets only. So if the money is going to Air Canada, and you want to share, please go ahead!
1) Who pays for the AC fare? E.g. You, your employer, your customer, your mom
? etc.2) What fare do you usually buy? (Tango, Flex, Latitude, Premium Economy, Discounted Business, Business)
3) What's your Altitude status?
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My response:
1) Employer
2) Lo-flex, sometimes Hi-flex
3) E75K
Last edited by superangrypenguin; Nov 22, 2015 at 6:33 am
Nov 21, 2015, 8:49 pm
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1) My wife's husband
2) If good value, discounted business (whichever bucket it happens to be, P/Z/C), else PE, else Flex, else Tango. Pretty much a premium cabin if the cost:benefit works in my favour (metrics can vary for others I know), or Tango. Flex will be if I want/need miles,but mostly if the benefits (checked bags, seat selection, extra miles) seem reasonable.
3) Supre Kettle 3000 Miler
2) If good value, discounted business (whichever bucket it happens to be, P/Z/C), else PE, else Flex, else Tango. Pretty much a premium cabin if the cost:benefit works in my favour (metrics can vary for others I know), or Tango. Flex will be if I want/need miles,but mostly if the benefits (checked bags, seat selection, extra miles) seem reasonable.
3) Supre Kettle 3000 Miler
Nov 21, 2015, 8:49 pm
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1) Employer (except my EYW or vacation tickets)
2) Tango most of the time when I booked it on corp travel web site. Travel dept staff will upgrade to Flex if it is within $50 (one-way) to $100 (round-trip) automatically during ticketing. Tango price on the travel web site is the same as AC web site. But we do have corp rate for Flex. So, I can kind of tell if it will get automatically upgrade sometimes if I see the price on AC web site is within $80-$100 for one-way
3) SE
2) Tango most of the time when I booked it on corp travel web site. Travel dept staff will upgrade to Flex if it is within $50 (one-way) to $100 (round-trip) automatically during ticketing. Tango price on the travel web site is the same as AC web site. But we do have corp rate for Flex. So, I can kind of tell if it will get automatically upgrade sometimes if I see the price on AC web site is within $80-$100 for one-way
3) SE
Nov 21, 2015, 9:01 pm
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Nov 21, 2015, 9:45 pm
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1) 90% Employer / 10% Me
2) Hi-Flex or Latitude -- Company has a "Lowest Logical Fare" policy which I try to trick to get the the highest fare class possible (for fewer eUps and more status miles). For example if there are M8 (or anything less than 9) I'll buy up those seats so M0 then get my company travel agent to ticket it in the lowest fare class which is now B! Then I'll go and cancel those 8 tickets within the 24 hour window (no cancellation fee). I've been told this is evil, but it's a win-win for me
3) SE 100K
2) Hi-Flex or Latitude -- Company has a "Lowest Logical Fare" policy which I try to trick to get the the highest fare class possible (for fewer eUps and more status miles). For example if there are M8 (or anything less than 9) I'll buy up those seats so M0 then get my company travel agent to ticket it in the lowest fare class which is now B! Then I'll go and cancel those 8 tickets within the 24 hour window (no cancellation fee). I've been told this is evil, but it's a win-win for me
3) SE 100K
I'd fire you, but nice one
Nov 21, 2015, 9:54 pm
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Nov 21, 2015, 10:04 pm
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1. My employer pays for my business travels. I pay for most of my personal stuff, although in the last couple years my parents have paid for a couple of family vacations as a way to get us all together.
2. For business, discount J if travelling outside North America. Flex within North America, although sometimes I get lucky and Flex is sold out so I can book Latitude (many trips are pretty last-minute). And on the rare occasion where discount J is cheaper than Flex (happens on YYC-IAH-YYC sometimes), I can book the J as it's actually the cheapest fare. For personal, it depends. Mostly discount J. Some Flex if I have high degree of confidence I can upgrade. And this year, since I blew past the 100K AQM for SE easily, Tango on something short with no J (in the past, I would have bought Flex for the AQMs).
3. SE.
2. For business, discount J if travelling outside North America. Flex within North America, although sometimes I get lucky and Flex is sold out so I can book Latitude (many trips are pretty last-minute). And on the rare occasion where discount J is cheaper than Flex (happens on YYC-IAH-YYC sometimes), I can book the J as it's actually the cheapest fare. For personal, it depends. Mostly discount J. Some Flex if I have high degree of confidence I can upgrade. And this year, since I blew past the 100K AQM for SE easily, Tango on something short with no J (in the past, I would have bought Flex for the AQMs).
3. SE.