Originally Posted by
anog
Hi!
Sorry if this is not the appropriate thread, but I need some help with ExpertFlyer...
I am looking at LIS-ZRH flights on 6th of June. Expertflyer tells me - after I selected the UK point of sale - that booking class V is closed, but the Swiss website is happy to offer me seats on that class:
In case it matters, Swiss offered me the fare as a return leg of a ZRH-LIS-ZRH flight going out on the 31st of May. Searching for return flights on Expert Flyer also shows booking class V as closed.
Am I doing something wrong or missing something? Or do I have to tweak my search in someway?
Edit: This is a code-share flight operated by TP, and I just noticed there is also a V fare on the (original) TP flight with seats available:
Could this be the problem? At which airline's fare availability should I be looking at when it's a codeshare flight?
Thank you in advance!
Hi
anog, welcome to FlyerTalk! It appears that LX is only offering the V class on that flight if it's the return leg if you originate your trip in ZRH. If you do a round trip search for the reverse, LIS->ZRH->LIS where 6/6 is the depart date, you'll see it will only price the flight in K class, which is what is shown as the lowest booking class on the flight with available inventory.
So it would seem that LX is changing the class inventory based on the departure point of the round trip. It has nothing to do with the codeshare as the same thing is happening for LX metal flights as well. Unfortunately this only becomes apparent upon pricing a specific full itinerary.
Edited to add: We even tried to price this flight as a return directly on a GDS and it still wouldn't price the flight in V class. It may be something only available on the LX website.