Originally Posted by
aCavalierInCoach
Have been booking a hefty bit of travel on AA lately, and when I book through my corp system (some kind of Sabre portal) I'll be booking flights that are listed as having a V "fare basis". On AA.com, these seem to be "booking into" O and N, which is obviously frustrating from a plat challenge perspective.
I'm assuming that these will get hit with the 50% deep discount penalty, but wanted to see if I could get any insight/wisdom from the board on which is the true class for elite points purposes.
On a related note, I'm finding that even moderately expensive fares ($500-$700 SFO/DFW) booked less than a couple weeks out often seem to "book into" O. Is that pretty standard?
Thanks.
-Reluctant UA defector
If you have a corp account and using your corp booking system you may be getting some type of discount, or deal (company credits - executive perks) when certain booking classses are used. So that may be driving the V.
The problem with the AA.COM system, compared to DL.COM, it will not let it's customers pick the booking class. When boking on line, if you want a specific booking code you have to do a HOLD and then call up AA and have them change it. Maybe someday AA.COM system will get updated to provide what the consumer wants.