Originally Posted by
Cathay Dragon 666
Cathay Infant fare is 25% of full fare class ticket, and you can't just quote it, you need first to have an adult fare.
It used to be 10% of full-fare class of travel, but they've changed to 25% years ago.
I think FT has an argument about this, with some people thinking it's a great policy to limit infants and others think it's a tragedy of raising the fare to 25%.
Originally Posted by
Cathay Dragon 666
You need to first book an adult fare before they can quote you an infant fare. Seems to be another universal change (and yes it's frustrating) across the board for airlines. At least for Chinese ones. I can't book any infant fares without first booking an adult fare separately.
They quoted me an infant ticket without me purchasing a fare yet. Whether that price is right (or can be brought down) is a different matter.
ex-HKG seems to be 10% of J. Not 25% (unless you think HK$10k is 25% of HKG-Europe Class J, which is too low? Alternatively, HK$10k being 25% of I seems about right)
ex-TPE, as i have previously alluded to, is 10% of Class I, and you can book online.
I am not sure where people get 25% of full fare from?
even ex-JFK - pricing JFK-HKG return in I, on the CX website for some random dates next year -
still gives infant at 10% of the I fare (cf: EF published fares)