Originally Posted by
mattjp
The rules sheet says that: "Where the applicable booking class for the lower class is not available ... Passengers travelling on DONE* Business Class Fares may book B class (except AA) or H class on AA".
Am I correct that means that I should be able to book a QF flight that has no J class and shows as: Y9 B9 H9 K3 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 X0 E0 ?
Yes.
Originally Posted by
Himeno
There are a number of booking classes allowed to be used on a D or A xONEx depending on where the flight is or why D/A is not available.
eg, domestic Japan flights book into F/J/Y.
single class AA flights on First or Business RTWs book into Y.
Indeed, it is worth inspecting the booking code exceptions table, which is what the computer uses to decide which fare class to book or whether the fare can be used on a particular flight. For instance QF prefers R (premium economy) when D is unavailable, which is not noted in the fare rules, AFAIK.
Code:
>$LB5
005 LONLON 15SEP16 QF GBP 7900.00 DONE6 STAY---/12MBK-D
FARE CLS EXPLANATION BOOK CODES
-------- ---------------------- ----------
DONE6 BUSINESS CLASS AROUND THE WORLD FARES D
DONE6 APPLIES FOR ROUND TRIP FARES
BOOKING CODE EXCEPTIONS
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