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Nov 18, 2015, 12:28 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bd95

I have previously compared immediately, though haven't specifically looked for it recently. In the past I've compared ex-DUB, ex-LON and then, just for laughs, ex-BHD and BHD would usually be significantly higher to the point that I thought it was adding a fully flex domestic fare and then some. I'll look out specifically for it in the future.

In principle this could happen [your pricing unit could be constructed as a domestic Y fare on BHD-LON + longhaul O fare on LON-xxx], but from what I see even the lowest longhaul O fare filed from the regions allows you to book into any class up to B class on the domestic sector.

Code:

>$LB1                                                          
001 BFSSYD 18NOV15 BA GBP  335.00 OLRC1UK  STAY-SU/12MBK-O     
FARE CLS  EXPLANATION                            BOOK CODES    
--------  ----------------------                 ----------    
OLRC1UK   REGULAR APEX FARES                        O          
OLRC1UK   BETWEEN AREA 2 AND AREA 3 FOR ROUND TRIP FARES       
                                                               
 BOOKING CODE EXCEPTIONS                                       
   ... (snip) ...       
   VIA BA  O     PERMITTED     O- FARES  WITHIN UNITED KINGDOM 
   VIA BA  Q/N   PERMITTED     O- FARES  WITHIN UNITED KINGDOM 
   VIA BA  S/V   PERMITTED     O- FARES  WITHIN UNITED KINGDOM 
   VIA BA  L/M   PERMITTED     O- FARES  WITHIN UNITED KINGDOM 
   VIA BA  K/H   PERMITTED     O- FARES  WITHIN UNITED KINGDOM 
   VIA BA  B     REQUIRED      O- FARES  WITHIN UNITED KINGDOM 
 ...

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