Fare rules - what does "outside system range" mean?
Jul 1, 2015, 7:03 pm
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Fare rules - what does "outside system range" mean?
Changes permitted with charges
before flight gbp 100
after flight gbp 100
one free date change to inbound
journey when booked outside system
range.
before flight gbp 100
after flight gbp 100
one free date change to inbound
journey when booked outside system
range.
Jul 2, 2015, 3:31 pm
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My understanding is as follows:
Airlines load flights into their computer systems about 11 months in advance. However, you can reserve a flight more than 11 months in advance. Such a flight is outside system range. The booking is recorded outside the main reservation system. It will be transfered into that system after the flights in question are eventually loaded.
If you book a round trip whose return (inbound) flight is more than 11 months in the future, so it's outside system range, you get one free date change to that flight.
Airlines load flights into their computer systems about 11 months in advance. However, you can reserve a flight more than 11 months in advance. Such a flight is outside system range. The booking is recorded outside the main reservation system. It will be transfered into that system after the flights in question are eventually loaded.
If you book a round trip whose return (inbound) flight is more than 11 months in the future, so it's outside system range, you get one free date change to that flight.
Jul 3, 2015, 6:14 am
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My understanding is as follows:
Airlines load flights into their computer systems about 11 months in advance. However, you can reserve a flight more than 11 months in advance. Such a flight is outside system range. The booking is recorded outside the main reservation system. It will be transfered into that system after the flights in question are eventually loaded.
If you book a round trip whose return (inbound) flight is more than 11 months in the future, so it's outside system range, you get one free date change to that flight.
Airlines load flights into their computer systems about 11 months in advance. However, you can reserve a flight more than 11 months in advance. Such a flight is outside system range. The booking is recorded outside the main reservation system. It will be transfered into that system after the flights in question are eventually loaded.
If you book a round trip whose return (inbound) flight is more than 11 months in the future, so it's outside system range, you get one free date change to that flight.