Originally Posted by
Hendo5698
I am looking to book a flight with expert mode enabled on united.com and have run into an issue. I have selected business/businessfirst for my cabin and the only fares that come up are C class seats. I look on the available cabins for both my departure and return flight at there is Z class availability, at least Z1 or higher, why would the website default to C class at a fare almost double Z class?
Sometimes there can be space in a bucket but no published fare that allows you to purchase it. I ran into this problem all the time when I used EF to search for Z fares then could not book them, and the EF team explained this to me.
As a next step, you can try calling and see if you find an agent willing to check or help you.
Also, I find the ITA Fare Matrix helpful in uncovering Z or P fares.