Flex Plus - Fare Bucket ?
May 25, 2015, 11:46 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3
Flex Plus - Fare Bucket ?
Hi All,
As you are all probably aware of emirates new ticketing classes, we now have the Flex Plus fare.
Since I travel alot for business and make my booking through our corporate travel agent, we only get to buy the ticket based on the fare buckets, only after the ticket is issued, we find out if its flex/flex+/saver
So with the old system, I always knew that anything from W and above is usually flex.
Now, while that remains true for flex....I dont know where the Flex+ starts !
Anyone knows what the new Fare buckets are ?
Thanks,
As you are all probably aware of emirates new ticketing classes, we now have the Flex Plus fare.
Since I travel alot for business and make my booking through our corporate travel agent, we only get to buy the ticket based on the fare buckets, only after the ticket is issued, we find out if its flex/flex+/saver
So with the old system, I always knew that anything from W and above is usually flex.
Now, while that remains true for flex....I dont know where the Flex+ starts !
Anyone knows what the new Fare buckets are ?
Thanks,
May 26, 2015, 12:22 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 946
Hi All,
As you are all probably aware of emirates new ticketing classes, we now have the Flex Plus fare.
Since I travel alot for business and make my booking through our corporate travel agent, we only get to buy the ticket based on the fare buckets, only after the ticket is issued, we find out if its flex/flex+/saver
So with the old system, I always knew that anything from W and above is usually flex.
Now, while that remains true for flex....I dont know where the Flex+ starts !
Anyone knows what the new Fare buckets are ?
Thanks,
As you are all probably aware of emirates new ticketing classes, we now have the Flex Plus fare.
Since I travel alot for business and make my booking through our corporate travel agent, we only get to buy the ticket based on the fare buckets, only after the ticket is issued, we find out if its flex/flex+/saver
So with the old system, I always knew that anything from W and above is usually flex.
Now, while that remains true for flex....I dont know where the Flex+ starts !
Anyone knows what the new Fare buckets are ?
Thanks,
There is not a 'general' rule anymore (like W and higher is Flex etc), it always depends on the routing. Your travel agent should check the farebase before the issue the ticket, example below:
So they have to check the 4th letter from the right which should be F in your case (Economy mostly R, E, Y / Business J for sure, on some routings also C)
May 26, 2015, 1:42 am
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May 26, 2015, 6:53 am
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May 26, 2015, 10:52 pm
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My recollection is that before the recent changes, the first character was the fare bucket (not merely the booking class) which now seems to be 4th from the right.
I've got tickets going back several years where this appears to be the case.
If a fare bucket can belong to more than one booking class now, as mentioned in post #2 above, then I can see a requirement for two fields to contain what was held in one field before.
My question was, did that come about at the same time as the recent changes?
Is there a list of all the possible alternatives?
I've got tickets going back several years where this appears to be the case.
If a fare bucket can belong to more than one booking class now, as mentioned in post #2 above, then I can see a requirement for two fields to contain what was held in one field before.
My question was, did that come about at the same time as the recent changes?
Is there a list of all the possible alternatives?
May 26, 2015, 11:15 pm
#11
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 946
My recollection is that before the recent changes, the first character was the fare bucket (not merely the booking class) which now seems to be 4th from the right.
I've got tickets going back several years where this appears to be the case.
If a fare bucket can belong to more than one booking class now, as mentioned in post #2 above, then I can see a requirement for two fields to contain what was held in one field before.
My question was, did that come about at the same time as the recent changes?
Is there a list of all the possible alternatives?
I've got tickets going back several years where this appears to be the case.
If a fare bucket can belong to more than one booking class now, as mentioned in post #2 above, then I can see a requirement for two fields to contain what was held in one field before.
My question was, did that come about at the same time as the recent changes?
Is there a list of all the possible alternatives?
RXRZFAE1
R / booking class
X / midweek or weekend fare (so X or W)
R and Z / have to pass not too familiar with DXB fares
F / Flex plus in this case
AE / country of departure
1 / published fare (i.e 4 for web fares etc)
First letter is for any airline the booking class, after that there is a difference depends on the airline
Edit: R / could be for return not 100% sure
So for your questions:
As the 4th letter is the indicator this is pretty much it as there, as you say, different fare buckets in the same booking class (i.e O and A). If I recall the fares ex DXB are had changed 'long' ago however all other fares were amended for the fare branding (few months before).
Last edited by kuroko; May 26, 2015 at 11:22 pm