Originally Posted by
brahms77
I am not sure if this has been answered before... but when I hold DONEx ticket and one of the flight is sold-out in "D" class with "E (Premium Economy)" available? For example, I am looking at NRT-DEL and on most of Sundays, which I need to fly is sold out in D so I cannot book that flight unless I downgrade myself to lower class. The next class of service is premium economy. Would they allow me to travel in PY on a DONx ticket or will they make me fly in Y?
Yes, on JL, "E" class will be preferred over "L", if "D" is unavailable.
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>$LB3
003 LBALBA 27JAN16 BA GBP 6200.00 DONE4 STAY---/12MBK-D
FARE CLS EXPLANATION BOOK CODES
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DONE4 BUSINESS CLASS AROUND THE WORLD FARES D
DONE4 APPLIES FOR ROUND TRIP FARES
BOOKING CODE EXCEPTIONS
VIA BA D REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA BA T REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA BA L REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA BA B REQUIRED D- FARES
VIA BA I REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
VIA BA T REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
VIA BA L REQUIRED ALL BUSINESS
VIA QF D REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA QF R REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA QF L REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA QF B REQUIRED D- FARES
VIA QF I REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
VIA QF R REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
VIA QF L REQUIRED ALL BUSINESS
VIA CX D REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA CX R REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA CX L REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA CX B REQUIRED D- FARES
VIA CX I REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
VIA CX R REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
VIA CX L REQUIRED ALL BUSINESS
VIA JL J REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
WITHIN JAPAN
VIA JL Y REQUIRED ALL BUSINESS WITHIN JAPAN
VIA JL D REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA JL E PERMITTED D- FARES
VIA JL L REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE D- FARES
VIA JL B REQUIRED D- FARES
VIA JL I REQUIRED WHEN AVAILABLE ALL BUSINESS
VIA JL E PERMITTED ALL BUSINESS
VIA JL L REQUIRED ALL BUSINESS
(The computer reads the table from top to bottom and stops as soon as it finds a rule that applies. If no rule is found, it will take the default option specified at the top instead.)