Originally Posted by
jsloan
UA.com is using the same fare as ITA -- GLE0ZEC7. I can't figure out why it prices differently; my guess would have been a point-of-sale restriction but I can't find one.
Regardless, merely using a travel agent isn't going to result in the price being a 'bulk' fare. Anything returned by ITA is a published fare, so dollar-based earnings will apply. Note that you may find that a travel agent charges $25 or more to do the ticketing, so you may want to stick with UA regardless.
so now i'm totally left scratching my head. if it's the same fare basis, why 2 different prices. and on google flights it actually shows both prices and says use a TA to get the lower price. hoping someone here will have some insight (and it's not really just hte $25 i care about, it's more to better understand this stuff)
The POS shouldn't matter, because in ITA, i used "departure city" for POS. then on ua.com, i used China as POS. and i'm pricing the whole thing in Chinese currency. so i don't think that's the issue. (if you book on united US site, it's about $50 USD more).
darn on the bulk fare, sounds like i would have gotten a lot more RDM's if this was a bulk fare with the 1k bonus especially.