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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 2:08 am
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Fare class code decoder?

You can't tell the difference just by the booking class, it all depends on the individual fare rules and these vary by point of sale, by type (published / negotiated corporate fare).

Ex Europe for example you can buy a ZNCXXX, a ZRCXXX or a ZFFXXX fare to destinations in North America. All three fall within the Executive First (lowest) category, they all book into Z class but the ZNC fare is non-cancelable, the ZRC fare is cancelable for a fee and the ZFF fare is fully flexible. So you can have different sets of rules even within just one letter, therefore you can't generally say a fare in booking class H has these set of rules and M has these set of rules - as in many cases in life, it all depends...
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