Originally Posted by
drvannostren
Thanks, so that X was from the beginning of my quoted area right? I kept looking for this "4th letter from the right" type thing and that's where I thought it might be S class.
The fare basis for each outbound/inbound pricing unit is put after the cash fare, so in your case: XXLFRUS4 which is the same for both out and inbound.
The fare type is the first letter (the RBD): X
For EK fare group purposes you look 4th from the right (basically the last 3 letters of an EK fare are the country it originates from and an identifier, so US4), which is “R” - which in EK parlance means special.
Helpfully they also put Special in the endorsement box!