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Old Aug 5, 2014 | 8:54 pm
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Originally Posted by Baldpacker
Thanks for all of the information. Do the business discounts apply for all business class fare codes or only J & C?

My question is if discount business fares are still potentially cheaper than what you can obtain through the corporate contracts?
YES and NO We get a substantial discount on full fare First and Business fares and a much lower discount on cheaper first and business fares. Whats changed this year (First time EK did this in a contract with us since 1999 is we get the same discount for flights ex DXB but a slightly lower discount for flights ex Other stations. Our sales rep explained that with EK, there are to many work arounds to get lower F fares (example is CMB-DXB-USA at around $6000 r/t in First (with stop over in DXB) Thats a hell of a savings, especially if you do business in CMB as well as the US
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