PHL - ZRH Availability
 

I'm new to using the various travel sites and tools to find low fares, so I hope this isn't posted in the wrong place. I'm trying to get another 10k PQM to get to Gold. I used the Wandering Aramean site to find a low PPM fare from PHL to ZRH. The fare basis is NHXEC4ED, and the fare is $339. Looking at availability, the 8/9 flight 710 has N9 which I take to mean 9 seats in the N class fare. If I try to book through usairways.com though, there are no economy seats available and the fare is about $1100.

I apologize if I'm totally off base here. I've been reading the forums for several days trying to garner some insight, and even tried the live chat tool - but couldn't get it to work. Any basic tips/tricks to help me achieve 10k PQM for the lowest price would be appreciated.

I would say that the 339 is without any taxes and the end price includes taxes, although 700 is a bit much of taxes, but as taxes also include fuel surcharge they can easily be 500 transatlantic

you can check on itasoftware what the exact breakdown of your n-fare is

There is no availability in N. You're getting a quoted price based on a Q fare

[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.2/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]

You are correct.. I posted the wrong date, should have been 8/8, and there is availability:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.2/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
So why can't I book it?

I assume you are doing a round trip. I plugged in a random return date and was able to see the fare in ita. Total after taxes, fees and surcharges for the N fare came up as $936. Also was able to pull up the same N fare on US Airways web site.

Indeed, the Base Fare is $339 USD + ~$500 Fuel Surcharge + ~$100 in Taxes comes to a total of $936 USD.

[KVS Availability Tool 7.0.2/Diamond - ATP: Fares/FC/US]

That would explain it.. I knew it was too good to be this easy!