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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 12:22 pm
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Originally Posted by sweethomeord
1. When does United normally change their airfares?
Normally new fares are filed during business hours on weekdays, and typically have expiry dates published with the fare, and/or sell-by or travel-by dates in the fare rules text. However, someone from the UA fare department can publish or revoke a fare at any time.

Originally Posted by sweethomeord
2. In expert mode, it is still showing G9. Who can actually buy the G-fares now?
Anyone flying a routing including that sector which has a valid G fare published for it.

Originally Posted by sweethomeord
3. Is there any way I can see when the fare change took place? (It would prove I didn't drink too much coffee :-)
If you have a route, people with GDS subscriptions can look, although historical granularity is usually daily, so if it was a mistake fare or something like that it wouldn't leave a trace.
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