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Old Apr 22, 2017, 9:04 pm
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emcampbe
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Originally Posted by weezl
I just booked an economy fare via one of my business agents, a large firm that books corporate travel on a medium scale, and it did not cough up that they were booking me in a BE fare. What I realized afterwards was that when the booking engine told me I could not select seats, it was telling be I was buying a BE booking. I called UA right up and cancelled the reservations (they hesitated since it was an agency booking), and sent a note to the agency. Curious to see what they will say on Monday. Hopefully all of my colleagues will boycott a BE mandate.

Anyone know what the US Gov will do with their official travel portals?
I thought gov't fares are some special iteration of Y fares, with airlines being contracted by route at whatever the special fare is. I would imagine they don't have to worry about being booked into BE.
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