Originally Posted by
Dovster
I had thought that I fares were reduced price, BizElite, international tickets that you had to buy at least 90 days in advance and were only available if there were plenty of empty seats in BE.
Apparently I was wrong. On Thursday morning (Israel time), I booked a TLV-FLL-TLV itinerary for the same night. Economy was completely sold out and only two seats showed for Biz, but I was still able to get it on an I fare.
So when are I fares sold and when do you have to buy full fares?
Delta uses "I" as a discounted business fare. It can have a 7 day to 50 day AP (varies by market and what ever DL wants) and has very large penalties for changes and cancellations. It may also have min (Saturday night or 7 days) & max stay requirements (usually 30).
When they show up as 7/14 day AP in certain markets it is to drive higher revenue on light loads.