Hey y'all,
I've noticed today that we're in for another round of fare increases in Europe from end of March. Bizarre coming so soon after the last one unless KVS is playing up. Or am I reading things the wrong way? Take a look at BA's LHR-ARN fares below. I've edited out those that haven't changed:
[KVS Availability Tool 3.3.4/Platinum - Sabre: Fares/TVN/CA]
Code:
LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
ARN Stockholm Arlanda SE [ESSA]
RT Mar-Feb
Carrier From To Fare Cur Expiry Min Max Fare Basis
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ----------
BA LHR ARN 46 GBP 28 Mar ONCLON2
BA LHR ARN 64 GBP ONCLON2
BA LHR ARN 78 GBP 28 Mar QNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 88 GBP QNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 110 GBP 28 Mar NNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 118 GBP NNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 142 GBP 28 Mar VNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 153 GBP VNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 173 GBP 28 Mar LNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 194 GBP LNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 205 GBP 28 Mar MNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 260 GBP MNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 279 GBP 28 Mar REUNBA
BA LHR ARN 297 GBP REUNBA
BA LHR ARN 285 GBP 28 Mar KNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 331 GBP KNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 377 GBP 28 Mar HNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 402 GBP HNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 391 GBP 28 Mar DNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 407 GBP DNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 499 GBP 28 Mar BNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 503 GBP BNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 610 GBP 28 Mar CNCLON2
BA LHR ARN 635 GBP CNCLON2
They seem to be in the 4% increase range? Increases don't seem to be the same across all destinations (e.g. 14% increase in D-class bookings to CDG) or fares (J-class seem unaffected on all routes I've checked).