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Old Mar 25, 2015, 2:20 pm
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Originally Posted by San Gottardo
Jcompronplurien....

I need to fly Paris-Bordeaux-Paris in April. Since I am now utterly confused about who is flying the route and where I need to book I basically opened both the AF and the HOP webpage and started a search. Well both come up with results. But the same flights are sold at different fares. Both sites offer it as an AF-coded flight. But I thought it would be a HOP flight with an AF plane and a HOP crew.

I didn't even go into the details of fare rules and mileage credits, it's just odd that an AF flight sells at different fares on two websites of the AF group. In case of a codeshare I could have understood (e.g. if I book CDG-GVA on the LX site with an LX flight number vs. on the AF site with an AF flight number I am not surprised to have different fares), but this is not a codeshare, or is it?

And, just out of curiosity, on which site do I have to book to get Elite+ benefits (SKYPRIORITY fast lane, priority boarding, lounge, extra luggage)? Or would I get that irrespective on which site I book

EDIT: just to figure out how the system works I tried a non-La Navette route, BOD-LYS. Same: flights offered on both sites, both with A5 codes, but with wildly different fares.

So does AF have its own inventory on A5 flights? And A5 have its own inventory on AF flights?
Love it!.... I just love it!... I'm almost wondering if they might actually be doing something grossly illegal here, I'm not even sure what but it just seems so wrong - two websites, same group, same country, same route, same flight, same codes but vastly different fares? Idiots.
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Old Mar 26, 2015, 3:55 am
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Originally Posted by San Gottardo
So does AF have its own inventory on A5 flights? And A5 have its own inventory on AF flights?
Originally Posted by orbitmic
Love it!.... I just love it!... I'm almost wondering if they might actually be doing something grossly illegal here, I'm not even sure what but it just seems so wrong - two websites, same group, same country, same route, same flight, same codes but vastly different fares? Idiots.
It could just be delayed access to inventory, though, if A5 caches inventory rather than pulling it live (or vice-versa). You'd have to go through the process to check what price is eventually charged.
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Originally Posted by orbitmic
Love it!.... I just love it!... I'm almost wondering if they might actually be doing something grossly illegal here, I'm not even sure what but it just seems so wrong - two websites, same group, same country, same route, same flight, same codes but vastly different fares? Idiots.
Too bad they do not have a Best Rate Guarantee like hotel chains do
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Can someone tell me how to post in a table format here so that I can show the differences? Thanks
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Originally Posted by olivedel
Too bad they do not have a Best Rate Guarantee like hotel chains do
... except that with hotel chains, you cannot make a BRG claim for a cheaper rate found on another website but still belonging to the same hotel group.
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... except that with hotel chains, you cannot make a BRG claim for a cheaper rate found on another website but still belonging to the same hotel group.
Totally true
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So, here is some data for two examples. I always went to the point where payment was asked.

Bordeaux-Paris ORY-Bordeaux, April 8th.

Fares are different, with HOP always EUR 6 cheaper on BOD-ORY but EUR 4 more expensive on ORY-BOD. So, different fares, but at least "consistent" in terms of always the same difference and flights that are more expensive on AF are also more expensive on HOP. When I looked yesterday the picture looked less "consistent"




Second example, Bordeaux-Lyon-Bordeaux, 8 April. As I wrote earlier, "wildly" different fares:



Trying to make sense of it is difficult...

  • In the low fares for the outbound, Air France is less expensive than HOP. But the fare difference moves between 30 EUR and 60 EUR
  • In the other direction, it is the opposite: HOP is less expensive. The fare difference moves between 55 EUR and 90 EUR
  • However, for the flex fares on the outbound, the picture is inconsistent. Sometimes Air France is less expensive, sometimes HOP.
  • For the Flex fare on the return flight, HOP is always less expensive, with a fare difference of a whopping 75%
  • The fare difference between the low fares and Flex is sometimes low on HOP while on the same flight it is high on AF (e.g. the 08h50 LYS-BOD: 3% difference on HOP, 75% on Air France)
  • We sometimes see different fares between two flights on AF, but the HOP fares for the same flights are identical (e.g. low fares on the 08h50 and 13h20 Bordeaux-Lyon)

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Originally Posted by San Gottardo
So, here is some data for two examples. I always went to the point where payment was asked.

Bordeaux-Paris ORY-Bordeaux, April 8th.

Fares are different, with HOP always EUR 6 cheaper on BOD-ORY but EUR 4 more expensive on ORY-BOD. So, different fares, but at least "consistent" in terms of always the same difference and flights that are more expensive on AF are also more expensive on HOP. When I looked yesterday the picture looked less "consistent"
I attempted to investigate this on ExpertFlyer, thinking that bypassing the AF/A5 front end might shed some light on the matter: it is hardly unusual for a carrier website to be less than useful. Let's cut A5 some slack.

However, A5 has declined to publish its BOD-PAR fares on the GDS.

Originally Posted by San Gottardo
Second example, Bordeaux-Lyon-Bordeaux, 8 April. As I wrote earlier, "wildly" different fares:
Here is the fare table for departing that day, on A5 or AF.

The first thing you will notice is that the cheapest fare pis issued only on AF. Not on A5, the wanna-be low cost, but on AF. The cheapest A5 fare is twice the price of the cheapest AF fare. Obviously.

The second thing you will notice is that wherever AF and A5 have the same fare cost ... it is actually on different booking codes!? In what other case does a wholly owned subsidiary use a different booking code map to its parent?

The next thing you will notice is that often the minimum stay requirement is only imposed on the "we can do low cost too!" A5 fare and not the identically priced "full service" AF fare. For instance, fare A5 RSAPFR (88 EUR) requires a Saturday night or three days (indicated by a "V") but fare AF VSAPFR (88 EUR) does not---I also double checked the fare rules specifically and yes, the table is correct according to the rules. Careful inspection of the published fares reveals many other discrepancies, almost as though two different revenue management teams are working on this with little communication with each other.

(To be fair, the table comes into much closer alignment if you turn on fare validating, i.e., only show fares that are actually valid for sale today for travel on those dates.)

Code:
Fare Information Search:

Departing BOD on 08/04/15 for LYS
Returning on 08/04/15
Flying A5 AF 
Purchasing at PAR
Viewing in currency EUR
Show Fares for All Travel Dates

Fare Basis  Airline  Booking  Trip Type   Fare           Cabin  Effective  Expiration  Min/Max  Advanced
                     Class                                      Date       Date        Stay     Purchase Req
VAR0FR9     AF       V        Round-Trip  48.00 (EUR)    E                             -- / 6M  40
VRD0FR9     AF       V        Round-Trip  50.00 (EUR)    E                             V / 6M   
R1AR0FR9    AF       R        Round-Trip  74.00 (EUR)    E                                      35
RRD0FR9     AF       R        Round-Trip  76.00 (EUR)    E                             V / 6M   
RSAPFR      A5       R        Round-Trip  88.00 (EUR)    E                             V / 12M  40
VSAPFR      AF       V        Round-Trip  88.00 (EUR)    E                             -- / 12M 40
RSRFR       A5       R        Round-Trip  90.00 (EUR)    E                             V / 12M  
VSRFR       AF       V        Round-Trip  90.00 (EUR)    E                             V / 12M  
N1AR0FR9    AF       N        Round-Trip  92.00 (EUR)    E                                      30
J2SRFR9     A5       J        Round-Trip  93.00 (EUR)    E                             02 / 02  
NRD0FR9     AF       N        Round-Trip  94.00 (EUR)    E                             V / 6M   
ERD0FR9     AF       E        Round-Trip  112.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
N1SAPFR     A5       N        Round-Trip  114.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 35
R1SAPFR     AF       R        Round-Trip  114.00 (EUR)   E                                      35
NSRFR       A5       N        Round-Trip  116.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
RSRFR       AF       R        Round-Trip  116.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
E1SAPFR     A5       E        Round-Trip  132.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 30
N1SAPFR     AF       N        Round-Trip  132.00 (EUR)   E                                      30
ESRFR       A5       E        Round-Trip  134.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
NSRFR       AF       N        Round-Trip  134.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
VRD0FR9     AF       V        Round-Trip  140.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
TRD0FR9     AF       T        Round-Trip  144.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
LRD0FR9     A5       L        Round-Trip  150.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
QRD0FR9     AF       Q        Round-Trip  150.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
ESRFR       AF       E        Round-Trip  152.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
TSRFR       A5       T        Round-Trip  152.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
V1AR0FR9    AF       V        Round-Trip  158.00 (EUR)   E                                      40
RRD0FR9     AF       R        Round-Trip  160.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
J1SRFR9     A5       J        Round-Trip  163.00 (EUR)   E                             01 / 02  
P2SRFR9     A5       P        Round-Trip  172.00 (EUR)   E                             02 / 02  
R1AR0FR9    AF       R        Round-Trip  180.00 (EUR)   E                                      35
VSRFR       AF       V        Round-Trip  180.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
QSRFR       A5       Q        Round-Trip  184.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
TSRFR       AF       T        Round-Trip  184.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
HWKFR       A5       H        Round-Trip  190.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
HWKFR       AF       H        Round-Trip  190.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
LSRFR       A5       L        Round-Trip  190.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
NRD0FR9     AF       N        Round-Trip  190.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
QSRFR       AF       Q        Round-Trip  190.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
KRD0FR9     A5       K        Round-Trip  191.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
KRD0FR9     AF       K        Round-Trip  191.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
V1SAPFR     AF       V        Round-Trip  198.00 (EUR)   E                                      40
RSRFR       AF       R        Round-Trip  200.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
ERD0FR9     AF       E        Round-Trip  210.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
N1AR0FR9    AF       N        Round-Trip  212.00 (EUR)   E                                      30
R1SAPFR     AF       R        Round-Trip  220.00 (EUR)   E                                      35
NSRFR       AF       N        Round-Trip  230.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
TRD0FR9     AF       T        Round-Trip  230.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
KSRFR       A5       K        Round-Trip  231.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
KSRFR       AF       K        Round-Trip  231.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
UWKFR       A5       U        Round-Trip  231.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
UWKFR       AF       U        Round-Trip  231.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
QRD0FR9     AF       Q        Round-Trip  240.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
P1SRFR9     A5       P        Round-Trip  242.00 (EUR)   E                             01 / 02  
ESRFR       AF       E        Round-Trip  250.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
N1SAPFR     AF       N        Round-Trip  252.00 (EUR)   E                                      30
TSRFR       AF       T        Round-Trip  270.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
QSRFR       AF       Q        Round-Trip  280.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
MWKFR       A5       M        Round-Trip  284.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
MWKFR       AF       M        Round-Trip  284.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
HWKFR       AF       H        Round-Trip  310.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
KRD0FR9     AF       K        Round-Trip  320.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 6M   
DWKFR       A5       D        Round-Trip  337.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
LWKFR       AF       L        Round-Trip  337.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
KSRFR       AF       K        Round-Trip  360.00 (EUR)   E                             V / 12M  
BWKFR       A5       B        Round-Trip  390.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
BWKFR       AF       B        Round-Trip  390.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
UWKFR       AF       U        Round-Trip  410.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
YWKFR       A5       Y        Round-Trip  428.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
YWKFR       AF       Y        Round-Trip  428.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
AFFFR       A5       A        Round-Trip  446.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
AFFFR       AF       A        Round-Trip  446.00 (EUR)   PE                            -- / 12M 
MWKFR       AF       M        Round-Trip  510.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
WFFFR       A5       W        Round-Trip  557.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
WFFFR       AF       W        Round-Trip  557.00 (EUR)   PE                            -- / 12M 
A1FFFR      A5       A        Round-Trip  580.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
A1FFFR      AF       A        Round-Trip  580.00 (EUR)   PE                            -- / 12M 
BWKFR       AF       B        Round-Trip  610.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
W1FFFR      A5       W        Round-Trip  726.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
W1FFFR      AF       W        Round-Trip  726.00 (EUR)   PE                            -- / 12M 
YWKFR       AF       Y        Round-Trip  740.00 (EUR)   E                             -- / 12M 
AFFFR       AF       A        Round-Trip  750.00 (EUR)   PE                            -- / 12M 
WFFFR       AF       W        Round-Trip  850.00 (EUR)   PE                            -- / 12M 
A1FFFR      AF       A        Round-Trip  974.00 (EUR)   PE                            -- / 12M 
W1FFFR      AF       W        Round-Trip  1104.00 (EUR)  PE                            -- / 12M
Why does AF publish twice as many fares as A5 does? Who knows.


Fine you've found the fare you wanted maybe it's slightly different conditions but it works. Let's see if you can buy it.

So for the same flight AF and A5 also don't synchronize the availability completely. In particular, A5 likes to pretend there is only one full Y seat available on every flight?

Oh also they both like to close fare buckets in the middle of the table rather than follow the usual protocol of closing the cheapest fare buckets first and moving upwards.

Code:
Flight Availability Search
Departing BOD on 08/04/15 0:00 for LYS
Returning on 08/04/15 0:00 
Flying A5 AF 
Direct/Non-Stop Only
Point of Sale: UK


                                                                     Frequency
Flight        Stops  Depart             Arrive             Aircraft  Reliability     Available Classes
0 Connections
AF 5368       0      BOD                LYS                CRK       M,T,W,Th,F      J9 W9 S9 AC Y9 B1 LC MC UC KC HC QC TC EC NC RC VC XC 
                     08/04/15 6:50      08/04/15 8:00                98% / 4m

0 Connections
A5 (DB) 4021  0      BOD                LYS                CRK       M,T,W,Th,F      W9 S9 AC Y1 B1 DC MC UC PC KC HC JC LC QC TC EC NC RC VC XC GC 
                     08/04/15 6:50      08/04/15 8:00                NA / NA

0 Connections
AF 5456       0      BOD                LYS                CRK       M,T,W,Th,F      J9 W9 S9 A9 Y9 B9 L9 M9 UC K9 HC Q9 T9 E9 N9 R9 VC X9 
                     08/04/15 8:50      08/04/15 10:00               94% / 19m

0 Connections
A5 (DB) 4121  0      BOD                LYS                CRK       M,T,W,Th,F      W9 S9 A9 Y1 B9 D9 M9 UC P9 K9 HC JC L9 Q9 T9 E9 N9 RC V9 X9 G9 
                     08/04/15 8:50      08/04/15 10:00               NA / NA

0 Connections
AF 5372       0      BOD                LYS                CRK       M,T,W,Th,F      J9 W9 S9 A9 Y9 B9 L9 M9 UC K9 HC Q9 T9 E9 N9 RC VC X9 
                     08/04/15 13:20     08/04/15 14:30               92% / 8m

0 Connections
A5 (DB) 4023  0      BOD                LYS                CRK       M,T,W,Th,F      W9 S9 A9 Y1 B9 D9 M9 UC P9 K9 HC JC L9 Q9 T9 E9 NC RC V9 X9 G9 
                     08/04/15 13:20     08/04/15 14:30               NA / NA

0 Connections
AF 5494       0      BOD                LYS                E70       M,T,W,Th,F      J9 W9 S9 A9 Y9 B9 L9 M9 U9 K9 HC Q9 T9 E9 N9 R9 VC X9 
                     08/04/15 15:40     08/04/15 16:50               83% / 24m

0 Connections
A5 (YS) 4225  0      BOD                LYS                E70       M,T,W,Th,F      W9 S9 A9 Y1 B9 D9 M9 U9 P9 K9 HC J9 L9 Q9 T9 E9 N9 RC V9 X9 G9 
                     08/04/15 15:40     08/04/15 16:50               NA / NA

0 Connections
AF 5458       0      BOD                LYS                CRK       Su,M,T,W,Th,F   J9 W9 S9 A9 Y9 B9 L9 M9 UC K9 HC Q9 T9 E9 N9 RC VC X9 
                     08/04/15 17:00     08/04/15 18:10               90% / 11m

0 Connections
A5 (DB) 4127  0      BOD                LYS                CRK       Su,M,T,W,Th,F   W9 S9 A9 Y1 B9 D9 M9 UC P9 K9 HC JC L9 Q9 T9 E9 NC RC V9 X9 G9 
                     08/04/15 17:00     08/04/15 18:10               NA / NA

0 Connections
A5 (DB) 4027  0      BOD                LYS                CRK       Su,M,T,W,Th,F   W9 S9 A9 Y1 B6 DC MC UC PC K2 HC JC LC QC TC EC NC RC VC XC GC 
                     08/04/15 18:15     08/04/15 19:25               NA / NA

0 Connections
AF 5382       0      BOD                LYS                CRK       Su,M,T,W,Th,F   J9 W9 S9 A9 Y9 B6 LC MC UC K2 HC QC TC EC NC RC VC XC 
                     08/04/15 18:15     08/04/15 19:25               94% / 5m

0 Connections
A5 (DB) 4129  0      BOD                LYS                CRK       Su,M,T,W,Th,F   W9 S9 A9 Y1 B9 D9 M9 U9 P9 K9 HC J9 L9 Q9 T9 E9 N9 RC V9 X9 G9 
                     08/04/15 20:50     08/04/15 22:00               NA / NA

0 Connections
AF 5460       0      BOD                LYS                CRK       Su,M,T,W,Th,F   J9 W9 S9 A9 Y9 B9 L9 M9 U9 K9 HC Q9 T9 E9 N9 R9 VC X9 
                     08/04/15 20:50     08/04/15 22:00               95% / 27m

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Old Apr 2, 2015, 3:57 pm
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if somebody could explain me

checking-in for CDG-MPL. Booked classic fare on AF web site. This flight is a "pure" AF one : operated only under AF code (I mean no A5 code, of course you have all the other Skyteam or non-Skyteam code-shares), by an AF plane and crew (A320). And this is ex-CDG, so not concerned by the ORY reorganization.

My BP mentions : "Cabin : BASIC" , instead of "cabin : Y /Economy".
And if I'm not mistaken, "basic" is an HOP term ?
What a mess...
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Old Apr 3, 2015, 1:33 am
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Originally Posted by Goldorak
checking-in for CDG-MPL. Booked classic fare on AF web site. This flight is a "pure" AF one : operated only under AF code (I mean no A5 code, of course you have all the other Skyteam or non-Skyteam code-shares), by an AF plane and crew (A320). And this is ex-CDG, so not concerned by the ORY reorganization.

My BP mentions : "Cabin : BASIC" , instead of "cabin : Y /Economy".
And if I'm not mistaken, "basic" is an HOP term ?
What a mess...
Indeed, I had the same "Basic" on my BP on ORY-NCE the other day - at a time when A5 had certainly nothing to do with the flight. Very confusing.

I asked four different AF staff about the change (first at ticketing - I was very early and had plenty of time, then at check in, third in the patio waiting room, and finally at the gate - the plane was late) and not a single one of them had any clue what the change would entail for them, the passengers, or anyone else. They said that they just received a letter which was rather unspecific and were quite annoyed and demotivated about it.
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So I try to buy a ticket ORY-NCE for the summer.
HOP gives me a structure Basic/Basic+/Flex and gives me 151.75 for a Basic+, 70 change fee, 1 bag/ nonrefundable, 250 miles.
AF starts to give me Basic/Basic+/Flex headings but no flights. After a few bugs, it finally gives me a Smart/Flex structure, with Smart at 251 with 50 change fee, 1 bag/ nonrefundable, 400 miles.

I can get Easyjet at similar timing for less than 70 including a bag and good preassigned seat.

I then try to book a family (two seniors and a child) on the same flight, then I get the family fare on AF at over 310 for 3. HOP does not have family fare so I get 430. On easyjet I get 200. Clearly the fare conditions are quite different on the three fares, AF family being the most flexible.

But so strange for AF/HOP. SO much bugging on AF website. And so much difference in price with easyjet.
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He has to read this !
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