How to book ITA Matrix found fares?
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: YVR
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How to book ITA Matrix found fares?
So I do a search on the ITA Matrix site and then... what? It seems impossible to get these fares for real. Say, I searched for a trip, it gives me an itin with Turkish and American Airlines and those are not even in the same alliance so booking on the Turkish Airlines site is not really feasible... and it's actually two fares, saying:
Fare 1: Carrier TK SN2PX ODS to SFO (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code S, N
Covers ODS-IST (Economy), IST-LAX (Economy), LAX-SFO (Economy)
How is an ODS-IST-LAX-SFO trip a "round trip fare"?
Same for going back:
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code G
Covers ORD-IST (Economy), IST-ODS (Economy)
Again, ORD-IST-ODS is hardly a round trip fare... a couple years ago I did try the "bring this code to the agent" and even that didn't work
Fare 1: Carrier TK SN2PX ODS to SFO (rules)
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code S, N
Covers ODS-IST (Economy), IST-LAX (Economy), LAX-SFO (Economy)
How is an ODS-IST-LAX-SFO trip a "round trip fare"?
Same for going back:
Passenger type ADT, round trip fare, booking code G
Covers ORD-IST (Economy), IST-ODS (Economy)
Again, ORD-IST-ODS is hardly a round trip fare... a couple years ago I did try the "bring this code to the agent" and even that didn't work
#2
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Ireland
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Travel agency, or call one of the airlines involved (yup, old school). Telephone agents for most airlines can often book you on itineraries you might not imagine including airlines not in the same alliance or any alliance etc.
#4
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Hipmunk
e.g.
Using Hipmunk to maximize mileage run bookings - The Wandering Aramean
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...e-run-bookings
e.g.
Using Hipmunk to maximize mileage run bookings - The Wandering Aramean
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...e-run-bookings
#5
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Hipmunk
e.g.
Using Hipmunk to maximize mileage run bookings - The Wandering Aramean
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...e-run-bookings
e.g.
Using Hipmunk to maximize mileage run bookings - The Wandering Aramean
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thewan...e-run-bookings
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#8
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 96
Resurrecting this old comment because I'm trying to validate what I'm reading. I tried to do as Romelle suggested here without success. Could someone explain how, very simply?
For example: Jun 1 DL1805 ATL-YVR + June 8 DL 2825 YVR-ATL. $882.56 per passenger
ATL DL YVR 382.00UE7NA0FE DL ATL 382.00UE7NA0FE USD 764.00 END ZP ATL YVR XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 3.96XA 57.30US 8.20ZP 5.60AY 10.00CA 15.70SQ 0.80XG 4.50XF ATL4.50
(this is for two passengers)
For example: Jun 1 DL1805 ATL-YVR + June 8 DL 2825 YVR-ATL. $882.56 per passenger
ATL DL YVR 382.00UE7NA0FE DL ATL 382.00UE7NA0FE USD 764.00 END ZP ATL YVR XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 3.96XA 57.30US 8.20ZP 5.60AY 10.00CA 15.70SQ 0.80XG 4.50XF ATL4.50
(this is for two passengers)
#9
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Resurrecting this old comment because I'm trying to validate what I'm reading. I tried to do as Romelle suggested here without success. Could someone explain how, very simply?
For example: Jun 1 DL1805 ATL-YVR + June 8 DL 2825 YVR-ATL. $882.56 per passenger
ATL DL YVR 382.00UE7NA0FE DL ATL 382.00UE7NA0FE USD 764.00 END ZP ATL YVR XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 3.96XA 57.30US 8.20ZP 5.60AY 10.00CA 15.70SQ 0.80XG 4.50XF ATL4.50
(this is for two passengers)
For example: Jun 1 DL1805 ATL-YVR + June 8 DL 2825 YVR-ATL. $882.56 per passenger
ATL DL YVR 382.00UE7NA0FE DL ATL 382.00UE7NA0FE USD 764.00 END ZP ATL YVR XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 3.96XA 57.30US 8.20ZP 5.60AY 10.00CA 15.70SQ 0.80XG 4.50XF ATL4.50
(this is for two passengers)
What is better though, is a new tool since the last post: Book with Matrix where you can just copy/paste results from Matrix (instructions are on the site) and it will try to find it for you.
(In your case though, if it's all Delta flights, they should show up just fine on delta.com. I'm seeing them for $785.81 per person there for those dates unless I'm missing something.)
#10
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAS
Posts: 124
If you just search for the flights on Expedia or such sites then these fares often come up, but it's sometimes a matter of searching for each individual flight rather than just a round trip or multi-city.
What is better though, is a new tool since the last post: Book with Matrix where you can just copy/paste results from Matrix (instructions are on the site) and it will try to find it for you.
(In your case though, if it's all Delta flights, they should show up just fine on delta.com. I'm seeing them for $785.81 per person there for those dates unless I'm missing something.)
What is better though, is a new tool since the last post: Book with Matrix where you can just copy/paste results from Matrix (instructions are on the site) and it will try to find it for you.
(In your case though, if it's all Delta flights, they should show up just fine on delta.com. I'm seeing them for $785.81 per person there for those dates unless I'm missing something.)
#11
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 96
If you just search for the flights on Expedia or such sites then these fares often come up, but it's sometimes a matter of searching for each individual flight rather than just a round trip or multi-city.
What is better though, is a new tool since the last post: Book with Matrix where you can just copy/paste results from Matrix (instructions are on the site) and it will try to find it for you.
(In your case though, if it's all Delta flights, they should show up just fine on delta.com. I'm seeing them for $785.81 per person there for those dates unless I'm missing something.)
What is better though, is a new tool since the last post: Book with Matrix where you can just copy/paste results from Matrix (instructions are on the site) and it will try to find it for you.
(In your case though, if it's all Delta flights, they should show up just fine on delta.com. I'm seeing them for $785.81 per person there for those dates unless I'm missing something.)
Does anyone have any suggestions for booking this fare computation?
#12
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Japan/Thailand
Programs: AS, UA
Posts: 1,201
I'm sorry. In writing and rewriting my post somewhere I lost the line indicating that that fare computation was for FIRST CLASS. And I have checked on Delta's website, Book with Matrix, Expedia, etc. None of them show that fare.
Does anyone have any suggestions for booking this fare computation?
Does anyone have any suggestions for booking this fare computation?