Originally Posted by
jm0754
It is all of a sudden because for many years this was not the case so I did not read and reread the rules. In fact many EXP agents were surprised.
I did send notice of all Star Alliance and BA/IB/AY rules for D fares to AA.
I looked up BRU, LHR, ZRH, CDG, MXP, FRA and VIE to SFO via a mix of expertflyer and AA.com and no prevailing AA D fare had this 300 euro fee. Same was true for any D fare from the US to Europe. Please check for yourself.
That's not what I was saying. What I was saying is that for the date and route that I checked, I saw that the cheapest restrcited business class fare was in I, for $3700. So why would you book a restrcited fare in the more expensive D fare when I gives you the same product for less? Of course, this is just for the date and route that I checked ranmodly. That's why I was asking if you could provide your routing (and dates) so that I could check for myself.