Originally Posted by
atword
Maybe "inflexible fare" or similar would be better? When basic-type fares roll out later this year it will be interesting to see how they handle this. Will there be a fourth column?
Sometimes I wish United had a Super Search that showed a column for each available fare class. However, this would add confusion. When booking domestic flights in Asia via Ctrip there are several fares shown with little explanation of the difference.
I just wish there was a little bit more clarity/certainty with specific fare buckets and the search by fare bucket tool worked more reliably (perhaps if it did, if it would show a column for each searched fare bucket - may be a nice middle) ... i.e. in the old days of CO the only fare buckets I cared about when booking business travel were Y/B/F/A -- and these were always flexible/refundable. Now with the UPDI stuff I've seen refundable/flexible "A" fares returned for the same flight as nonflexible/penalty "F" fares. [Which irritates me to no end with the new PQM bonuses since the "F" fare is cheaper and earns more miles but I can't book by policy because it's a penalty fare]