Originally Posted by
Goldorak
You are not comparing the same things. You bought obviously a full fare Y ticket and your friend bought a discounted J-class ticket.
Yes, sometimes J can be cheaper than Y in some circumstances (e.g. almost full Y cabin and empty J cabin).
Yes and we started seeing this a lot with Euro airlines when the financial crisis hit and a lot of corporate travel changed from J to Y only.
I recently booked Eco Plus with Openskies which for one leg was almost €500 cheaper than normal Eco. I think that one was due to a lot of TA bulk bookings for holiday makers as it's August.