There have been several discussions today about high-Flex vs. low-Flex, flight pass vs. individual tickets, and I've been curious to see the breakdown.

I love to play with numbers, but I found a few things surprising here:

1. AC will happily fly you YVR-LHR in Tango for the same or less than YVR-YYZ.

2. FP seems calibrated to be consistently ever-so-slightly-better than Flex on all routings, but much worse than Tango unless you're booking last-minute.

3. Flex vs. Tango is a simple comparison, but other than eUp cost and priority, are there any advantages to low-Flex vs. high-Flex?



EAST-WEST CONNECTOR - YYZ-YVR
10 High Flex = $5254 = $525 per segment
10 Latitude = $9028 = $902 per segment

INDIVIDUAL LATITUDE
Advance: $1209 e/w
Week Out: $1209 e/w

INDIVIDUAL LOW-FLEX
Advance: $522 e/w
Week Out: $555 e/w

INDIVIDUAL TANGO
Advance: $363 e/w
Week Out: $522 e/w



EUROPE-WESTERN CANADA, YVR-LHR
6 High Flex = $4794 = $799 per segment
8 Latitude = $8820 = $1470 per segment

INDIVIDUAL LATITUDE
Advance: $1771 e/w
Week Out: $1771 e/w

INDIVIDUAL LOW-FLEX
Advance: $845 e/w
Week Out: $960 e/w

INDIVIDUAL TANGO
Advance: $396 e/w
Week Out: $510 e/w



ASIA-EASTERN CANADA, YYZ-HKG
6 "Economy" = $5898 = $983 per segment

INDIVIDUAL LOW-FLEX
Advance: $1032 e/w
Week Out: $1086 e/w

INDIVIDUAL TANGO
Advance: $694 e/w
Week Out: $710 e/w

Can't quite tell, but this FP looks like it books into Tango availability, but gives Flex privileges.