Anyone flown ST partner Air Europa in J recently?
Aug 10, 2012, 11:39 am
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Aug 10, 2012, 11:51 am
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UX charges $402 in YQ each way for J on JFK-MAD. MAD-MXP on UX should incur EUR42=$51.63 in YQ. How's that compare to what you were actually charged in YQ? AZ's YQ would be about the same. (I see $403 each way on ITA for a FLL-CDG fare connecting in JFK and Italy.) However, DL should not be collecting YQ for AZ, so if you got hit with more than about $453, you should call in and ask them to run it over to tariff assist to investigate. They've had a TPAC award ticket under examination since Monday and I still haven't gotten a call back as to what's up with it. Sent in a TTU yesterday and got word back that there is a note in my reservation that it was sent to tariff assistance and they will be calling me back.
Aug 10, 2012, 12:57 pm
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I have a feeling the seats are going to be very similar (if not the same) as AF's newere J seats. Either NEV3 or NEV4. AF is retrofitting their 747's with the new seats, so I could see how they'd use the same seats to retrofit UX's which would be the NEV4 seats. They are flat, but not horizontal (slightly angled). They are still decent seats, and a lot better than the recliner type seats.
Aug 10, 2012, 1:15 pm
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UX charges $402 in YQ each way for J on JFK-MAD. MAD-MXP on UX should incur EUR42=$51.63 in YQ. How's that compare to what you were actually charged in YQ? AZ's YQ would be about the same. (I see $403 each way on ITA for a FLL-CDG fare connecting in JFK and Italy.) However, DL should not be collecting YQ for AZ, so if you got hit with more than about $453, you should call in and ask them to run it over to tariff assist to investigate. They've had a TPAC award ticket under examination since Monday and I still haven't gotten a call back as to what's up with it. Sent in a TTU yesterday and got word back that there is a note in my reservation that it was sent to tariff assistance and they will be calling me back.
Aug 10, 2012, 1:19 pm
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Interesting. I'm not 100% on which currencies these things are stored in, so given that UX and AZ's YQ are so close, it could conceivably be either one. Since we have plenty of reports of people booking AZ ex-US without YQ and most UX booking reports indicate that YQ was collected, I'd say that it's the UX YQ. In any case, it doesn't sound like you got hit with more than would be expected given what's on revenue fares.
Aug 10, 2012, 1:23 pm
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Interesting. I'm not 100% on which currencies these things are stored in, so given that UX and AZ's YQ are so close, it could conceivably be either one. Since we have plenty of reports of people booking AZ ex-US without YQ and most UX booking reports indicate that YQ was collected, I'd say that it's the UX YQ. In any case, it doesn't sound like you got hit with more than would be expected given what's on revenue fares.
Aug 11, 2012, 9:23 pm
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Thanks!!!! I changed my ticket after DL opened up a few J low award seats and the taxes went from $570 to $193 once the UX legs were removed. My itinerary still has a leg operated by AZ so I can definitely confirm that UX was the one responsible for the high YQ.
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