Mixed Classes of Travel
Jul 2, 2014, 2:31 pm
#1
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Mixed Classes of Travel
I'm trying to price a trip where the international legs are in business class and the domestic (in Brazil) legs are in coach. Business class on the domestic segments aren't possible as only coach class is offered.
Does anyone know of an OTA that allows bookings with mixed classes of service? Note that what I'm trying to book is a trip with multiple stops, so Expedia, Orbitz, Kayak, etc. fail, as it can't find business class seats on the domestic legs.
I REALLY don't want to talk to a human, be it the airline directly or a travel agency, more out of pride and the fact that I hate interacting with humans via voice.
- Pat
Does anyone know of an OTA that allows bookings with mixed classes of service? Note that what I'm trying to book is a trip with multiple stops, so Expedia, Orbitz, Kayak, etc. fail, as it can't find business class seats on the domestic legs.
I REALLY don't want to talk to a human, be it the airline directly or a travel agency, more out of pride and the fact that I hate interacting with humans via voice.
- Pat
Jul 3, 2014, 9:17 am
#2
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AMEX's small business travel tool (which you could sign up for with any OPEN card) use to allow this but they discontinued the service about six-months ago I want to say. 
Only one I have seen that had this ability.
Only one I have seen that had this ability.
Sep 7, 2014, 3:23 pm
#4
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Nov 13, 2014, 12:51 am
#5
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We allow it on our site, mixed Business/Economy - however at the moment we can't specify on a per leg basis, but in your example it ends up working out that way. In fact if you choose business we'll drop down to Economy if we can't find it with a warning that your cabin class wasn't available for that leg.
Nov 13, 2014, 10:38 am
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Just FYI, Orbitz/CheapTickets allow per-flight booking class specification. I'm not sure how easy it is to search like that, but if you can find the flight on ITA, it's easy to book using some URL construction (see tool in sig).
An example I got to pull up (not sure if this is what you were going for, but I did force it to Y/J so its $$):
Orbitz Example
An example I got to pull up (not sure if this is what you were going for, but I did force it to Y/J so its $$):
Orbitz Example
Apr 17, 2015, 2:59 pm
#8
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An OTA that allows to price and/or purchase mixed classes itineraries
Is there any OTA or a tool that allows to price or even better purchase a mixed classes itinerary. For example J on the outbound and Y on the return, or long haul in J and short haul in Y on the same itinerary?
Or a real human travel agent is the only way to go about this?
Or a real human travel agent is the only way to go about this?
Nov 30, 2016, 12:02 pm
#9
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Mixed class travel
Hi
I am going from GIG to CPH in February and trying to find a way to search for mixed class tickets. Fx i can't seem to find any reasonable way of booking Y outbound and C inbound. Or even Y+ outbound and C inbound. Even if I manage to find a price it's basically what a RV would cost in C.
Any advice from some of the FT gurus?
I am going from GIG to CPH in February and trying to find a way to search for mixed class tickets. Fx i can't seem to find any reasonable way of booking Y outbound and C inbound. Or even Y+ outbound and C inbound. Even if I manage to find a price it's basically what a RV would cost in C.
Any advice from some of the FT gurus?
Jun 1, 2017, 9:06 am
#10
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Business + Coach. Some tool?
Hi there,
Someone knows a tool where I give an itinerary with a leg using coach cabin and another one in business? I've tried some and no one give this info.
The idea is to take a short leg inside the continent with a lower fare and the longest leg in business.
Best.
Someone knows a tool where I give an itinerary with a leg using coach cabin and another one in business? I've tried some and no one give this info.
The idea is to take a short leg inside the continent with a lower fare and the longest leg in business.
Best.
Jun 1, 2017, 9:11 am
#11
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What you're suggesting generally doesn't work. What route are you looking at?
Fares are published from origin to destination, some will allow end-on-end ticketing but often discount tickets do not.
Fares are published from origin to destination, some will allow end-on-end ticketing but often discount tickets do not.
Jun 2, 2017, 5:28 am
#12
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Hi there,
Someone knows a tool where I give an itinerary with a leg using coach cabin and another one in business? I've tried some and no one give this info.
The idea is to take a short leg inside the continent with a lower fare and the longest leg in business.
Best.
Someone knows a tool where I give an itinerary with a leg using coach cabin and another one in business? I've tried some and no one give this info.
The idea is to take a short leg inside the continent with a lower fare and the longest leg in business.
Best.
However, as nux has indicated, chances that you're finding a cheaper solution are small.
PS depending on the concrete situation, separate tickets for short- and long-haul might be a cheaper choice
Jun 5, 2017, 1:45 pm
#13
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I have the opposite problem
I'm sick of searching for Premium Economy fares and having to troll through results that include longhaul economy segments. Anyone know of a site that can search for "real" Premium Economy intineraries?
Sep 14, 2017, 2:16 am
#15
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IATA MATRIX or Other Y & J Combined Search
Is there a way to use IATA matrix (or another tool) to help find cheap fares outward in Economy and Returning in Business?