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Nov 9, 2012 | 3:50 pm

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Originally Posted by brosnan6

V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1 *MA00UPRQ/XX22N M<X 642.40 T31DE -/1 -/ - 501

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Originally Posted by am1996

I just pulled up the fare and it says "V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL"

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist

The words "V fare basis" might mean that these corporate fares book into V as upgrade inventory, not A or P. This could explain why you didn't automatically get the upgrade. There was a thread here recently about trying to understand V fares, which seemed to be some special corporate designation.

"V" is a column header (Vendor). It has nothing to do with the V Class whatsoever -- with correct formatting, the display should similar to the following:

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   V  FARE BASIS       BK  FARE    TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1  *  MA00UPRQ/XX22N   M<X 642.40  T31DE  -  -/  1  -/ -   501

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