Originally Posted by
ProleOnParole
I don't think the fare class is shown anywhere on their website (if I'm wrong here, someone will correct me; at least I couldn't find it anywhere). You can see it on the PDF "Ticket & Receipt" your received by e-mail: near the end of it (page 2) under "Fare information" there's "Fare calculation" which shows something like this (for a 2-leg return ticket with a transfer in Dubai):
The fare class is the part marked
C (might be different for each leg). I think unless you paid a lot for your ticket, it'll not be Y, as this is the "best" (i.e. the most expensive) fare; my tickets show U for Saver and W for Flex.
The other symbols are:
- AAA - Origin airport IATA code
- BBB - Destination airport IATA code
- X/DXB - Transfer in/Dubai airport IATA code
- EK - Airline IATA code
- 111.11 - Fare per segment in Neutral Units of Construction (NUC, generally equal to USD 1)
- 222.22 - Total fare in NUC
- GBBRISH - Some gibberish I don't understand
(anyone care to explain?)
- END - End of fare calculation
- ROE1.00 - Rate of exchange from the currency you paid for the ticket into NUC
No, they don't specifically show it - if you want a specific fare class, you have to call up and ask for it.
Just to decode your fare construction line:
AAA EK X/DXB EK BBBxxx.xx[CGBBRISH] EOL4
refers to:
Starting at AAA, on (plated) carrier EK - note, not always the operating carrier, but EK is responsible for collecting money from you - connecting in DXB onto another EK plated sector to BBB, at a fare of xxx.xx, with fare basis of [CGBBRISH]. The first letter of the fare basis is the RBD (reservation booking designator), which we refer to as the fare bucket sometimes here on FT. The actual full fare basis leads you to different individual fares with different conditions. EOL is the end of line for the first outbound sector. EK price their fares on an individual outbound/inbound basis. Then you have the same again for the inbound sector.
NUC is the price of the fare in Neutral Units of Construction - aka, the standardised international currency all fares are priced in. This is then converted into the currency of purchase/issuing country at a rate updated monthly by IATA to member airlines - that's the ROE at the end and actually goes from NUC -> real currency. That's the base fare, excluding additional taxes/fees/charges which are listed separately on EK e-tickets that they send to you.