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Aug 28, 2013 | 8:11 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keter

What is the reason BA premium economy fares are shown as economy?

From what i see the issue is industry fare type not set to 'premium' in many cases, but this could be Sabre specific. Is it?

Because BA sometimes doesn't file the cabin properly in the Booking Class listings, but sometimes it does:

Results from ExpertFlyer.com

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Fare Information Search:

Departing NYC on 09/28/13 for LON
Returning on 10/15/13
Flying BA  
Viewing in currency USD

Fare Basis  Airline  Booking  Trip Type   Fare           Cabin  Effective  Expiration  Min/Max  Advanced
                     Class                                      Date       Date        Stay     Purchase Req
TKXNAJB     BA       T        Round-Trip  1041.00 (USD)  E      08/23/13   10/24/13    SU / 12M 07
TKWNAJB     BA       T        Round-Trip  1101.00 (USD)  E      08/23/13   10/24/13    SU / 12M 07
EKXNAJB     BA       E        Round-Trip  1341.00 (USD)  E      08/23/13   10/24/13    SU / 12M 03
EKWNAJB     BA       E        Round-Trip  1401.00 (USD)  E      08/23/13   10/24/13    SU / 12M 03
W1NAJB      BA       W        Round-Trip  3386.00 (USD)  PE                                     
W1US        BA       W        Round-Trip  3386.00 (USD)  E                                      
W1OWJB      BA       W        Round-Trip  4202.00 (USD)  PE                                     
WUS         BA       W        Round-Trip  4202.00 (USD)  E

If you do a Booking Class look-up you'll see that some fares are described as being PE and some are not. It all depends on if BA is consistent on how they file the fares and all of the descriptors surrounding the fares.

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