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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 2:26 pm
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
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That's a bad statement to make. This classification is not universal.
Y and F were are as close to universal as you're going to get, and virtually all non-low-cost airlines use these for the basic, interline-able, full-fare coach and first respective.

There is actually a standard for these things (google on "IATA Resolution 728 Code Designators for passenger ticket and baggage check") but airlines alter how they use them pretty much at will. (Trivial example -- with no supersonic service any longer, R is now Premium Economy on some airlines and 1st-class-suites on others.)

LCCs that don't sell through the GDS systems may or may not use this kind of fare code at all.
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