Originally Posted by
B-HXG
I just travel on World Traveller recently. On the boarding pass, I found out that there was an "M" printed in the column CLASS.
I am quite sure that my booking class is not M. Then I google a bit just now. I also figure out that all first class pax got the code F, J for business class and M for Euro/World Traveler.
I was wondering, shouldn't Y be representing economy class instead of M? Or this M has some kind of a special meaning?
Thank you
If you look at the letter behind the flight number it's really the class designator of the paid fare. It provides you with a specific amounts of Avios and tier points.
The paid fare class is also decisive if you could use Avios as an upselling instrument. E.g. the German version of the Terms and conditions of the Exec Club show:
"Upgrades mit Avios Punkten sind nur bei entsprechenden British Airways Tarifen möglich (gültige Buchungsklassen sind: J, C, D, R, I, W, E, T, Y, B, H)."
Therefore this designation/letter is decisive for some services within the same travel class.
If you look at flightstats.com and the flight availability you can see also not only the four travel classes ranging from First through Business and World Traveller Plus to World Traveller but also the number of available seats.
The M availability as a higher fare bucket should be (normally) higher than those of the special discounted fares.
So a booking
BA0903 M 14AUG will result in the same cabin as
BA0903 S 14AUG
FRA -> LHR. All are Economy Class fares
Hope this helps.